China’s support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine through the provision of technology for missiles and other weaponry is a “major mistake,” U.S. Ambassador to Beijing Nicholas Burns said Wednesday.
Hawaii-based Army units are continuing to play a central role in U.S.-Philippine relations as tensions mount between China and the Philippines.
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.
The Marine Corps’ new amphibious combat vehicle went to work in waters off Okinawa doing for the first time what it was designed to do: moving troops from ship to shore.
A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider made an appearance this month at Osan Air Base, South Korea, as part of two-week joint aerial drills with Seoul’s air force and gunnery training.
The granddaughter of a sailor who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor will deliver the keynote speech at this year’s commemoration in December.
The Chinese government is subsidizing a wide range of industries in a bid to dominate global markets and develop the ability to coerce the United States in a crisis, according to the new chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile early Wednesday that is presumed to have failed, according to the South’s military. North Korea has fired over a dozen ballistic missiles in seven separate days of testing so far this year.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Russia for the first time since the start of the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, a trip that follows his return to office for a third term and underscores the strong ties between the two countries.
Chinese coast guard vessels have become more aggressive in blocking access to the contested Second Thomas Shoal.
The United Nations’ food agency has strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. Tuesday’s statement by the World Food Program says the destroyed building in Rakhine’s Maungdaw township held enough food and supplies to sustain 64,000 people for one month.
Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing that Assange had left a London prison and was expected to plead guilty to a charge under the Espionage Act. If a judge accepts the agreement, he could be freed and return to his home country of Australia.
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison. The activists were among 47 democracy advocates who were charged under a Beijing-imposed national security law for their involvement in an unofficial primary.
South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South that are likely to be carrying trash. It’s North Korea’s sixth launch of balloons since late May. The South Korean government asked the public not to touch any North Korean balloons that fall to the ground and to report them to police or military authorities.
Japanese police arrested a U.S. soldier assigned to Kadena Air Base over the weekend on suspicion of drunken driving, colliding with another vehicle and fleeing the scene.