Japan and the United States will amend an archaic pact that governs the way U.S. military personnel and base-linked civilian workers are dealt with legally following rising instances of crimes committed by U.S. service people in Japan.
China will hold military exercises this week in the South China Sea ahead of an international court ruling on territorial claims in the South China Sea.
A Chinese fleet with about 1,200 soldiers and officers arrived in the Pearl Harbor Wednesday to take part in the Rim of the Pacific 2016 (RIMPAC 2016) multinational naval exercise.
The Indonesian military will have a bigger budget this year to add more firepower to its arsenal in the air, on land and sea after Parliament yesterday agreed to raise the country's defence kitty for this year.
The Indonesian military will have a bigger budget this year to add more firepower to its arsenal in the air, on land and sea after Parliament yesterday agreed to raise the country's defence kitty for this year.
Russia has delivered four tons of humanitarian aid to low-income families in the Syrian province of Homs.
The Okinawa prefecture lodged a fresh protest Monday to the U.S. military over a case of DUI (driving under the influence) committed by a U.S. Base worker a day earlier.
Two American aircraft carriers conducted practice drills in the waters not far from the coast of the Philippines islands in recent days. John M. Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations let it be known on June 20 during a meeting at the Center for a New American Security that it was not at all ordinary for the United States to dispatch two aircraft carriers to one single ocean region, and that it represents the commitment of the U.S. to maintain security in this region, and that it also serves as “deterrence” for related countries.
Strong anger poured out against Japan’s mainland as well as the Japanese and U.S. governments at a massive rally held here on June 19 to protest the slaying of a local woman.
Thousands of Okinawans rallied on an Ounoyama track field in Naha on June 19 to express their outrage over a former U.S. Marine who is under arrest in connection with the slaying of a local woman.
The abrupt cancellation of the screening of a film critical of Myanmar’s military has exposed sensitivities over portrayal of the army as the country deals with the legacy of 49 years of harsh military rule.
A Philippine columnist on Saturday called on the incoming Philippine government to drop a defense pact between the Philippines and the United States, arguing it was reducing the country into one big U.S. military base.
Indonesia's Defence Minister said yesterday that suspected communists killed in 1960s military-backed massacres "deserved to die", as a backlash mounts against efforts to resolve one of the darkest chapters in the country's history.
The inclusion of a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship and Rafale fighter jets are expected to enhance Egypt's military strategic capabilities in the turmoil-stricken Middle East, Egyptian security and strategic experts say.
The Shangri-La Dialogue starts on Friday and finishes on Sunday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) appeared to have failed in its fourth test-launch of an intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile after its dialogue overtures on military matters were repeatedly dismissed by South Korea, Seoul's military said Tuesday.
Three Palestinian teens from east Jerusalem were arrested for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem earlier in May, Israeli police said on Monday.
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