China’s Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

The U.S. government has invested $400 million in MP Materials, a rare earth mining company. Stakeholders are criticizing the ...

Top church leaders visited Gaza after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell, an attack that killed three.

In gray-zone economic warfare, trade leverage becomes its own kind of armament. The United States should arm itself ...

China's state security agency is intensifying efforts against rare earths smuggling, accusing foreign espionage of collusion ...

China signed an MOU in February 2025 with the Cook Islands outlining the nations’ intent to cooperate on matters such as the ...

China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

China’s exports of rare-earth products jumped in June, pointing to a potential pickup in magnet supplies after ...

China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?

The rate earth metals issue shows that it’s time for the United States to treat critical minerals not as commodities, but as instruments of geopolitical power.