TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the ...
CHINA voiced strong opposition to the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, signed into law by ...
CHINA voiced strong opposition to the US National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 18, 2025, saying the measure contains ...
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FOR Filipino nationalists — read that Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPSSI) with its Anti-War Peace ...
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG), amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) and fast attack submarine USS ...
The Pentagon report also mentioned recent developments along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), and China’s military sales to ...
China has opened a new shopping centre on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, bolstering its civilian presence on ...
Nearly five years after a military coup in 2021 unseated its civilian government, Myanmar has become extremely fragmented. A civil war flared after the coup, killing thousands and leaving upward of 18 ...
Under the new budget, more than 970 billion yen ($6.2bn) is earmarked to enhance Japan’s “standoff” missile capabilities.
What’s in store for the world next year? As our correspondents looked ahead, the thread stitching it all together – or ...
China said one of its military vessels assisted a distressed Filipino fisherman in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, but the ...
Trump recognizes the threat of China on paper, but his strategy builds a doctrine whose sharpest, least cautious commitments ...