US Congress to vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan: What’s the deal?

[ad_1] United States lawmakers are expected to vote on Saturday evening on three military aid packages for Ukraine, Israel and other allies in the Asia Pacific region. The three bills are part of Speaker Mike Johnson’s complex strategy to get aid...

Japan, Philippines, US rebuke China over ‘dangerous’ South China Sea moves

[ad_1] Meeting in Washington, DC, the leaders of Japan, the Philippines and the US stress importance of abiding by maritime law.The leaders of Japan, the Philippines and the United States have voiced “serious concern” over China’s actions in the disputed...

Biden, Japan leader Kishida announce stronger defence ties in state visit

[ad_1] United States President Joe Biden has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House, with an upgrade in defence ties topping the agenda. The meeting is only the fifth official state visit of Biden’s presidency, with the...

China’s Xi says outside interference can’t stop reunion with Taiwan

[ad_1] In meeting with former Taiwanese president, Xi Jinping stresses ‘historical trend of reunion of the country and family’.Chinese President Xi Jinping has met former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and said that outside influence cannot stop the “family” reunion between...

Indigenous people in Philippines’s north ‘ready to fight’ as tensions rise

[ad_1] This is the second of two reports from the Philippines's northernmost province of Batanes. You can read the first – from Mavulis Island – here. Itbayat, Philippines – Eleuterio Malupa still remembers December 7, 1941. On the same day...

Philippines beefs up defences on its northernmost edge amid China tensions

[ad_1] This is the first in a two-part series from the Philippines's most northerly province. Mavulis Island, Philippines – The military detachment on the Philippines’s northernmost island faces northwest, towards the setting sun – and the country’s biggest potential adversary....

Philippines flags ‘harassment’ by Chinese vessels ahead of Japan, US drills

[ad_1] Recent clashes between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea have raised concerns of a maritime escalation.The Philippines has said that two Chinese coastguard ships “harassed” Filipino fishing vessels within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the...

Philippines says won’t be cowed into silence after ‘dangerous’ China attack

[ad_1] President says country will respond to South China Sea confrontations with proportionate measures after Filipino soldiers injured.President Ferdinand Marcos says the Philippines will take countermeasures against China after confrontations in the South China Sea last week injured Filipino soldiers...

Philippines summons Beijing envoy over South China Sea water cannon attack

[ad_1] Manila says the confrontation near Second Thomas Shoal wounded three of its soldiers and caused severe damage to its vessel.The Philippines has summoned Beijing’s envoy after accusing the Chinese Coast Guard of wounding three of its soldiers during a...

Philippines accuses China of new water cannon attacks in South China Sea

[ad_1] Two countries involved in a second incident this month at disputed Second Thomas Shoal.Manila has accused China’s coastguard of firing water cannon at one of its supply boats, in the latest incident between the two countries in the disputed...
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