SEOUL: China plus South Korea clashed on Thursday (Aug 11) over an ALL OF US missile defence protect, threatening to weaken efforts by the brand new government in Seoul to overcome longstanding security differences. The disagreement over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system installed within South Korea surfacedContinue Reading
China has announced fresh exercises around Taiwan that will focus on anti-submarine and sea assault operations.Continue Reading
The exercises will focus on anti-submarine and sea assault operations, according to China’s Eastern Theatre Command.Continue Reading
BEIJING : China’s military said on Monday it is continuing drills in the seas and skies around Taiwan on Monday (Aug 8). The Eastern Theater Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army said on social media Weibo that it will practise conducting anti-submarine attacks and sea raids. The military has carriedContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s defence ministry on Monday (Aug 8) defended its shelving associated with military talks with the United States in protest towards House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei last week, warning that Washington must tolerate “serious consequences”. Pelosi’s visit last week infuriated China and taiwan, which regards the self-ruledContinue Reading
TOKYO: Un Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday (Aug 8) that this risk of nuclear confrontation had came back after decades, askin nuclear states to commit to no first use of the weapons. Any attack on a nuclear vegetable is a “suicidal thing”, Guterres said, responding to reports of renewedContinue Reading
China also sent at least one jingle over Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen islands, forcing troops to respond with flares, local authorities said. China’s defence ministry did not respond to a request for comment about the expected conclusion of the exercises. A Taiwan defence ministry official informed reporters to “ask the countryContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas “cat and mouse” on Sunday (Aug 7), hours before the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi’s visit last week to the self-ruled island infuriatedContinue Reading
BRASILIA: Brazil’s federal law enforcement on Saturday (Aug 6) arrested five more men within an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon . com rainforest in June. Police said in a declaration that seven criminal arrest warrants were released forContinue Reading
DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshis besieged fuel stations across the country after the government raised prices by as much as 52 per cent, the largest jump on record, on the back of higher oil prices. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen global energy prices soar, though oil has fallen back inContinue Reading