Australia, Canada and Philippines Stage Air Defense Drills Off Disputed Shoal Guarded by China Australia, Canada and the Philippines deployed three warships and aircraft for drills against simulated aerial threats off a...
Trump Administration Is Investing in US Rare Earths in a Push to Break China's Grip The U.S. is ramping up efforts to boost production of crucial components used in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter...
Philippines Condemns China's Swarm of Forces Near Disputed Shoal and Vows to Defend the Territory The latest flare-up in the long-seething territorial disputes around the Second Thomas Shoal came up in closed-door talks...
US Seeks Shipbuilding Expertise from South Korea and Japan to Counter China American lawmakers are using a trip to South Korea and Japan to explore how the United States can tap those allies’...
Japan and China Commemorate World War II Anniversary on Different Dates Japan occupied much of China before and during WWII in a devastating and brutal invasion that, by some estimates, killed 20...
US Briefly Deploys 2 Warships to a Disputed South China Sea Shoal After Chinese Collision Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Malaysia...
China and the US Clash at the UN over the Panama Canal, a Focus of Trump's Attention The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations, with the U.S. warning that Beijing’s...
Marcos Says the Philippines Will Be Pulled into Any War over Taiwan, Despite China's Protest Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his country would inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” into any war...
Japan Warns of China's Military Moves as Biggest Strategic Challenge Japan raised strong caution against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from its southwestern...
US Commander Says China Has Failed to Coerce Rival States in South China Sea Adm. Stephen Koehler, who oversees the largest naval fleet command in the world, gave assurances Friday in a Manila forum of...
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...
