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China military says it monitored US warship in Taiwan Strait
Published on 24/04/2025
» BEIJING - China's military said on Thursday that it had dispatched naval and air forces to monitor and warn a US guided missile destroyer that sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Preservationists race to save 17th century Swedish warship
AFP, Published on 09/04/2025
» STOCKHOLM - A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions.
China holds military drills at newly expanded Cambodian naval base
Published on 07/04/2025
» BEIJING - China and Cambodia on Sunday held joint military exercises at a newly expanded naval base on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, a facility the United States worries could become a military outpost for the Chinese.
Taiwan condemns China's 'shooting' drills off southwest coast
Reuters, Published on 26/02/2025
» TAIPEI — China's military has set up a drill zone for "shooting training" about 40 nautical miles (74 kilometres) off Taiwan's southwest coast without prior notification, the island's defence ministry said on Wednesday, condemning the move as a provocative and dangerous.
Sweden seizes ship suspected of Baltic Sea cable 'sabotage'
AFP, Published on 27/01/2025
» RIGA - Sweden on Sunday said it had seized a ship suspected of having damaged a fibre-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking the country to Latvia, which sent a warship to investigate the latest apparent act of sabotage.
Philippines to pick venue soon for 2nd S. China Sea case against Beijing
Published on 23/01/2025
» MANILA - The Philippines will soon decide on an international platform to sue China for alleged damage to the marine environment, its justice minister said, as it pursues a second high-profile legal challenge against Beijing over the South China Sea.
Opposition urged not to visit Thai fishing crew detained in Myanmar
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/01/2025
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has voiced concern that a proposed visit by opposition People's Party representatives to see four Thai trawler crew members being held in Myanmar will do more harm than good.
Taiwan reports first Chinese 'combat patrol' of New Year
Published on 02/01/2025
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday that Chinese warplanes and warships had carried out the first "combat patrol" around the island of the New Year, after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te again expressed willingness to talk to Beijing.
Azerbaijani plane passengers describe ‘loud bangs’
Published on 27/12/2024
» BAKU, Azerbaijan - Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia.
Russian state owner says cargo ship blast was 'terrorist attack'
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» MOSCOW - A "terrorist act" sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian state-owned company that owns the vessel said Wednesday.