Global military spending hit an all-time high in 2023, report says

Three servicemen are staying in a tank of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, concealed by camouflage nets in Ukraine, on March 31, 2024. (Photo by Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Ukrinform | Nurphoto | Getty Images Global military spending reached a record high of $2.4 trillion in 2023 amid a “global deterioration … Read more

Biden warns on Beijing’s South China Sea moves in Philippines-Japan summit

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos (L) at the White House on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the three nations are meeting in a first-ever trilateral summit in a show of solidarity as China’s assertiveness in the South … Read more

Senior U.S. diplomat links AUKUS submarine pact to Taiwan

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) Partnership as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia participate at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, United States. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The State Department’s No. 2 diplomat suggested … Read more

U.S. eyes change to military command in Japan as China threat looms: Reuters

U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) will agree next month to tighter military cooperation, including talks on the biggest potential change to Washington’s East Asia command structure in decades, two sources said. Kiyoshi Ota | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will … Read more

North Korea conducts test of underwater nuclear weapons system, state media reports

North Korean soldiers attending a mass rally to celebrate achievement of full nuclear statehood on December 1, 2017. Kim Won-Jin | AFP | Getty Images North Korea has conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in a protest against this week’s joint military drills by South Korea, the United States and Japan, state media KCNA said … Read more