Taiwan’s defense ministry confirmed on Twitter that China flew nine planes into Taiwan’s air defense zone. None of the planes made it to Taiwan itself. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has flown into the air defense zone regularly over the last couple years. Thursday’s flight of nine planes pales in comparison to…

The U.S. Navy is working to recover an F-35C warplane after it fell into the South China Sea during a landing mishap this week. The military has launched an effort to reclaim the valuable aircraft. “An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, had a landing mishap on deck while USS Carl…

Update (Jan. 25, 2022): The U.S. Navy reported a “landing mishap” while a combat jet conducted exercises in the South China Sea Monday. According to the Navy, the jet crashed while trying to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Seven sailors were injured in the mishap. Three were evacuated for medical treatment in the Philippines.…

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As we head into 2022, Americans should pay close to some extraordinary dangers worldwide. Tension is mounting on multiple fronts. For starters, Russia is building up its troops at the Ukraine border, yet it denies it has any plans to attack. At the same time, Russia has submitted a list of security requests to the…

As U.S. lawmakers visited Taiwan this month, Chinese officials criticized the move, believing it meant the U.S. backed the island’s independence. And the tension under these circumstances is nothing new. It began when Republic of China leaders fled the mainland during the communist takeover in 1949. Taiwan became an independently-governed democracy, while China viewed it as…

United States climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart announced Wednesday that the world’s two largest polluters have made a deal to cooperate on combatting climate change. The goal is to accelerate the emissions reductions required to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. “President Biden had a conversation with President Xi a…

The Justice Department announced Monday it has charged two suspected criminal hackers in connection to a wave of ransomware attacks. The two suspected hackers are Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinskyi and Russian Yevgeniy Polyanin. “According to the indictments, Vasinskyi and Polyanin accessed the internal computer networks of several victim companies and deployed Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to encrypt the…

In possibly the most significant demonstration of North Korea’s military might since President Joe Biden took office, the North fired at least one ballistic missile Tuesday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was likely launched via submarine from waters near the eastern port of Sinpo. The South Korean military did not say whether the…

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed at her daily White House briefing Wednesday that President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting by the end of the year. The video above shows her discussing the future meeting. “We continue to believe that leader level engagement is an important part of…