The Navy conducted the latest freedom of navigation operation in the contested South China Sea on Monday, sending two guided missile destroyers near the Spratly Islands. “The guided missile destroyers USS Preble and USS Chung Hoon conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea May 6,” said Lt. Cmdr. Tim Gorman, […]
The Supreme Court has had a mixed record in its orders related to protecting the environment. In April 2012, it issued a writ of kalikasan, stopping a multibillion-peso project to reclaim Manila Bay. The area covered by the special order has since been declared as a protected wetland – the last of its kind […]
CHINA’s bitter row with the US over nuclear arms intensified after it refused to discuss disarmament plans with their rivals or Russia. Beijing claimed it would not take part in the negotiations surrounding the limiting of nuclear arms between the three countries. US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had talked […]
CHINA’s Navy is becoming more powerful as it “continues to develop into a global force”. The country’s navy are able to project its power beyond the coast, the Pentagon’s annual report revealed. The intelligence experts added China is reaching beyond East Asia. The Pentagon believes China’s first domestically produced aircraft carrier will enter service by […]
Beijing – China said US warships sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea without permission on Monday in the latest US challenge to Beijing’s territorial claims in the region. https://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30368917
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday its navy warned U.S. ships sailing near islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea to leave the area and that the U.S. should stop such provocative acts. Two U.S. guided-missile destroyers travelled within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson Reefs in the disputed Spratly […]
LeMay, the U.S. Air Force general who torched Japanese cities and later headed Strategic Air Command, was notorious for his bellicosity. In the 1950s and during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he tried to get the U.S. to launch a nuclear first strike against the Soviet Union: during the Vietnam War, he urged bombing North […]
China’s maritime insurgency in the South China Sea has largely escaped public notice in part because it occurs through innumerable seemingly mundane daily interactions. These effectively conceal the extraordinary stakes being contended for when a Chinese ship bullies a humble Southeast Asian fishing boat. Despite its often-modest outward appearance, what is now transpiring in […]
ROVANIEMI, Finland — The Trump administration warned China and Russia on Monday that the U.S. won’t stand for aggressive moves in the Arctic region, which is rapidly opening up to development and commerce as temperatures warm and sea ice melts. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a speech in Finland that the […]
THE US has warned China it will not allow the Arctic to become the next region to be contested by the global powers. During a press conference in Finland, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Beijing over its “aggressive behaviour” in the oil-rich region. The US official also revealed that America will increase its […]