North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the strengthening of his country’s nuclear force due to perceived threats by the United States and South Korea.

A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that also damaged factories in export-focused northern industrial hubs.

The ministry said the “Northern United-2024” exercises would take place in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk farther north, but gave no details.

Previously, Akino Miyagi was indicted last October on charges of making threats and brandishing a metal object resembling a pipe bomb outside the consulate.

Japan lodged another protest with China last week, its third in less than two weeks, after it said Chinese coast guard vessels entered waters around Japanese islets in the East China Sea.

Nearly 100 Okinawans walked through the home of the 18th Wing during a tsunami evacuation drill over the weekend, many carrying fresh memories of an actual alert in April.

Passage of a six-month temporary spending bill would have widespread and devastating effects on the Defense Department, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said in a letter to key members of Congress on Sunday.

The amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) was commissioned aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Saturday.

At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country’s north, state media said Sunday, as officials warned of heavy downpours despite its waning power.

U.S. intelligence officials warned that the Russian government’s covert efforts to sway the presidential election are “more sophisticated than in prior election cycles,” and that Moscow is using artificial intelligence to create increasingly convincing fake content that could aid Donald Trump.

As it struck Vietnam, the storm had wind speeds of about 125 mph, with gusts up to 155 mph, according to the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane.

Authorities have not been able to recover the body of a dead man left aboard a sailboat drifting near Hawaii that was the scene of a perilous rescue of a mother and her child by a U.S. Navy destroyer last week.

Agents with NCIS are investigating the death on Sunday of an unidentified Marine’s family member at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Investigators have not released the names of the two individuals.

The promise of more lenient license approvals offers an incentive for countries to join the U.S. camp, given American leadership in a range of academic fields and research partnerships. 

Two weeks of military drills in Indonesia involving 5,500 troops from 10 nations wrapped up Friday as the Southeast Asian democracy balances security against a strong trading relationship with China.

Technology experts from four nations spent the past two weeks practicing a defense against nefarious hacking during the first-ever cyber exercise held as part of Super Garuda Shield in Indonesia.

A powerful typhoon has swept south of Hong Kong and is moving toward a Chinese island province where it is expected to make landfall, forcing many aspects of life in the region to a halt.

Air conditioning during torrid summers on the Korean Peninsula provides more than comfort; it’s essential to flight operations in some cases. As temperatures soared this summer, the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron at Kunsan Air Base southwest of Seoul battled every day to keep air conditioners blowing cold air.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said China is a great friend, but that Malaysia has the right to operate in its waters. Beijing accused Kuala Lumpur of infringing on its territory.