China Will Increase Its Defense Budget 7.2% This Year China said it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year, as it continues its campaign to build a larger, more modern...
Philippines Confident Trump Will Continue Military Patrols to Keep China in Check in Disputed Sea The Philippines' top diplomat to the United States expressed confidence that President Donald Trump’s new administration...
Chinese Fishing Vessels Used North Korean Crews in Breach of UN Bans, a Report Says A fleet of Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews between 2019 and 2024 in violation of U.N. bans, and many people...
Trump's Abrupt Change of US Policy on Ukraine Raises Questions About Taiwan Support U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal of three years of American policy toward Ukraine has raised concerns China...
Here's Why Chinese Warships near Australia and New Zealand Have Prompted Alarm Leaders in Australia and New Zealand say China should have given them more warning before its navy conducted an unusual...
China Issued 'Disconcerting' Warning of Live-Fire Exercises to Planes Flying Above, Australia Says Airliners were over the Tasman Sea crossing between Australia and New Zealand when the Chinese navy warned they were flying...
Panama Exasperated over Persistence of US Allegations of Chinese Control of Canal Panama’s president said that Panama has a team of people working in Washington, not only lobbying on the issue of the canal...
Trump's Freeze on Foreign Aid Could Give China an Opening on the World Stage President Donald Trump's restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be...
The Australian and New Zealand Militaries Are Monitoring 3 Chinese Warships Off Australia The Australian and New Zealand militaries were monitoring three Chinese warships moving unusually far south along Australia’s...
Chinese Navy Helicopter Flies Within 10 Feet of Philippine Patrol Plane over Disputed Shoal A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane in a disputed area of the South China...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
