Philippine officials are evacuating thousands of villagers, shutting schools and offices and imposing a no-sail ban as Typhoon Mawar approaches the country's northern provinces.

The inaugural flight comes as the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China looks to break into the single-aisle jet market in a direct challenge to Airbus and Boeing.

Hong Kong on Saturday criticized rights group Amnesty International's accusation that a Uyghur student disappeared after being interrogated at the airport, and said that government records showed that he had not entered or been refused entry to the city.

An alleged campaign by Chinese state-sponsored hackers on targets in the U.S. and Guam has raised fears that Beijing is preparing to disrupt communications in the Pacific in the event of a conflict.

In footage that appeared to have been captured by a passenger, wind could be seen whipping into the plane’s cabin, battering passengers.

At a Thursday ceremony on the edge of Kaneohe Bay, outgoing Marine Corps Base Hawaii commander Col. Speros Koumparakis handed over the reins to his successor, Col. Jeremy Beaven.

Naval Air Facility Atsugi found no contamination of its water supply after thousands of gallons of aviation fuel spilled from storage tanks Wednesday, according to officials.

The USS George Washington is back in Navy hands after an extended, six-year maintenance period at Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.

A Japanese warship will raise the Rising Sun flag during an upcoming multinational exercise in South Korea, Japan’s defense minister said Friday.

The middle school principal at this airlift hub in western Tokyo is advising parents to monitor their children’s social media for inappropriate messages.