East of Scarborough Shoal, an Australian navy guided-missile destroyer, Canadian navy frigate and a Philippine navy guided-missile frigate conducted military exercises.

Chen Yixin, the Chinese minister of state security, promised his Cuban counterpart to increase intelligence sharing and security cooperation during a meeting in Beijing.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says that Australian intelligence services has connected Iran to arson attacks on a Sydney restaurant and a Melbourne synagogue. 

Students at Kadena Middle School on Okinawa were dismissed after just two hours due to an electrical issue affecting the building’s air conditioning system.

Indonesia and the United States began annual joint military exercises with forces from a dozen other countries, as the U.S. pushes its allies to take threats from China more seriously.

After first threatening to cut off business with Seoul, President Donald Trump was later far more cordial with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who repeatedly praised Trump on the Oval Office decor, the U.S. economy and his peacemaking efforts during their meeting at the White House.

Master Sgt. Bruce Jones took the stage during a Tedx event on Marine Corps’ Camp Kinser to talk about how a severe motorcycle accident upended his life.

China’s ceremonies and military parades commemorating the end of World War II are slated for Sept. 3.

President Donald Trump has made revitalizing U.S. shipbuilding a priority to try to close the gap with dominant China. Since his reelection, he has repeatedly raised the prospect of working with security ally South Korea, the world’s second-largest shipbuilder behind China.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of two types of new antiair missiles, state media said, displaying his expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and U.S. militaries carry out joint drills.