DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels are suspected in an attack that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, authorities said early Monday. The attack on the ship came as the U.S. military acknowledged conducting new airstrikes targeting the rebels, including … Read more
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s government expressed anger after China “unilaterally” changed a flight path close to the sensitive median line in the Taiwan Strait, saying it appeared to be a deliberate attempt to change the status quo for possible military means. China’s civil aviation administration said in a short statement late Tuesday that … Read more
Taiwan said two Chinese weather balloons crossed a line in the strait that the U.S. drew decades ago to help ease tensions between the two sides. One balloon was spotted at 9:03 a.m. Sunday and the other at 2:43 p.m., the Defense Ministry in Taipei said in a statement. They continued traveling eastward and disappeared, … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a Chinese military surveillance balloon was spotted in the Taiwan Strait, as well as a large-scale dispatch of military aircraft and ships. The ministry said the balloon passed southwest of the northern port city of Keelung on Thursday night, then continued east before disappearing, possibly into the Pacific … Read more
SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s protection minister defended crusing a warship throughout the trail of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of a few of the world’s high protection officers in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China. In his first … Read more
China’s protection minister has defended crusing a warship throughout the trail of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of a few of the world’s prime protection officers in Singapore that such so-called “freed… ByDAVID RISING Related Press Chinese language Protection Minister Li Shangfu salutes earlier than delivering his … Read more