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The USS Roosevelt arrived for military exercises with South Korea and Japan just days after Russia and North Korea agreed to a major defense pact.

A US Navy aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea just days after Russia and North Korea signed a defense pact

The dirt airstrip on Peleliu, 2,500 kilometres from the Chinese coast, played a pivotal role in World War II, when China was a US ally and Japan the adversary. Now, the modest airfield, immortalised in several books, documentaries, and the 2010 HBO mini-series "The Pacific," finds itself at the centre of a modern arms race between Washington and Beijing.

US Reopens Historic WWII Airstrip Amid Rising Pacific Tensions

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the ninth Mogami-class guided-missile frigate ordered by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The future JS Natori is scheduled for delivery and commissioning in 2025, with the entire fleet of 12 warships planned for induction by 2028. MHI and its subsidiary Maritime Systems are building...

Japan Launches 9th Futuristic Mogami Warship

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Clashes bring U.S., China closer to conflict

Could World War III start in the Philippines?

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Manila has sought to calm ties with Beijing after Chinese sailors escalated a standoff near a Filipino outpost this June.

Philippines seeking call with China over emerging Sierra Madre crisis

Germany has blocked the sale of a Volkswagen subsidiary to a Chinese state-owned company on national security grounds, delivering a fresh blow to the already tense relationship with its biggest trading partner.

Germany blocks another big business deal with China

BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Friday to stop tolerating and supporting "provocations" by the Philippines, after Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell expressed concern about Beijing's "destabilizing actions in the South China Sea". China and the Philippines have recently traded accusations over "dangerous and illegal maneuvers"...

China urges U.S. to stop supporting the Philippines' 'provocations'

Hawaii State

Hawaii-based Army units are continuing to play a central role in U.S.-Philippine relations as tensions mount between China and the Philippines. On June 10, soldiers from the Schofield Barracks-based 25th Infantry Division, the Fort Shafter-based 196th Infantry Brigade and the Army Reserve’s 100th Infantry Battalion wrapped up Exercise Salaknib. The Army exercise was held in two parts, one that began in April and one in June—it was put on pause for the larger multinational Exercise Balikatan in May, in which the Hawaii troops also participated.

Hawaii Army Units Help Prepare Philippines in Ongoing Dispute

(NYMWPS) — Retired Philippine Navy Commander Leysander Ordones believes that the best way to maintain Philippines presence and rightful claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is by occupying geographical territories and vigorously enforcing maritime patrols in the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone. In a recently concluded...

Maintain Philippine presence in territories, says retired military official

The Independent

 Philippine forces will defend themselves with “the same level of force” if they come under assault again from China’s coast guard in the disputed South China Sea, where Chinese personnel armed with machetes and spears injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged two of their boats in a chaotic faceoff last month, the Philippine military chief said Thursday.Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. asked China to pay 60 million pesos ($1 million) in damages for the two navy boats and return seven rifles which he said were seized by Chinese coast guard personnel during the June17...

Philippine military chief warns his forces will fight back if assaulted again in disputed sea

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NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

The Philippines is looking to create a new base on the site of a former American naval air station at Subic Bay to increase its aerial surveillance and power projection capabilities in the South China Sea. A new forward operating base that can support reconnaissance and attack aircraft will be...

Philippines to Restore Subic Bay Airfield for South China Sea Ops

A US mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines for annual joint military exercises -- to the annoyance of China -- will be pulled out of the country, a Philippine Army spokesman said Thursday. The US Army said in April it had deployed the Mid-Range Capability missile system which can fire the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) and the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in the northern Philippines.

Philippines says US mid-range missile system to be pulled out

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese forces seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military outpost in a disputed South China Sea shoal in a tense confrontation in which some Filipino navy personnel were injured, Philippine security officials said Tuesday. The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, a treaty ally, a day after the hourslong hostilities in Second Thomas Shoal. The shoal has been occupied by a small Philippine navy contingent aboard a long-grounded warship that has been closely monitored by China’s coast guard and navy...

Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors

Taiwan's Coast Guard said it rushed two patrol boats to the scene of the seizure of the Dajinman 88, but China's ships blocked them.

Taiwan says it backed down from retrieving one of its fishing vessels seized by China to avoid escalation

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea criticised a joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan and the United States held this month, state media said on Sunday, saying such drills show the relationship among three countries has developed into "the Asian version of NATO". On Thursday, the three countries began large-scale...

North Korea Slams South Korea, Japan, US Drills as "Asian NATO"

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has turned down offers from the United States to assist operations in the South China Sea, after a flare-up with China over missions to resupply Filipino troops on a contested shoal, its military chief said. Tensions in the disputed waterway have boiled over into violence...

Exclusive-Philippines Turned Down US Help Amid South China Sea Tensions - Military Chief

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan said Wednesday that China warned its coast guard against interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat, in what was seen as Beijing's latest attempt to assert its territorial claims in the Taiwan Strait. The incident comes as tensions have risen following the...

Taiwan Says It Was Warned by China to Not Interfere in the Detention of Taiwanese Boat Crew

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The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

ON this day 80 years ago, July 9, 1944, Lt. General Holland Smith, USMC, speaking from his headquarters in Chalan Kanoa, declared that the island of Saipan was secure. That did not mean all the Japanese soldiers and sailors had been killed or captured, but rather that the they would not be able to take it back. Many Marines and soldiers would die from sniper fire before the war was over thirteen months later.

FEATURE ǀ Camp Chalan Kanoa: What was it?

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Philippines says pact with Japan takes defense ties to unprecedented high

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines hailed an \"unprecedented\" high in defense ties with Japan after the signing on Monday of a landmark military pact allowing deployment...

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines hailed an "unprecedented" high in defense ties with Japan after the signing on Monday of a landmark military pact allowing deployment...

Philippines says pact with Japan takes defense ties to unprecedented high

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