NEW DELHI — Four Indian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in an ambush by militants fighting against New Delhi’s rule in disputed Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The Indian military said militants fired at two army vehicles in southern Poonch district late afternoon on Thursday. The area is close to the highly … Read more
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and Japan accused each other of maritime incursions after a confrontation between their coast guards in waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China’s coast guard said on Sunday that a Japanese fishing boat and several patrol vessels intruded the previous day into waters around the tiny islands, called … Read more
Heavy fighting in a region claimed by Sudan and South Sudan has killed at least 32 people, including a U.N. peacekeeper ByEMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press November 19, 2023, 12:41 PM This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo) The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Heavy fighting Sunday in a disputed … Read more
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea “in dangerous, irresponsible and illegal actions,” Philippine officials said. They did not say if there were injuries or … Read more
Philippine officials say a Chinese coast guard ship and a militia vessel separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat off a disputed shoal ByThe Associated Press October 21, 2023, 11:44 PM FILE – A Chinese coast guard ship, left, with a Chinese militia vessel, right, blocks Philippine coast guard ship, … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — A senior Filipino diplomat known for his past expletive-laced tirade against China joined a coast guard trip to the disputed South China Sea last week and saw Beijing’s ships block and nearly collide with Philippine vessels, including one he was on. Teodoro Locsin Jr. was on one of two Philippine coast guard … Read more
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has fired dozens of rockets and shells at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group fired dozens of rockets and shells on Sunday at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — Two Philippine supply boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South China Sea on Wednesday in a recurring confrontation near a disputed shoal some fear could spark a larger security crisis that could draw in the United States. Two Philippine coast guard ships escorted the smaller supply boats, but it … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine coast guard said Monday it has complied with a presidential order to remove a floating barrier placed by China’s coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering a lagoon in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. Philippine officials condemned the installation of the 300-meter (980-foot) -long barrier … Read more
TOKYO — Miho Nakashima stood in a two-piece bathing swimsuit in Tokyo on Sunday subsequent to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her physique painted head-to-toe in inexperienced leaves and brown branches. Her message was clear, and she or he repeated it standing on the coronary heart of the Jingu Gaien park space, its sanctity threatened by … Read more