Hegseth Tells Philippines the Trump Administration Will Ramp Up Deterrence Against China Threat The Philippines was the first stop in U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's first trip to Asia. He is due to travel next to...
US Adds Chinese Tech Firms to Its Export Control List, Says They Sought US Know-How for Military Use The U.S. has added dozens of companies to its export control, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought...
China Swoops In to Replace Asian USAID Projects Axed by Trump The U.S. canceled two aid projects in Cambodia in late February — one to encourage child literacy and another to improve...
A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History While Caribbean pirates like Blackbeard could boast a handful of ships and hundreds of men. Ching Shih commanded an entire...
Elon Musk Holds Talks at Pentagon; Trump Denies China War Briefing The SpaceX and Tesla mogul came to the Department of Defense headquarters in suburban northern Virginia for what Hegseth...
Cambodia Says Expanded Port Funded by China Opening Next Month - With First Call from Japanese Navy A Cambodian naval port expansion funded by China that has raised concerns over Beijing's growing military reach in the region...
China Conducts Air and Sea Drills near Taiwan in Response to US and Taiwanese Statements An unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered airspace and waters surrounding Taiwan between...
'Filled With Arrogance': China Lashes Out at G7 Over Statements on Maritime Security Even for China's generally overheated diplomatic language, the statement was unusually vitriolic, although it did not...
China, Russia and Iran Call for End to US Sanctions on Iran and the Restart of Nuclear Talks Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear...
Taiwan's Leader Says Tougher Measures Needed to Counter Stepped-Up Chinese Infiltration and Spying Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said tougher measures are needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration, spying...
Army, US Allies Battling Swampy Terrain to Find 4 Soldiers Missing Since Tuesday in Lithuania The troops, assigned to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Stewart, Georgia, were last seen aboard an M88...
Military Troops, Armored Vehicles Deployed to Big Bend National Park The U.S. military is deploying troops and armored vehicles to West Texas, including inside Big Bend National Park, as part of...
Roadrunner and Coyote: Navy Set to Deploy Land-Based Anti-Drone Systems at Sea Ever since the Navy repelled its first wave of drone attacks from the Houthi rebels, there has been criticism over the fact...
Senate Confirms Deputy VA Secretary as Department Preps for Mass Firings The Department of Veterans Affairs has a new No. 2 official after the Senate voted along party lines Thursday to approve Paul...
'Different Spanks for Different Ranks': Hegseth's Signal Scandal Would Put Regular Troops in the Brig Despite what amounts to among the most startling security snafus in recent memory -- one that would almost certainly trigger...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-03/ching%20shih%201200.jpg?itok=0MBEI37y "Sometimes called, Zheng Yi Sao or "Wife of Zheng Yi," she's known to history as Ching Shih for what she accomplished once he died.")
