Asia
Japan Moves Away from Pacifism, Relaxes Ban on Lethal Weapon Exports
On Tuesday, Japan’s Cabinet approved a proposal to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other nations, marking another move away from the pacifist...
Pakistan to Consider Restoring Trade With India
Pakistan will “seriously examine” rebooting trade ties with India, on the basis of sentiments voiced by its business community, per the country’s newly...
Read moreFast-growing India Bolsters Military With Major Weapons Purchases
India recently signed several billion-dollar defense contracts as the country outpaces other nations in terms of economic growth. ...
Read moreNorth Korea Ramps Up Secret Weapons Shipments to Russia
North Korea has shipped containers that could hold millions of artillery shells to Russia, a top South Korean official said, permitting President Vladimir...
Read moreChina Uses Floating Barrier to Block Philippines From Scarborough Shoal
Satellite images of the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea divulged a new floating barrier across its entrance, near where...
Read moreMedia Claim Taiwanese Leaders Are Unhappy With U.S. Commitment to Ukraine
U.S. lawmakers who visited Taiwanese leaders this week have reportedly been met with worry and questions over Washington’s security commitments in the wake...
Read moreIndia Strengthens Economic Ties to Qatar and the Muslim World
Where China was once considered a “sleeping giant” but has long since awakened, India may well be said to be the new sleeping...
Read moreUS Supports Japan’s Push for Talks With North Korea, Envoy Says
The United States supports Japan’s efforts to hold talks with North Korea and hopes any dialogue would seek to tackle issues ranging from...
Read moreNorth Korea Must be Ready to “Occupy” South — Kim
Pyongyang must be prepared to seize South Korean territory in the event of an “emergency,” North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said. In...
Read moreTaiwan Ally Guatemala Mulls Commercial Ties With China
Guatemala is contemplating reaching out to develop formal trade ties with China, the Central American country’s foreign minister told Reuters on February 5,...
Read moreMoscow Says India Still Keen on Defense Cooperation With Russia
New Delhi is still keen on defense cooperation with Moscow, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS, remarking on a Reuters report...
Read more“Fix Bayonets”: The Story of Operation Shiny Bayonet, the First U.S. Air Cavalry Battle of the Vietnam War, with Vietnam Veteran Bob Martin, U.S. Army, Retired
In October 1965, Bob Martin, a 19-year-old private first class, received his baptism under fire in Operation Shiny Bayonet, the first Air Cavalry...
Read morePhilippines Eyes Bigger Military Drills With U.S., Cooperates With Vietnam in South China Sea
The Philippines and the United States hope to conduct what could be their largest military exercise in April, in a display of the...
Read moreNorth Korea Fires “Several” Cruise Missiles: Seoul Military
North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles on January 30, Seoul’s military announced, extending a week-long flurry of tests that Pyongyang has...
Read moreNorth Korea Touts New Underwater Nuclear Weapons System
Pyongyang is playing up the potency of a new underwater weapons system as dictator Kim Jong Un is dialing up the bellicose rhetoric....
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