A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been affected by a Chinese hacking campaign.

A major ethnic rebel group in Myanmar has announced a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with the ruling military and called for a dialogue under Chinese auspices to help restore peace in the country’s northeast.

Opposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared to swell after his abrupt martial law decree.

The United States appeared caught off guard by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s decision to impose emergency martial law on his country, according to government spokesmen.

The U.S. Space Force established a new command in western Tokyo as the United States and Japan seek space superiority in the region.

Chinese coast guard vessels backed by navy ships fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel on Wednesday in renewed aggression at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said.

South Korea’s opposition parties moved Wednesday to impeach the president over the shocking and short-lived declaration of martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers climbed walls to reenter the building and unanimously voted to lift his order.

Japan’s military said it dispatched a surveillance plane and a navy ship Tuesday after spotting a Russian submarine off the coast of a southwestern island near Taiwan.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s decision marked the first time in 44 years a South Korean president declared martial law. The drama threatened a major political crisis in South Korea, where the U.S. maintains 28,500 troops, at a period of rising tension with communist North Korea.

Sailors assigned to the USS George Washington are currently prohibited from consuming any alcoholic beverages on or off base, ship spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Mark Langford said.