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US military aircraft crashes in sea off Japan, at least one dead

TOKYO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. military aircraft carrying eight people crashed into the sea in Japan on Wednesday, killing at least one crew member with the condition of at least two others hauled f...

North Korea says satellite has images of 'target regions'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has assessed images captured by the country's newly unveiled spy satellite, North Korean state media (KCNA) reported Friday. The report claimed the images were of...

North Korea quits military pact with Seoul — what next?

North Korea is expected to resume "provocations" along its land and sea borders with South Korea after Pyongyang announced on Thursday that it was withdrawing from the 2018 inter-Korean pact...

North Korea says spy satellite launch was self-defense

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated the successful launch of a military spy satellite into orbit by heralding the advent of a "new era of a space power," state media KCNA reported on ...

North Korea ends military agreement with South

North Korea on Thursday announced that it was ending a 2018 military agreement with South Korea. It comes following Seoul's partial suspension of the pact aimed at reducing military tensions, wit...

Ukraine updates: US announces fresh $100 million in aid

The US will provide Ukraine with another $100 million in military aid, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said during a visit to Kyiv. The aid will include three million rounds of small-arms ammuni...

Japan: Why Okinawa is strategically crucial for US military

US military facilities across the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa are critical to Washington's security commitments in the western Pacific, with the Kadena Air Base, in particular, conside...

US Marines on Okinawa ramp up jungle training

The V-22 Osprey shudders as it approaches the landing zone and its two massive propellors shift from forward-facing for conventional flight to the vertical position, enabling the aircraft to hover and...

Biden to meet Xi on Wednesday in San Francisco Bay area, US says

WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping face-to-face for the first time in a year on Wednesday, the White House said, in high-stakes diplomacy aimed a...

Top US military official thinks Xi will not seize Taiwan by force

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) may not necessarily want to take Taiwan by force, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown said on Friday (Nov. 10). Xi will try to a...

Ukraine: Ecstasy and mushrooms to fight war trauma

Substances including LSD, psilocybin from so-called magic mushrooms and DMT, which is found in a number of plants, are outlawed globally since being proscribed in a 1971 UN convention. But calls to pe...

US military bulk buys Japanese seafood to counter China ban

TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The United States has started bulk buying Japanese seafood to supply its military there in response to China's ban on such products imposed after Tokyo released treated w...

Chinese fighter jet buzzes US B-52 over South China Sea

A Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US B-52 bomber in a nighttime maneuver over the South China Sea Friday, according to the US Indo-Pacific Command. A video released by the command shows a Shenyang ...

Israel-Hamas war: UN to vote on cease-fire resolution

UN General Assembly to vote on Jordanian-backed cease-fire resolution, as concern mounts over situation in Gaza Israel Defense Forces say they have conducted another overnight raid in the Gaza strip ...

Taiwan says no sign Chinese invasion imminent amid war in Middle East

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Foreign Minister Joesph Wu (吳釗燮) said there is no sign that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is imminent, but some in Taiwan are concerned war in the Middle East may ca...