From the Top End to the Philippines: MRF-D 25.3 bolsters U.S.-Philippine alliance
From the northern coast of Australia to the southern edge of the Philippine archipelago, U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3
China-Philippine ties face reckoning after Marcos fails to thwart Duterte camp
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr might recalibrate his China policy after failing to stem the influence of rival Vice-President Sara Duterte in a midterm election tussle between two
Closure of Taiwan’s last nuclear reactor fans energy security fears amid Chinese threat
Taiwan will turn off its last nuclear reactor on Saturday, fuelling concerns over the self-ruled island’s reliance on imported energy and vulnerability to a Chinese
Danish minister heads to China, days after Taiwan ex-leader’s contested Denmark trip
Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will travel to China on Saturday for high-level meetings, just days after a visit by former Taiwan President Tsai
Taiwan cannot rule out China holding more drills as president marks a year in office
Taiwan cannot rule out that China will hold more military drills to “stir up trouble” around the one year anniversary next week of President Lai
Japan’s defense industry expands at home, overseas amid regional tensions
Japan is rapidly transforming its defense industrial base, driven by record government spending, burgeoning partnerships and growing strategic urgency in the Indo-Pacific. Long reliant on
PACAF commanders and chiefs gather to advance warfighting concepts
U.S. Air Force commanders and command chiefs from around the theater gathered for the bi-annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces Commanders Conference, which focused on advancing
‘Possibility’ Trump travels to Turkiye on Thursday for Ukraine talks
Speaking to reporters as he boarded Air Force One to leave Riyadh, Trump says it’s a “possibility” he would go to Turkiye for planned talks
Trump suggests Qatar approached him with luxury jet replacement for Air Force One
President Donald Trump suggested that Qatar approached him with the possibility of gifting a luxury jet replacement for Air Force One, claiming that one Qatari