China said it rejected a bilateral defense ministers’ meeting with the United States because Washington disrespected its “core interests” by continuing weapon sales to Taiwan. The Pentagon said on Wednesday that China had rejected U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin‘s proposal to meet his Chinese counterpart, Dong Jun, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ two-day…
VIENTIANE, Laos — China’s defense minister will not meet with America’s secretary of defense this week, marking the first time in a year that Beijing has paused high-level military talks. A senior American defense official, speaking with reporters before a summit of Asian defense officials in Laos, said that the Pentagon had offered to meet…
Military accidents involving China and the US in the South China Sea will be “increasingly likely” during Donald Trump’s second presidential term, but China is better prepared this time, according to a military analyst and retired People’s Liberation Army officer. PLA senior colonel Zhou Bo, now a senior fellow with Tsinghua University’s Centre for International…
A car owner turned down compensation from a truck driver who hit her pink US$830,000 Rolls-Royce in Guangzhou, China, and then went viral when the story was posted online. But as well as inspiring admiration from some for her act of kindness, she was also accused by many others of staging the whole accident for…
In a major embarrassment, the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Programme Office has drawn criticism after a now-deleted social media picture seemed to depict a Chinese fighter jet in a Veterans Day homage. In its report, the South China Morning Post mentioned the social media post intended to honor America’s troops on November 11. “Today, and every…
The Pentagon confirmed to Newsweek that it warned China in advance about a test launch of a United States nuclear missile that was fired into the Pacific Ocean last week. An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was launched by the U.S. Air Force on November 5 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California….
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, North Korea will supply roughly enough troops to cover the average number of Russian losses in Ukraine each week, according to an analysis from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on Friday. The Russia-Ukraine war has raged on for more than two years after Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Shocking! Lawyer rams Mercedes car into Kachori shop in Delhi, Six injured In a shocking incident, six people were injured after a lawyer rammed his speeding Mercedes car into a Kachori shop in the national capital. The incident took place at Fateh Kachori in Civil Lines area. The police have taken the lawyer into custody…
Seoul and Kyiv have reported the deployment of North Korean troops to support Russia in its ongoing war in Ukraine, raising serious concerns about escalating tensions in the region. According to South Korea‘s intelligence agency, approximately 1,500 special forces troops have already arrived in Russia’s Far East for training and acclimatization, with estimates suggesting that…
China has reportedly lost its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine after the boat sank at a shipyard earlier this year, defense officials said on Thursday. The boat in question, originally identified as a conventionally powered submarine, was the first of the new Type 041 Zhou class, according to defense news and analysis website TWZ. The incident,…