Cambodia and China have begun military exercises as questions grow about Beijing’s increasing influence in the Southeast Asian nation. Some 1,315 Cambodian military personnel and 760 Chinese are participating in the regular “Golden Dragon” ground and sea maneuvers, including three Chinese and 11 Cambodian ships.

Violence is raging across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day and France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory. French authorities in New Caledonia and the Interior Ministry in Paris reported that five people, including two police officers, have been killed in the violence.

A mayor on Okinawa complained to the Marine Corps this week about the “burden and fear” created in his city by a Marine accused of robbing and attempting to rob convenience stores last month.

Nearly 200 students listened intently as somber notes mixed with dissonant chords — music inspired by the Holocaust and played by Janos Cegledy, one of the few survivors living in East Asia.

The United States and Japan have agreed to develop a defensive weapon to counter the threat from hypersonic missiles, both countries announced this week, signing an agreement to jointly create interceptors to take down the elusive, ultrafast missiles.

Nearly 400 sailors in their dress whites manned the USS Ronald Reagan’s rails Thursday morning as the aircraft carrier steamed out of Tokyo Bay on its final deployment from Japan, concluding nearly a decade of Navy history in the Indo-Pacific region.

A Marine stationed at a U.S. base south of Hiroshima, Japan, was hit and killed by a freight train over the weekend, according to Marine Corps and police spokesmen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reaffirmed their “no-limits” partnership that has deepened as both countries face rising tensions with the West, and they criticized U.S. military alliances in Asia and the Pacific region.

The White House is sending an unofficial delegation to Taiwan this weekend for the inauguration of Lai Ching-te, the island’s new president. Beijing, which views Taiwan as part of Chinese territory and vows to seize the island by force if necessary to achieve unification, sees Lai as a supporter of Taiwan’s independence.

The Air Force recently chose two grassroots projects to streamline bomb-loading and weapons system maintenance on warplanes across the service.