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The Hobart-class destroyer HMAS Sydney fires an SM-6 missile during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024 in August.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2024
Australia to buy advanced U.S. long-range missiles to boost deterrence
The SM-2 IIIC and SM-6 missiles, similar to those being procured by Japan, will be progressively rolled out across the Royal Australian Navy’s warships.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) in Guam in 2023. A team of U.S. military personnel has reached Israel to prepare an advanced THAAD air defense system that the Biden administration is sending to thwart more attacks by Iran and its allies.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2024
THAAD anti-missile system is 'in place' in Israel, U.S. says
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the system is ready to be put into operation "very quickly."
Projectiles are seen in the sky after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 1.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2024
With an eye on China, U.S. studying Iran's attacks on Israel
Although differences between the two scenarios limit what can be learned, Iran's assault on Israel offers the United States and China some idea of what works.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba listens to a reporter's question as he attends a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2024
South Korea's Yoon and Japan's Ishiba agree to continue 'shuttle diplomacy'
In his first phone call with the South Korean leader, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed the importance of the two countries’ maintaining close communications,
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2024
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Tokyo said it had not received advance notification from the Chinese side of the launch, which Beijing said was part of annual military training.
Houthi fighters march in a parade during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Houthi takeover in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2024
Iran brokering talks to send advanced Russian missiles to Yemen's Houthis, sources say
Seven sources said that Russia has yet to decide to transfer the Yakhont missiles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a meeting in Washington in September last year
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2024
Zelenskyy to press U.S. on long-range missile strikes inside Russia
While visiting Washington, the Ukrainian leader plans to pitch his plan to end the war in a series of meetings with Biden, Harris and Trump.
The Typhon missile system at Laoag International Airport, in Laoag, Philippines, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 19, 2024
U.S. keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise
China and Russia condemned the move — the first deployment of the system to the Indo-Pacific — and accused Washington of fueling an arms race.
North Korean leader Kim Jong inspects the training base of the special operation armed force of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in the country on Sept. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2024
North Korea fires off 'multiple' ballistic missiles in latest show of force
The Defense Ministry in Tokyo said the latest launches saw the missiles splash down into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, before being successfully intercepted by Standard Missile-6 missiles fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, in Kauai, Hawaii, in 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 17, 2024
U.S. gathers arsenal of anti-ship weapons to counter China
China will still have a large advantage in sheer numbers of anti-ship missiles, however.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni meet on Monday and plan to discuss a proposal for Ukraine to use British long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles on Russian territory.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2024
U.K.’s Starmer seeks Italy’s support for missiles to Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit to Rome comes days after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington.
A residential building that was struck on July 19 by a Houthi drone attack in Tel Aviv. The rare attack was an illustration of the evolving conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iranian proxies.
WORLD
Sep 16, 2024
Houthi missile reaches central Israel, riddling air shield
It marked the deepest reach yet for a missile launched from Yemen — some 2,000 kilometers away from Israel — by the Houthis.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu at an undisclosed location in North Korea on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 15, 2024
North Korean weapons sales to Russia called Ukraine’s biggest worry
Once a cargo carrying the weapons docks at a Russian port, military activity typically intensifies within eight to nine days, Ukrainian officials said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Saint Petersburg on Friday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2024
Russia sharing nuclear secrets with Iran fuels U.S.-U.K. worries
The nuclear information and technology may be in exchange for Tehran providing Moscow with ballistic missiles for its war in Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy as he arrives at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2024
Diplomacy over Ukraine war is about weapons more than peace talks
For both Ukraine and Russia, battlefield gains now might provide an upper hand in any negotiations later. That’s reflected in their discussions over arms with allies.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy speak to the media outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Friday following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2024
Biden hasn’t let Ukraine strike deep into Russia. Could Britain change that?
A trip to Washington by Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, came after President Vladimir Putin of Russia warned that the allies’ next step could mean war for NATO.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours a facility for producing weapons-grade nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2024
North Korea unveils images of uranium enrichment facility for first time
The pictures could give outside experts a better understanding of how many and what types of nuclear weapons the North has produced.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an event in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 13, 2024
Giving Kyiv long-range missiles pulls West into war, Putin says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pleading with Kyiv's allies for months to let Ukraine fire Western missiles deep into Russian territory.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech in Pyongyang in a photo released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2024
North Korea looks to keep itself on U.S. agenda with missile launches
The launches came just a day after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris assailed former President Donald Trump for his "love letters" with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
Part of the tail section of a North Korean Hwasong-11 short-range ballistic missile in Kyiv earlier this year.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2024
North Korean missiles rain down on Ukraine despite sanctions
The Hwasong missiles found in Ukraine used common commercially available electronic components made by Western nations as recently as last year.
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Massive quake kills at least 150 in Myanmar and Thailand
Medical workers treat a earthquake survivor on a bed in the compound of a hospital in Naypyitaw on Friday, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.
Student suicides in Japan hit all-time high
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
A screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Ghibli-style profile picture on X
Myanmar quake toll passes 1,000 as rescuers dig for survivors
A resident looks on next to a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday, after an earthquake rocked the country's central region.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
Hanami season to have record ¥1.39 trillion economic impact on Japan
Cherry blossoms along a road in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 2025 cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion on Japan.
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Tokyo Series proves to be big business for MLB — and Japanese companies
An advertisement featuring Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo.
New SDF command will be key for contingency planning, Australian commander says
A Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K "Super Auk" from JS Shiranui prepares to land on HMAS Brisbane during Exercise Malabar 2023 while off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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