The U.S. will continue to provide the necessary capabilities to support the defense of Japan, the Pacific Air Forces told ...

HONOLULU—”The Indo-Pacific is the priority theater of the United States of America.” This sentence, spoken Monday by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command leader Adm. Samuel Paparo, is a common refrain here on ...

This massive mountain in the west Pacific is about 2.6 miles tall, yet its peak remains 800 feet below the surface, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. NOAA Ocean Exploration image An “enormous” submerged ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

WAIKIKI BEACH, Hawaii — The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Monday that he was unfazed by media reports that the Pentagon’s draft National Defense Strategy will prioritize defense of the ...

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Kiko intensified into a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday at the same time Hurricane Lorena geared up to lash the coast of Mexico's Baja California. Kiko surged ...

China’s DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile debuted in 2015, and an improved DF-26D version will be unveiled this month. (Gordon Arthur) CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Russian and North Korean ...

At least eight people, all members of the same family, were killed in a blast in western Afghanistanon Monday, local Ariana News reported. The deadly blast took place in a house in Balablok district ...

HUA HIN, Thailand – Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau, attended the 2025 Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference to strengthen the National Guard’s partnerships in ...

Is summer weather coming to an end? I’ll get to that answer later, yet a change in the recent warm weather is expected to unfold this weekend and into the first half of next week. An upper-level low ...

TOKYO — A map of bear sightings in Japan shows people are increasingly encountering the animals just west of a U.S. airlift hub in western Tokyo. The map, which has been updating on the Tokyo ...

China’s latest military parade, which took place in Beijing on September 3, was never simply a commemoration of wartime sacrifice against Japan and the Axis powers. It was a carefully choreographed ...