Inquiry launched into AUKUS deal including its impact on China-Australia ties; more Australians question sacrificing relations with Beijing for US interests
Former Australian environment minister Peter Garrett will head up a crowd-funded review of the multi-billion-dollar AUKUS submarine deal, Australia’s biggest ever defense project, with one of its questions including an…
Japan’s defense outline claiming China a ‘grave concern’ is a well-worn trick to portray itself as a victim for militaristic expansion
Amid a string of Japan’s recent military expansion steps, Japanese media outlets on Wednesday revealed the outline of Japan’s annual defense report, which claimed that China’s military activities were “a…
Takeaways from the primary elections in California, Iowa and elsewhere
Six states ranging from California to New Jersey held primaries on Tuesday night. Many of the results from California will take a while to learn, given the state’s late poll-closing…
Trump soon expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general, source says
President Donald Trump is soon expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general, according to a source familiar with the matter. The nomination could be announced as soon as…
India, Australia expand defense ties days after Quad meeting; move to create tensions through forming exclusive blocs: Chinese expert
Days after the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting, India and Australia have agreed to deepen cooperation on maritime surveillance and undersea monitoring in a commitment toward what they described as a…
Lao top leader Thongloun arrives in China for five-day state visit
General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Hangzhou, capital of East China’s Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday for a five-day state…