The circumstances around the Djibouti-flagged tanker than ran aground in Indonesian waters near Singapore are growing increasingly complicated. Initial reports said that the vessel was carrying a cargo of crude from Malaysia to China, but days after the grounding, the...
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The CO of the cruiser USS Normandy has been relieved of duty and transferred off his ship in the middle of a North Atlantic deployment, the U.S. Navy said in a brief statement Tuesday. Capt. Simon McKeon, the commanding officer of Normandy, had served in the post...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping today said Beijing will strengthen military training and prepare for any war Xi’s announcement will raise fears that China may invade Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own China, which has second-largest military in world, has...
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BEIJING — China’s foreign minister called for the “rebuilding of mutual trust” in a phone conversation with his Australian counterpart Tuesday, Beijing said, in a sign of easing tensions after years of difficult ties between the countries. Australia...
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Taiwan’s defence ministry detected 46 Chinese aircraft and 4 naval vessels in its neighbourhood on Sunday. The Taiwanese army responded to the activities with aircraft in controlled air patrol, naval vessels and land-based missile systems.”46 PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN...
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Myanmar expected to top agenda at summit as Asean faces growing calls to quickly address growing violence in country Meeting will be a chance for bloc to demonstrate its convening power, and engage G20 and Apec participants to ‘bring about a diffusion of tensions’,...
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SESSION ON DEFENSE: A navy official told lawmakers that a plan to build a frigate was updated to address China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the Strait. Hangars to be built at an air base in Taichung would withstand being hit with Chinese Dongfeng ballistic...
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International oceanic collaboration is not unprecedented and might be the ticket for tamping down hostilities between US and China. The South China Sea is a unique natural laboratory for ocean research and exploration. And yet, this rifted basin, dotted with atolls,...
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A number of Philippine Navy officers are receiving submarine training in France, with DCI Group. The formation started in 2019 in Brest. Its goal is to assist the Philippines as the country is looking to set up its own submarine force from scratch. The Philippine Navy...
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More than 300 Sri Lankan nationals suspected of migrating from Myanmar to Canada were rescued by maritime rescuers in Vietnamese waters. News from the VietnamMaritimeSearch and Rescue Coordination Center: On 7/11, the Center received information from the Sri Lanka...
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The Taiwanese Coast Guard and National Airborne Service Corps are searching for 12 missing crewmembers from a Chinese-owned cement carrier that sunk in heavy seas caused by a tropical storm passing over the region. Five additional crewmembers were located and saved by...
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This summer, as China fired missiles into the sea off Taiwan to protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, a much different kind of geopolitical standoff was taking shape in another corner of the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of miles away, a heavily-armed...
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