Category: Security

The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a disputed South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China. "We have not lost anything," Philippine ...

By Atika Rehman More than 50 people were killed in late August during multiple attacks in Pakistan’s impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan. Despite extensive infrastructure investments made in the region, mostly through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a decades-long insurgency has only ...

By Isabel Kua High-tech CCTV, super-accurate DNA-testing technology and facial tracking software: China is promoting its state-of-the-art surveillance and policing tactics abroad. Delegates from law enforcement across the world descended this week on a port city ...

A PLA Navy warship concluded a three-day rest and replenishment port of call in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay on Friday.  The unnamed warship was on its way back from joint naval exercises with Singapore when it made the stop in Vietnam. ...

By Isabel Kua China will train thousands of law enforcement officers from different countries over the next 12 months, its police chief said Monday, as it seeks to cement its role as a global security provider.

Solomon Islands on Friday aired reservations about a landmark Pacific policing deal brokered by Australia, saying it should not preclude them from working alongside newfound ally China. "There is one thing that is not so much nagging us, but it's of ...

By Faith Brown with Pam Castro in Manila Sailors aboard two Philippine Coast Guard boats crashed through South China Sea waves, shadowed by Chinese vessels as they attempted to bring desperately needed supplies to colleagues holed up on a ship inside ...

Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region. Leaders unveiled a plan to create up to four regional police training ...

China is the "biggest disruptor" of peace in Southeast Asia, the Philippine defense chief said Tuesday, as tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed reefs and waters in the South China Sea escalate. Gilberto Teodoro made the remarks at a conference ...

China on Thursday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave "as soon as possible," according to an embassy statement, the day after an Israeli strike in the country killed a senior Palestinian militant. "Recently, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has ...

On August 13, 2024, Jakarta played host to a pivotal moment in international diplomacy with the inaugural Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Joint Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2 SOM) between Indonesia and China. This meeting, which sets the stage for a more comprehensive ministerial-level dialogue ...

The Philippines and Germany have agreed to deepen military cooperation, their defense ministers said on Sunday, as Manila pushes back after a series of confrontations with China. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro met in Manila ...