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EDITORIAL: Water Cannons, Cyanide and Silence — China Torments Philippine Fishermen with Impunity
Somewhere in the South China Sea, a few nautical miles from a rock that an international tribunal confirmed belongs to the exclusive economic zone…

EDITORIAL: 50,000 cameras hacked by Moscow in Europe — cyberwarfare has changed in scale
On June 21, 2026, Russian media outlet Mash — considered close to Russian intelligence services — reveals that Russian hackers have compromised

EDITORIAL: Indium, gallium, germanium — Beijing cuts the West off from its war metals
In June 2026, China once again tightened export controls on three strategic metals — indium, gallium, and germanium. This decision, technical in

EDITORIAL: Scarborough Shoal — China tests the West while it looks the other way
On June 23, 2026, a rare naval confrontation erupted between China and the Philippines near Scarborough Shoal, known in Filipino as Bajo

EDITORIAL: Hormuz Reopens, Brent Falls to $73 — But Oil Normalization Will Take Months
Twenty percent of global oil transits through a passage just 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest: the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran

EDITORIAL: 38,558 violations against children in 2025 — the world broke its promise
On June 17, 2026, the United Nations published its annual report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC). The numbers are a cry

EDITORIAL: Seven Belgian F-16s for Ukraine — the turning point in air superiority
In June 2026, Belgium officially confirmed the delivery of 7 F-16s to Ukraine this year — 3 operational and 4 designated for

EDITORIAL: Taiwan — when Chinese coast guards invent a "jurisdiction" that does not exist
On June 7, 2026, Chinese vessels launched what they called a "maritime law enforcement operation" in the waters east of Taiwan. That

EDITORIAL: ICE at courthouse doors — a federal judge says no to Trump
On June 23, 2026, California federal judgeP. Casey Pitts — appointed by Biden — issues a 71-page ruling that invalidates the Trump