China completes artificial island off Sri Lanka;
Laos seeks Chinese investment and tourists amid flurry if SEZs;
China's Cambodian port and airstrip stirs suspicions about PLA plans;
China's ''nine-dash line" claim "ridiculous": Malaysia FM;
Beijing's support for Micronesia may harm U.S. security links
Adopting ant army maneuvers;
Iron man suit subsystems resurrected;
Nanotech enables hypersonic weapons development;
A new 3D printing technique for aerospace components;
Army sets its sights on tactical glasses
Quite suddenly, the Islamic Republic finds itself facing serious setbacks in the Middle East.
Crackdown on Jehovah's witnesses continues;
Studying abroad: The newest "undesirable" activity?
Another incentive for Africa?
US/EU image improves among Russians;
A shooting at the Lubyanka
The targeting of Soleimani – which followed on the heels of U.S. military strikes on multiple facilities in Iraq operated by Kataib Hezbollah, a key Iranian regional proxy – has ushered in a qualitatively new phase in the Trump administration’s confrontation with Iran. Chances are, it will be one punctuated by heightened hostilities