Bloomberg The Taliban’s lightning-fast advance to control more territory in Afghanistan is raising alarms from Russia to China, as US President Joe Biden’s move to withdraw troops disrupts a balance of power in South Asia that has held steady for about two decades. At least 1,000 Afghan troops this week retreated into Tajikistan, prompting the country mobilise an extra 20,000 ...

Bloomberg China is making sizable, long-term investments in weapons designed to jam or destroy satellites as the nation seeks to rapidly narrow the gap in space technology with the US, according to the top intelligence official for the Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific command. China is pushing to develop antisatellite weapons with capabilities from “dazzling to jamming, to kinetic kill-from-the-ground, from space — ...

Bloomberg Haiti requested help from US troops to stabilise the country after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise plunged the Caribbean nation into political uncertainty. Prime Minister Claude Joseph confirmed Haiti had requested assistance from the US military to protect infrastructure and prepare for elections in an interview with the Associated Press. Officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and ...