Guam’s large population of stray “boonie dogs” recently found the social media spotlight when one made itself at home outside the headquarters building at Andersen Air Force Base.
The great-granddaughter of the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea believes Japan should pay more restitution for what its soldiers did to the residents of Attu Island during World War II.
About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and debris hurtling down its western slopes.
This year’s Tokyo Comic Con, held over the weekend at Makuhari Messe Convention Center just east of the city center, kicked off with a traditional Japanese ceremony featuring celebrity guests, including Jason Mamoa, star of “Aquaman” and the upcoming “Minecraft” movie.
John Reichart, 74, who spent thousands to decorate their Indianola, Iowa, neighborhood says, “Every dime was well spent. I’ll do anything to make her happy.”
One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of the 168-mile -long border with Bangladesh.
South Korea’s Justice Ministry imposed an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities investigate allegations of rebellion and other charges in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law last week.
A plume of hot ash and gases up to 1.8 miles high forced residents to seek shelter after a volcano in the Philippines erupted on Monday.
The Air Force takes supplies to remote islands via military transport aircraft as part of Operation Christmas Drop.
A U.S. Army specialist was killed over the weekend in a motorcycle crash near Camp Foster, according to the Army and Japanese police.
The South Korean commander whose special forces unit stormed the National Assembly building last week during an aborted attempt to impose martial law has urged the public to blame him, not his soldiers.
Residents of 27 recently renovated homes at Kadena Air Base must find new housing by the end of February due to “potential health risks” from leaky air conditioning systems, according to a base spokeswoman.
Police are considering placing an overseas travel ban on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate possible rebellion charges over his brief imposition of martial law last week, reports said Monday.
A short-lived martial law decree by South Korea’s leader last week raised worries about budding authoritarianism around the world. In the end, though, democracy prevailed.
South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the first figure detained over the case, news reports said.
China sent 14 warships, seven military aircraft and four balloons near Taiwan between Saturday and Sunday, according to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, as Beijing ramps up pressure on the island it claims as its own.
The annual ceremony was once attended by scores of surviving Dec. 7 veterans. Fewer than two dozen remain living and only two attended Saturday’s commemoration. The pair were joined by only six other World War II veterans.
South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers.
Hundreds of volunteers crowded into a hangar over the weekend to decorate about 220 boxes of food, supplies and toys to be airdropped to isolated communities across the South Pacific.