Advocates urged the U.S. lawmakers to consider engaging with a 2018 Chinese law that opens the door to prisoner transfers. France has already used it, according to Peter Humphrey, a former Chinese prisoner turned activist who testified Wednesday morning.

Drawing on lessons from fleet experimentation and recent real-world developments, Adm. Lisa Franchetti said the Navy must deliver a proven hybrid fleet that incorporates robotic and drone capabilities by 2027 — the year China’s forces are supposed to be ready for war.

Kilauea erupted briefly Sunday night in an area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park that’s closed to the public. The volcano’s middle East Rift Zone eruption then resumed Monday night.

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered an area near Japan’s shores for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions.

An investigation is underway into an allegation of abuse at a Child Development Center at Sagamihara Family Housing Area, about 2½ miles from Camp Zama.

Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded in the second wave, the Health Ministry said.

The United States plans to sell Taiwan spare aircraft parts and related military equipment worth an estimated $228 million, according to statements this week from both countries.

One of Japan’s largest warships, modified to carry fifth-generation fighters, is expected in California later this year for a test run.

Explosive ordnance technicians recently removed an unexploded World War II-era Japanese grenade from a construction site at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.