By Rozanna Latiff and Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -China pressed on Monday for stronger economic ties and more open trade at a regional summit in Malaysia dominated by the shadow of steep U.S. tariffs after proceedings attended by President Donald Trump. In a flurry of deal-making on his first stop during a five-day tour…
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in separate incidents less than an hour apart, the Navy said. “All personnel involved are safe and in stable condition,” U.S. Pacific Fleet said in…
A Navy fighter jet and a helicopter crashed in the South China Sea in separate incidents on Sunday, the Navy said. Crew members from both aircraft were safely rescued. According to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter that was assigned to the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 “Battle Cats” crashed around 2:45…
Two U.S Navy aircraft — a helicopter and a jet — went down in the waters of the South China Sea on Sunday. The first incident occurred at around 2:45 p.m. local time. The U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, went down while…
As China’s leadership meets this week to chart a policy course for the 15th five-year plan – China’s development blueprint for the rest of the decade – events that unfolded more than 70 years ago are echoing again. The growing external challenges of today have similarities to those the country faced in the 1950s –…
China and Australia have traded accusations over an incident Australia said involved a Chinese jet releasing flares. Published On 22 Oct 202522 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share China has accused Australia of covering up an incursion into Chinese airspace in response to Canberra’s earlier claims about an “unsafe and…
China accused Australia of distorting facts and using inflammatory rhetoric following a mid-air encounter between the nations’ military aircraft and urged Canberra to avoid undermining bilateral ties. Beijing made “stern representations” to Canberra after the latter said that a Chinese aircraft intercepted an Australian patrol plane in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner over the South…
Trade ties between the rival powers remain fraught, even as Bessent held “frank” talks over video with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng on Saturday, with the pair set to hold fresh in-person negotiations this week. Yet, amid the tensions, Trump appears to have shown some restraint by not antagonising his counterpart, Xi Jinping, or challenging Beijing’s…
Australia has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing after a Chinese fighter jet released flares close to an Australian surveillance plane in the South China Sea, in yet another potentially dangerous encounter between the two militaries. Defence Minister Richard Marles said the Australian P-8 surveillance plane was conducting a routine patrol over the South China…
Cheng Li-wun will take over the leadership of Kuomintang party on November 1. Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Taiwan’s main opposition party has chosen a new reformist leader who is critical of high defence spending but envisions peace with neighbouring China, whose sovereignty claims…