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 Channel NewsAsia
Cyber & Technology May 2, 2026 207 stories in this edition

US warns shipping firms they could face sanctions over paying Iranian tolls in the Strait of Hormuz

Channel NewsAsia / Southeast Asia / 1m ago
US warns shipping firms they could face sanctions over paying Iranian tolls in the Strait of Hormuz

Preview Brief

Payment of Iranian tolls for safe passage through the strait could include “digital assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments”, said the US on Friday (May 1).

World

Related In Edition

More from Cyber & Technology

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

Al Jazeera English

Cyber & Technology

Al Jazeera English · 1m ago

Japan’s Takaichi pledges deeper energy cooperation with Vietnam

Takaichi signs six agreements with Vietnam, including on technology, agriculture and space, during a trip to Hanoi.

Open Preview Source Site

NPR World

Cyber & Technology

NPR World · 1m ago

After Assad's fall, Syria's Kurds are left in limbo, feeling abandoned by the U.S.

Caught in limbo after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought alongside.

Open Preview Source Site
Hong Kong records 13% rise in mainland Chinese visitors on day 1 of ‘golden week’

SCMP Asia · 1m ago

Hong Kong records 13% rise in mainland Chinese visitors on day 1 of ‘golden week’

Hong Kong recorded a 13 per cent year-on-year increase in mainland Chinese visitors on the first day of the “golden week” Labour Day holiday, with more than 300,000 inbound trips made throughout the day. Meanwhile, the n...

Open Preview Source Site
Why are modern Chinese film audiences shying away from dubbed films?

SCMP Asia · 1m ago

Why are modern Chinese film audiences shying away from dubbed films?

At the December premiere of the Chinese-dubbed 1957 Billy Wilder classic Witness for the Prosecution in a Shanghai cinema, dubbing artist Qiao Zhen voiced a more immediate mystery: “Do you still enjoy Chinese-dubbed film...

Open Preview Source Site
Korean Air bans roosters on US-Philippines routes amid cockfighting outcry

The Straits Times Asia · 1m ago

Korean Air bans roosters on US-Philippines routes amid cockfighting outcry

The United States is an important source of roosters for these fights.

Open Preview Source Site
China's railway hit new single-day passenger record on May Day

The Straits Times Asia · 1m ago

China's railway hit new single-day passenger record on May Day

SHANGHAI, May 2 - China's railway network transported 24.8 million passengers on May 1, setting a new single-day record, according to data from the China State Railway Group.

Open Preview Source Site