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Asia-Pacific

China plays nice with US partners ahead of possible Trump return

The diplomatic overtures to Japan, India, the U.K. and Australia underscore changing calculations by Beijing — and its counterparts — in anticipation of a possible return of an unpredictable U.S. president. They may help China buffer against economic turbulence from steep tariffs that would decimate commerce.

October 24, 2024

Smoke shrouds a naval vessel as it fires a missile from open water.

Asia-Pacific

Australia to buy $4.7 billion of US missiles to bolster defense

Australia will buy U.S. missiles at a cost of $4.7 billion to boost its long-range strike capabilities as the country continues to reshape its military stance since the election of the center-left Labor government in May 2022.

October 22, 2024

U.S.

A glimpse of the new ‘Great Game’ between the US and China

The competition between the United States and China has seen geopolitical and economic flash points sprawl across continents.

August 26, 2024

The first of four MQ-4C Tritons being added to Australia’s arsenal debuts at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Asia-Pacific

Australia offers US a vast new military launchpad in China conflict

Deep in the outback, a flurry of construction by Australia and the United States is transforming this once quiet military installation into a potential launchpad in case of conflict with China.

August 25, 2024

President Biden and Vice President Harris speak to reporters at Joint Base Andrews late Thursday.

Middle East

As Hamas leader is buried in Qatar, Biden says killing didn’t help cease-fire talks

Hundreds of mourners attended funeral prayers for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, on Friday, amid tight security as the region braced for potential fallout from his death. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden said that he had a “very direct” conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the killing did not help ceasefire talks.

August 2, 2024

An Australian-led report is accusing China of directing cyberattacks against government and private sector entities.

Asia-Pacific

US and allies accuse China State Security of directing cyberattacks

The United States and its allies have accused China’s Ministry of State Security of directing cyberattacks against government and private sector entities through a group of hackers known as Advanced Persistent Threat 40.

July 9, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (C) gestures as he arrives at Canberra Airport on June 26, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, returned to his native Australia as a free man, after attending the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands in Saipan on Wednesday. Following his guilty plea to a felony charge under the Espionage Act, Assange was sentenced to time served and subsequently released, allowing him to walk free after years of incarceration and intense lobbying for his release from across the political spectrum. Family, supporters and politicians welcomed his release and return, with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying the case "had dragged on for too long." Assange's case has been a lightning rod for debates about press freedom and national security, with his supporters hailing him as a whistleblower who exposed government wrongdoing, while critics accused him of recklessly endangering lives by publishing classified information. His release marks the end of a tumultuous legal saga that spanned over a decade, involving allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and a protracted battle against extradition to the United States. (Roni Bintang/Getty Images/TNS)

Asia-Pacific

Assange arrives in Australia, ending exile after guilty plea

Julian Assange landed in Australia for the first time in more than a decade, following a guilty plea in a U.S. court that allowed him to return to his home country a free man after serving time in a U.K. prison and holing up in an Ecuadorian embassy.

June 26, 2024

A Boeing Co. 737 aircraft operated by Qantas Airways Ltd. approaches to Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. MUST CREDIT: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg

Asia-Pacific

Pilots fear collisions as staffing crisis leaves Australian control towers empty

Concerns among pilots about a possible mid-air collision are spilling over in Australia as a shortage of air traffic controllers leaves airport towers unmanned, forcing passenger jets to fend for themselves.

June 22, 2024

A Taiwanese Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jet prepares for take off in this undated photograph.

Asia-Pacific

Taiwan calls China’s military exercises around island ‘irrational provocations’

Scores of Chinese warships and aircraft were active around Taiwan on Thursday night and Friday morning as exercises meant to discourage “Taiwan independence” moved into their second day. In response, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said the drills were “irrational provocations.”

May 24, 2024

An unmanned surface vehicle is loaded onto the littoral combat ship USS Canberra on April 23, 2024, at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., as part of the first embarkation of the mine countermeasures mission package. The Navy plans to deploy littoral combat ships to the Middle East for mine countermeasure operations.

Navy

LCS quartet being lined up by Navy for Middle East mine operations

The Navy is on track to homeport four Independence-class littoral combat ships in Bahrain next year as part of a new mine countermeasures force in the Middle East, service officials said.

May 17, 2024

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