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Huthis fire at ship off Yemen as they threaten wider campaign
Mar 15, 2024 (AFP)
The Iran-backed rebels have launched dozens of missile and drone strikes on shipping in the commercially vital seaway over the past four months. They say they a...
US unions urge for probe on Chinese shipbuilding sector
Mar 12, 2024 (AFP)
The petition, filed before the US Trade Representative, urged that action be taken to address "unreasonable and discriminatory" policies and practices by Beijin...
Chinese, Russian warships join naval exercise with Iran
Mar 12, 2024 (AFP)
This year's manoeuvres come with Middle East tensions soaring in the face of the Israel-Hamas war that has drawn in Iranian allies around the region, including ...
China, Russia, Iran holding joint naval drills
Mar 11, 2024 (AFP)
The military activities -- to be conducted from Monday through Friday -- are aimed at "jointly maintaining regional maritime security", according to a statement...
Kremlin declines to comment if naval chief sacked
Mar 11, 2024 (AFP)
Several news outlets including the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper said over the weekend that Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov had been replaced by Northern Fleet comman...
Philippines' Marcos sees Chinese actions in South China Sea with 'great alarm'
Mar 06, 2024 (AFP)
The latest incidents involving Philippine and Chinese vessels took place on Tuesday in waters around Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands where the countr...
ASEAN, Australia decry actions that 'endanger peace' in South China Sea
Mar 06, 2024 (AFP)
Simmering tensions in the trade corridor threatened to boil over this week, when Chinese boats in the Spratly Islands were accused of hounding Philippines vesse...
China says US using Philippines as 'pawn' in South China Sea
Mar 06, 2024 (AFP)
Manila summoned a Chinese representative on Tuesday after it said China Coast Guard vessels caused two collisions with Philippine boats and water cannoned one o...
Philippines says crew hurt, vessels damaged by China Coast Guard
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Manila summoned a Chinese representative over the incidents, which happened in waters around Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands where the countries have...
Ukraine says destroyed another Russian warship in Black Sea
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Kyiv also said it was behind a drone hit on an oil depot in a Russian border region, as Ukraine flexes its ability to strike Russia from the air and at sea with...
Maldives signs China defence deal as India prepares exit
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Some 89 Indian military personnel in the country will be gone by May 10 after having been previously ordered out by pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu, who came...
Philippines foreign minister urges China: 'stop harassing us'
Mar 04, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking on the sidelines of an ASEAN-Australia summit in Melbourne, Manalo defended his government's policy of publicising Chinese manoeuvres in contested mari...
India navy to open strategic base near Maldives
Mar 03, 2024 (AFP)
Relations between India and the Maldives have soured since pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu won elections last year after promising to expel Indian forces. In...
Marcos says China naval presence off Philippine coast 'worrisome'
Feb 28, 2024 (AFP)
His comments came after the Philippine Coast Guard said Chinese navy vessels were detected last week during a government resupply mission to Filipino fishermen ...
New airborne resupply system keeps Coast Guard cutters on patrol longer
Feb 28, 2024 (UPI)
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Air and Marine Operations groups worked with several federal partners to implement new aerial resupply operations...
Does Sweden joining make the Baltic Sea a 'NATO lake'?
Feb 26, 2024 (AFP)
After Finland joined last year, Sweden's membership -- which cleared the final hurdle Monday with Hungary's vote on ratification -- means all the countries surr...
Philippines accuses China of attempting to block another vessel
Feb 25, 2024 (AFP)
The BRP Datu Sanday was supplying fuel to fishermen near the Scarborough Shoal when it was harassed by a China Coast Guard vessel and three other Chinese ships ...
Contentious Chinese research vessel docks in Maldives
Feb 22, 2024 (AFP)
Local residents said they had spotted China's Xiang Yang Hong 3 at the Thilafushi industrial port near the capital Male. The 100-metre-long (328-foot) vessel wa...
Taiwan's Lai backs 'firm' coast guard posture; China says Taiwan 'hiding the truth'
Feb 21, 2024 (AFP)
The Chinese boat carrying four people capsized last week near Taiwan's Kinmen islands while pursued by the Taiwanese coast guard, throwing all onboard into the ...
Australia says to build biggest navy since World War II
Feb 20, 2024 (AFP)
Under the plan, Australia will get a navy of 26 major surface combatant ships, up from 11 today. "It is the largest fleet that we will have since the end of the...
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