The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter.

While President Donald Trump on Monday praised the commitment of Tice’s mother, he dampened expectations that the new administration had made any progress in locating her son. His predecessor maintained as recently as December that he believed that Tice is alive.

Myanmar’s ruling military declared a temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war Wednesday to facilitate relief efforts following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 3,000 people.

China conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day Wednesday, focusing on the Taiwan Strait — a crucial conduit for international trade separating the self-governing island democracy from China.

China has conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day focusing on the Taiwan Strait separating the self-governing island democracy from China that is a crucial conduit for international trade.

The Navy plans to build treatment plants near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that would purify the fuel-contaminated water in the Red Hill water shaft for use in its drinking water system.

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K. government said Tuesday.

An updated plan by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the country’s long chain of westernmost islands in the event of a military attack or other emergency.

The U.S. Marine Corps plans to deploy its new Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System to the Philippines for the first time during this month’s Balikatan exercise, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on his recent stop in Manila.