Instead of guarding, protecting, defending and saving, as a coast guard should do, China is attacking, intimidating, violating and threatening, writes Richard Timme.

Opinion: China’s ‘monster’ ship is a sign of a much bigger problem

Business Insider

Local media reported that while Japanese authorities believe the ship made a mistake, its captain is still being questioned for the 20-minute incident.

Japan is scrambling to explain why its naval destroyer pushed into Chinese waters where Beijing was conducting live-fire drills near Taiwan

The Independent

 Germany and the Philippines agreed Sunday to rapidly finalize a defense pact that would allow joint military training and possible sale of German weapons to address security threats, including China’s growing aggression in the South China Sea, which Manila’s defense chief said was “the sole cause of tensions” and conflicts in the disputed waters.China has long claimed much of the entire seaway, a key global trade and security route, and vowed to defend its territorial interests at all costs.Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said the proposed Arrangement on Defense Cooperation that he and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius discussed in...

Germany and the Philippines agree to rapidly finalize a defense pact to address security threats

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean authorities on Thursday were questioning a suspected North Korean resident who crossed into the South, according to South Korea’s military. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message to reporters that South Korean soldiers secured an unidentified individual who was...

South Korea media says North Korean resident crossed border waters to defect

A very specialized part of the world’s largest naval drills off the northern Hawaiian island of Kauai is gaining attention on both sides of the Pacific.

The US says it has successfully practiced using a low-cost bomb to sink a major surface ship. China is taking note

The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way as the US Navy continues to react to a range of crises in the Middle East.

The US Navy is on its fourth aircraft carrier as its warships react to fighting in the Middle East

The Forward

(JTA) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly threatened to invade Israel in support of the Palestinians as fears of a war with Hezbollah escalate — a shocking comment from a member of NATO, the international alliance of Western nations. “We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine,”...

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to invade Israel, in escalation of harsh rhetoric over Gaza war

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since October because of the war in Gaza and said the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner until there is an end to the conflict, sources familiar with the process said.

Turkey blocks NATO-Israel cooperation over Gaza war, sources say

The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.

US sending aircraft carrier, warships and fighter squadron to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved ARS Pharmaceuticals’ nasal spray as the first needle-free emergency treatment for potentially fatal allergic reactions, the agency said on Friday. The spray, which will be sold under the brand name Neffy, is seen as an alternative to EpiPen and other autoinjectors like...

FDA approves nasal spray as first needle-free treatment for anaphylaxis

- Advertisement - It was reported that a high-ranking North Korean military official, responsible for managing funds for the country’s “weapons modernization” project, embezzled $30 million and fled last month. This amount reportedly constitutes 30% of the $100 million slush fund allocated by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the modernization project.

North Korean military official in China flees with $30M from weapons project

BANGKOK — A court in Beijing has ruled against an unmarried Chinese woman’s right to freeze her eggs, ending a fight for reproductive services that lasted six years and drew national attention. The Chaoyang Intermediate People’s Court on Tuesday upheld the ruling that a hospital did not violate...

Chinese court upholds ruling against unmarried woman who sued hospital for right to freeze her eggs

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Shelters on the southern U.S. border and in some major cities that were inundated with migrants a year ago say they are seeing sharp declines in migrants seeking refuge, some reporting drops as high as 60% in just the past few months. In July, the White House said that the...

'Drastically less': The number of migrants in border towns and some big U.S. cities has plunged

Regular heavy marijuana use may increase a person’s risk of developing some head and neck cancers, a study published Thursday in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery found. The study found that heavy cannabis users were between 3.5 and 5 times more likely to develop head and neck cancers than...

Heavy cannabis use may increase risk of certain cancers, new study finds

The United States, Australia, Canada and the Philippines held air and naval maneuvers on Wednesday in a show of force that they said aimed to promote the rule of law in the disputed South China Sea. (Aug. 7) AP.

US, Australia, Canada, Philippines Stage Naval and Air Force Manoeuvers in Disputed South China Sea

U.S. women's 4x100m relay team erupts down the stretch

 Philippine government personnel transported food and other supplies Saturday to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent but closely guarded by Beijing’s forces in the South China Sea and no confrontations were reported, Philippine officials said.It was the first Philippine government supply trip to the Second Thomas Shoal, which has been the scene of increasingly violent confrontations between Chinese and Philippine forces, since the Philippines and China reached a deal a week ago to prevent clashes, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said in a statement."The lawful and routine rotation and resupply mission within the...

The Philippines says its forces sailed to hotly disputed shoal guarded by China without any clashes

U.S. officials confirmed that several U.S. personnel were injured in a rocket attack at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq on Monday. The attack comes as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East following the assassination of the top Hamas terrorist leader and the elimination of a top Hezbollah leader.

Airbase attacked in Iraq, 5 Americans wounded: Report

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recently said Taiwan needs to do more for its defense. And he’s right. In an interview with Bloomberg, the former president was asked if he would defend Taiwan against China. The Chinese Communist Party routinely violates Taiwan’s sovereignty and has threatened to take over the island nation. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping […]

Trump is right on Taiwan

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Philippine military condemns China air force for ‘dangerous’ acts in South China Sea

The Philippine military said on Saturday it strongly condemns “dangerous and provocative actions” by China’s air force at a contested shoal in the South China Sea....

Philippine military condemns China air force for ‘dangerous’ acts in South China Sea

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