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...
Stress and Fear Roil a Tiny, Rapidly Militarizing Japanese Island near Taiwan The tiny island of Yonaguni on Japan’s western frontier is too small for even a chain convenience store.
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...
52 Years After a US Spy Plane Was Shot Down over Laos, a Family Still Fights for Answers: Did the Crew All Perish or Were Half of Them Left Behind? The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
North Korea's Kim Slams US-South Korea-Japan Partnership and Vows to Boost His Nuclear Program His latest statement implies that the North Korean leader won’t likely embrace President Donald Trump’s overture to meet him...
Canada and Philippines are in Final Negotiations for Defense Pact to Boost Joint Military Exercises Canada has been reinforcing its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
A US Shutdown on Foreign Aid Is Hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine. Here's How U.S-funded aid programs around the world have begun firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop their operations, as...
Southeast Asia Foreign Ministers Seek Breakthrough in Myanmar Conflict and South China Sea Dispute The retreat was the first major meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nation.
Japan and Philippines Plan to Convey to Trump the Need for US Engagement in Asia Japan and the Philippines will convey to President-elect Donald Trump the urgent need for the U.S. to remain committed to...
Taiwan's Spy Agency Says China Is Working with Gangs, Shell Companies to Gain Intelligence on Taiwan Taiwan's intelligence bureau says China’s main spy agency is working with criminal gangs, shell companies and other dubious...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
![Kim Jong Un visits an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea.](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/ApNewsroom_Koreas_Tensions_01841.jpg?itok=q6WOc6kT "FILE - In this undated photo provided Oct. 6, 2024, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)")
