A Navy detective pleaded guilty to choking a handcuffed sailor at Naval Base San Diego, lying about former excessive force complaints.

India, a strategic partner of the U.S. that is seen as integral to the U.S. strategy of containing China, has so far been spared any new tariffs. But as tariff threats loom, the question remains how much a good rapport between its two leaders matters and how far India will go to cut a deal.

A U.S. warship recently joined its Australian and British counterparts for a two-day exercise in the South China Sea as the U.S. military continues multiple drills across the Indo-Pacific.

A Kadena High School student died Monday in a vehicle accident that injured another student at the home of the 18th Wing.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday for talks aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties between the two Muslim-majority nations.

India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it. 

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Digantara, a 7-year-old startup, plans to establish a satellite assembly, integration and testing facility in Colorado Springs. Much of the company’s work is for defense and space markets in the U.S., its CEO said; the company also has started to work with Colorado Springs-based Space Command and the separate Space Force.

A U.S. airman was arrested Monday on suspicion of driving under the influence and rear-ending another vehicle on the Okinawa Expressway, injuring the driver, according to Japanese police.

North Korea’s state-run media lashed out at the U.S. over the arrival of a fast-attack submarine in South Korea’s largest port, calling it an effort to escalate tensions on the peninsula.

A Russian intelligence-gathering ship spent more than a week in waters near Japan’s southern islands, including Okinawa and Kyushu, the country’s military announced Monday.

Pacific Air Forces has stood up a directorate consolidating the combatant command’s approach to cyber operations and communications with the aim of modernizing infrastructure in an era of economic and military competition with China.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed to consider a tariff exemption on Australian steel and aluminum imports after a telephone call on Tuesday with Australia’s prime minister.

China’s promised 15% tariffs on U.S. products including LNG, coal and agricultural equipment are set to be imposed Monday, in response to Trump’s 10% levy.

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he had told Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown that he should discuss with New Zealand the contents of agreements that Brown intends to sign in China. New Zealand is the tiny nation’s chief benefactor.

U.S. and South Korean troops trained together in freezing temperatures, just 16 miles from the border with North Korea.

The governor of Russia’s Pacific island region of Sakhalin has declared an emergency after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off its southwest coast.

President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week.

Sgt. Jacob M. Durham died Thursday in the crash of an aircraft that was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies,” officials at Camp Pendleton, Calif., said. The cause of the crash is under investigation.