Australia to boost defense spending under national strategy

Under the strategy, Marles said annual funding for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) will reach 2.4 percent of Australia's gross domestic product (GDP) and exceed 100 billion Australian dollars ... Read More

Taiwan ramps up navy arsenal as tensions spike with China

President Tsai emphasised her administration's dedication to revitalising Taiwan's defence capabilities ... reverting to the Republic of China after World War II. The island has since maintained ... Read More

Government & Military News

The OPC vessels will be able to provide long range patrol capability. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding ... of Defense have signed a contract for the supply of two Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ... Read More

Offshore News

The Dutch government on Friday said it had picked French defense ... to advance capabilities for cable-laying and turbine foundation installation works in the Japanese offshore wind sector ... Read More

Philippines to boost diplomacy, defence capability as South China Sea ‘countermeasures’

MANILA – Countermeasures by the Philippines in response to China’s conduct in the ... not only the aspect of strengthening military and defence capabilities with other allies ... Read More

World News

Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened. By ... Read More

China Evergrande Drops Debt Restructuring Applications in U.S.

Photo: Antoine Morel for The Wall Street Journal China Evergrande Group is dropping efforts in the U.S. to restructure billions of dollars in offshore debt, coming almost two months after a Hong ... Read More

Germany's defense minister to overhaul military command to enhance war capabilities

Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, has announced a plan to overhaul military command to improve the country's war capabilities ... country's longstanding post-World War II culture ... Read More

Japan PM Pledges to Boost Defence, Diplomatic Capabilities to Preserve Peace, NHK Says

Japan PM Pledges to Boost ... its defence and diplomatic capabilities to maintain peace, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said on Saturday, according to public broadcaster NHK, adding that military ... Read More

Putin to visit China in May

China has strengthened its trade and military ties with Russia in recent years as the United States and its allies imposed sanctions against both countries, particularly Moscow for the invasion of ... Read More

World News

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete ... Shortly before withdrawing, the Israeli military brought journalists from The Times to witness ... Read More

Philippines to boost diplomacy and defence capability as South China Sea 'countermeasures'

MANILA (Reuters) - Countermeasures by the Philippines to China's conduct in the ... not only the aspect of strengthening military and defence capabilities with other allies ... Read More