Conflict.asia

OSINT Situation Desk
Conflict / Incidents Military Bases Energy Networks Datacenters / IXPs Transport Choke Points Conflict / Incidents Military Bases Energy Networks Datacenters / IXPs Transport Choke Points Conflict / Incidents Military Bases Energy Networks Datacenters / IXPs Transport Choke Points
Back To Desk Full Day Edition Read On SCMP Asia
Diplomacy & Power April 26, 2026 403 stories in this edition

US Justice Department cites shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Associated Press
US Justice Department cites shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit

Preview Brief

US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned US$400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House. “It’s time to build the ballroom,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said plainly on Sunday on social media, posting a letter in which Assi...

Feed Summary

US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned US$400 million ballroo...

Related In Edition

More from Diplomacy & Power

Related previews keep the same media frame and preserve your current desk context so you can continue scanning without losing the edition flow.

6.2 quake on Hokkaido island latest to shake Japan

Channel NewsAsia · 1m ago

6.2 quake on Hokkaido island latest to shake Japan

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to 6.2 quake on Hokkaido island latest to shake Japan.

Open Preview Source Site
Under cover of trade truce with Trump, China expands economic pressure toolkit

The Straits Times Asia · 1m ago

Under cover of trade truce with Trump, China expands economic pressure toolkit

BEIJING, April 27 - When U.S. President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping last October, he rated the summit a \"12 out of 10,\" and the White House said China would \"effectively eliminate\" rare earth export...

Open Preview Source Site
Israel-Iran war live: Trump says Iran can call U.S. if it wants to negotiate

The Hindu International · 1m ago

Israel-Iran war live: Trump says Iran can call U.S. if it wants to negotiate

Iran FM back in Pakistan after Oman visit, says report; Iran's Foreign ​Minister Abbas Araghchi ‌held talks in ​Oman, discussed security ‌in the Strait of Hormuz, ‌broader ⁠Gulf waters, ⁠and diplomatic efforts to end the...

Open Preview Source Site
Daniel Gros on what China can learn from the euro as it works towards a global yuan

SCMP Asia · 1m ago

Daniel Gros on what China can learn from the euro as it works towards a global yuan

Daniel Gros is the director of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University. Previously, he served as an adviser to the European Parliament, collaborated with the European Commission as economic adviser...

Open Preview Source Site
White House correspondents' dinner shooting updates: King Charles state visit to U.S. to go on as planned after shooting

The Hindu International · 1m ago

White House correspondents' dinner shooting updates: King Charles state visit to U.S. to go on as planned after shooting

The accused gunman who tried to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives left writings that called for the targeting of Trump administration officials, U.S. President...

Open Preview Source Site
Iran turmoil erupts: Ultra-hardliner who mocked Trump poised to take over nuclear talks

Fox News World · 1m ago

Iran turmoil erupts: Ultra-hardliner who mocked Trump poised to take over nuclear talks

Reports say veteran hardliner Saeed Jalili may replace Ghalibaf on Iran's negotiating team, deepening fractures within the regime's political leadership.

Open Preview Source Site