China is employing a 'salami slicing' strategy, taking incremental steps across military, economic, and technological domains ...

A newly reconstructed rainfall record shows that prolonged drought, not societal collapse, reshaped Rapa Nui’s history.

The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, whose foreign ministers met in the Philippines this week, faces a ...

China is actively building new artificial islands, which you may have heard about in the news. The reasons are largely strategic and political, as the islands extend China's territory into the mineral ...

new video loaded: Tourists on Remote Yemeni Island Are Caught in Escalating Conflict transcript Around 600 foreigners have been stranded on the remote Yemeni island of Socotra after the government ...

Netflix has pulled a Chinese drama series from its Vietnam platform after Hanoi objected to an episode featuring a map with contested territorial claims in the South China Sea. The 27-episode romance ...

SEATTLE — After four people were found dead on Dec. 30, during a welfare check at two homes in Mercer Island and Issaquah, more details have since been revealed, including their identities and manner ...

January 3, 2026: China has militarized more of the Spratly Islands; Fiery Cross Reef, Mischief Reef and Subi Reef. Mischief Reef is the largest at 663 hectares. Subi Reef is about 70 percent the size ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo escalates, some residents are worried. Yonaguni, a Japanese military outpost about ...

The South China Sea is of major geopolitical and economic importance due to its strategic location, natural resources and position as a conduit for international trade. Nearly one-third of global ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Vietnam has quietly accelerated land reclamation at South Reef, a once-remote coral feature in the contested Spratly Islands, signaling a new strategic turn as pressure from China ...