Text size The Israeli military said it intercepted two projectiles fired from Lebanon on Wednesday shortly after air raid sirens blared in and around the coastal town of Caesarea, south of Haifa. Sirens were also sounded elsewhere in northern Israel, a day after the army said the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group had fired 180 projectiles…
China has issued a warning over the continued presence of a U.S. Army intermediate-range missile system in the Philippines and talks of deploying it in Japan. A mid-range capability (MRC), or “Typhoon,” missile system was in April deployed to an undisclosed location in the north of Luzon island ahead of joint U.S.-Philippine war games. The…
Text size China sought to cover up the sinking of its newest nuclear-powered submarine, a senior US defense official said on Thursday. The sinking at a shipyard earlier this year was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which also said that satellite imagery later showed large floating cranes arriving to salvage it. “It’s not…