South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing as he branded himself as a firm believer in democracy in his first appearance at an impeachment trial looking into his shocking and brief imposition of martial law last month.

Russia President Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday with China President Xi Jinping and emphasized their close ties a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.

U.S. Air Force bombers from South Dakota are back in the Western Pacific for the region’s first bomber task force mission of the year.

A Marine Corps Osprey accidentally dropped a load of rations weighing nearly 1,000 pounds into the ocean west of Okinawa during training last week.

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s capital city over the weekend.

Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki’s final legal challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps airfield in the island’s north.

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered defense officials to come up with a security plan that could include deploying more troops and drones and building up more barriers, such as the border wall.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, leaving 15 people with minor injuries.

President Donald Trump pledged Monday to send more troops to the U.S. border with Mexico under an emergency declaration that he intends to sign soon after entering the White House for his second term in office.

Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said Monday.

Weapons and notes left on dead North Korean troops in Russia give Ukraine a glimpse into their mindset — and show how they are quickly adapting to modern war.

Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month.

Taiwan is entering a period of political upheaval that could hinder its combat readiness amid intensifying military intimidation from China - just as Donald Trump, who has previously questioned why the United States should defend the island, is inaugurated.

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to slap tariffs of 60% on all Chinese imports into the U.S. But he has also in the past praised his relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and has suggested China could help mediate international crises such as the war in Ukraine.

The sanctions announced Friday target a Chinese hacker who officials say is affiliated with Beijing’s Ministry of State Security. Also targeted is a China-based cybersecurity company that U.S. officials say has direct links to the Salt Typhoon Chinese hacking group.

Okinawa’s governor has delivered official protest letters to two Japanese government officials over the latest sexual assault allegation against a U.S. service member.

Japan’s counterstrike capabilities is set to receive a boost from the U.S. Defense Department, which on Wednesday backed a $39 million sale of air-to-surface missiles for the country’s F-15J and F-35 fighters.

The Marine Corps is seeking feedback from active-duty troops about its programs to remove or secure the objects that facilitate suicide.

The Defense Department’s effort to streamline its global system of shipping service members’ household goods is meeting resistance from the moving industry and a federal lawsuit challenging the bidding process for a multibillion-dollar contract.