Tokyo's defence minister said Friday it was "unacceptable" for China to blame Japan for close encounters between their military planes over the Pacific high seas last weekend. Nakatani said Friday ...

THE PHILIPPINES and Japan held joint maritime drills in the South China Sea on Saturday, the Philippine military said on Sunday, conducting their first major exercises following the ratification of ...

Japanese military patrol planes were closely approached by Chinese fighter jets after the simultaneous operation of two ...

Chinese fighter jets flew dangerously close to Japanese military aircraft in the Pacific as Chinese carriers Shandong and ...

The Philippines' Department of National Defense welcomed the Japanese Diet’s ratification of the deal, saying it would allow ...

Beijing condemned on Thursday what it called "dangerous behaviour" by a Japanese military plane over the Pacific after Tokyo ...

Russia has maintained a delicate balancing act in the Middle East for decades, trying to navigate its warm relations with ...

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American citizens in Israel are strongly advised to limit internal travel and to maintain a high level of situational ...

Two Chinese aircraft carriers were operating in the Pacific for the first time, according to Japan, whose defence minister ...

Tokyo said Thursday it had expressed "serious concerns" to Beijing after Chinese fighter jets flew dangerously close to a ...

Such actions by the Chinese jet should be viewed as ‘threats’, as any error could escalate tensions in the Pacific, analysts say.