Category: Military

The Philippines is aiming for a "persistent presence" in the South China Sea, a senior military official said Wednesday, as troops conducted war games featuring the mock retaking of an island in the flashpoint waters. China has sought to expand its ...

Indian army patrols of key areas along its disputed border have been completed for the first time since a bloody border incident in 2020 resulted in a standoff with China. The army’s 14th corps announced on Monday that they successfully completed patrols of parts of Depsang Ara ...

The Philippines is aiming for a "persistent presence" in the South China Sea, a senior military official said Wednesday, as troops conducted war games featuring the mock retaking of an island in the flashpoint waters. Beijing has sought to expand its ...

Joint naval exercises held frequently by the Philippines, United States, and other Western powers are helping rein in "aggressive" Chinese actions in the South China Sea, a Filipino military official said Wednesday. Beijing has sought to expand its presence in the ...

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup. China is a major ally and arms supplier of the ...

China has conducted its first military drills with its two operational aircraft carriers in the contested South China Sea, state media said Thursday. State media did not specify when the exercises with the Liaoning and Shandong vessels took place, though it ...

By Saniya Kulkarni One of the more prominent stories coming out of the BRICS summit last week is the formal bilateral meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first one of its kind since 2019. ...

Indian and Chinese troops exchanged boxes of sweets on Thursday at two points on their contested high-altitude border, a week after the leaders of the Asian rivals held a rare meeting. China and India, the world's two most populous nations, are ...

Indian and Chinese troops have finalized their pull-back from two key confrontation zones along their disputed border in the Himalayas. An unnamed Indian official confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday that the troop movements have been completed. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian ...

The United States on Tuesday welcomed efforts by India and China to resolve border tensions, after they recently agreed on ways to step back from their deadly 2020 confrontation. "We understand that both countries have taken initial steps to withdraw troops ...

Myanmar’s ruling military junta is under increasing pressure from several ethnic militias. The military government, which took power in a coup in 2021, kept its grip on the country through advanced firepower, partly due to support from Russia and China. However, 

India and China are moving quickly to disengage their forces from three key sectors along their contentious border known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Satellite photos released late last week revealed that Chinese troops removed encampments and other structures ...