Hegseth Calls Japan Indispensable in the Face of Chinese Aggression U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan an "indispensable partner" in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the...
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...
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...
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...
China, Iran and Russia Hold Joint Naval Drills in Mideast as Tensions Rise Between Tehran and US The joint drills, called the Maritime Security Belt 2025, took place in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz...
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...
![](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.")
