The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday accused South Korea of deliberately avoiding responsibility for the alleged flights of South Korean drones over the North’s capital, and warned of a “terrible calamity” if they continue.

The Biden administration this week stood up a multi-agency team to confront a growing crisis involving Chinese cyberattacks of U.S. telecommunications companies believed to be for intelligence gathering.

North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights occur again. South Korea issued a vague denial of the allegation.

Reports have estimated that in a conflict with China, U.S. warships would have to quickly leave to friendly piers to reload. Reloading in the open ocean would allow the U.S. surface fleet to stay in a fight and is a top priority for Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro.

A Ukrainian military intelligence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said “several thousand” North Korean infantry soldiers are undergoing training in Russia now and could be deployed to the front line in Ukraine by the end of this year.

BRICS countries not facing sanctions have continued to prioritize the dollar-based. The report was published as Putin prepares to host leaders for the annual BRICS summit. The BRICS group expanded in January to include Iran, the UAE, Ethiopia and Egypt.

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its activism against nuclear weapons.

India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. are members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, an informal group formed as a strategic hedge against Beijing’s rising military power.

Local governments ask Japan’s government for more information about the spill, including where the water flowed, why contaminated water was stored on base and what preventative measures will be taken.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful” activities in the disputed South China Sea during an annual summit meeting, and pledged the U.S. will continue to uphold freedom of navigation in the vital sea trade route.

The Defense Department agency tasked with accounting for the missing in action from America’s wars identified 172 service members in the just-ended fiscal year, a slight uptick from previous years but still short of the effort’s annual goal.

The United States and its allies in the Arctic need to increase the number of sensors, patrols and intelligence sharing in the region to contain the expansion of Russian and Chinese forces in the far north, defense leaders said at a meeting this week.

Patrons may order from, converse with and be entertained by a robot fleet that outnumbers its human handlers at Pepper Parlor, overlooking bustling Shibuya.

At Oahu’s popular and iconic Diamond Head State Monument, which spans more than 475 acres near the eastern edge of Waikiki, a steep hike and an amazing view await.

The welding deficiencies were made on noncritical components of three in-service ships. They were done at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, which is the sole maker of carriers for the Navy and one of only two firms that make submarines.

China is increasingly targeting down-ballot elections in America, according to a Washington Post analysis and senior U.S. intelligence officials, using fake accounts on social media to spread divisive and sometimes explicitly antisemitic claims and conspiracy theories about politicians — part of an effort to inflame tensions in the country just one month before the 2024 election.

Indonesia’s immigration officers on the tourist island of Bali have arrested a Chinese suspect sought by Beijing for helping run over $14 billion investment scam to clients in China, officials said Thursday.

Taiwan celebrated its National Day holiday Thursday against the background of threats from China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own territory.

Young grocery shoppers, with worksheets and measuring tapes in hand, packed this base’s commissary Wednesday evening to apply their classroom knowledge to a real-life setting.