North Korea sent its foreign minister to Russia for her second trip in less than a year to the major backer of Kim Jong Un’s regime. The move comes as Pyongyang readies for a parliamentary meeting that will likely approve measures that raise tensions with South Korea.
The vote is the first since India’s Hindu nationalist government in 2019 downgraded the former state to a federally governed territory. India insists that an insurgency in the region is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, a charge Islamabad denies.
Uber, the ride-hailing service common in the United States but less so in Japan, is taking to the streets of Tokyo for a test drive.
During an address to the Air & Space Forces Association, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said the Chinese Communist Party continues to heavily invest in “capabilities, operational concepts and organizations that are specifically designed to defeat the United States” and its Western Pacific allies.
The U.S. Coast Guard recently encountered four Russian naval vessels in U.S. waters near Point Hope, Alaska, the service said Monday.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is shutting down two of its hard-won offices in China, The Associated Press has learned, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals from the country that have fueled a fentanyl epidemic blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
The USS North Carolina fast-attack submarine pulled into a Pearl Harbor maintenance facility Sept. 4 and joined two other Virginia-class subs, the USS Illinois and USS Colorado.
A union leader freed from prison Monday after serving time for her part in a strike against Cambodia’s biggest casino has vowed to continue the labor action until justice is done.
China has released an American pastor after nearly two decades in prison, presenting an olive branch to the U.S. that had repeatedly called for his release.
Pulasan has passed closest point of approach to Okinawa. Showers and gusty winds forecast to continue Thursday as Pulasan moves out of the area.
The United States, Australia, India and Japan are planning joint coast guard and maritime police patrols amid growing Chinese activity in the region, according to unnamed diplomatic sources cited Monday by Japan’s Kyodo News.
Keeble, Kyle and Vera, the three new housing towers that opened at this Army installation last week after five years of construction, bear the names of Medal of Honor recipients from the Korean War.
Military leaders from the U.S. and China met in Beijing for routine talks that only resumed in January after being suspended for two years as ties between the two countries soured.
An investigation commissioned by Hawaii’s attorney general has found that officials didn’t prepare for dangerous fire weather in the days before flames incinerated the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year even though they were warned by meteorologists.
Germany sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Friday in its first transit of the disputed waters in more than two decades, as Berlin seeks to increase its defense engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.
Construction of a new Japanese air base that will serve as a training site for U.S. Navy pilots is three years behind schedule, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense.
Lt. Gen. James Glynn took the reins from Lt. Gen. William Jurney, who is retiring after 37 years in the Corps.
A nonprofit dedicated to addressing eating disorders has been added to the Military OneSource’s resource finder, making it easier to find by people tackling the issue.