incursions

TOKYO: The Pacific island nation of Palau has asked the United States to step up patrols of its waters after several recent incursions by Chinese vessels into its exclusive economic zone, President Surangel Whipps Jr told Reuters in an…

File photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Image: AFP)The incursion was the most serious since Moscow launched its offensive in Ukraine last year, with fighting in Russia's Belgorod region lasting daysMoscow will respond to attacks on…

The United States has approved the potential sale of $619 million in new weapons to Taiwan, including missiles for its F-16 fleet, as the island reported a second day of large-scale Chinese air force incursions nearby. The arms sales…

TAIPEI: Taiwan scrambled fighter jets, put its navy on alert and activated missile systems in response to nearby operations of 34 Chinese military aircraftand nine warships that are part Beijing's strategy to unsettle and intimidate the…

TAIPEI: China's warplane incursions into Taiwan's air defence zonenearly doubled in 2022, with a surge in fighter jet and bomber sorties as Beijing intensified threats towards the island democracy.Self-ruled Taiwan lives under constant…

Canada will not send fighter jets to patrol NATO airspace for Russian incursions next year, the first time that Canadian CF-18s will be absent from the skies over Europe since 2017. While the decision is being blamed on the need to…

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky criticised US president Joe Biden for his ‘minor incursion’ comment with respect to the Ukraine-Russia crisis. Zelensky in a tweet, without naming Biden, said that there is no such thing as ‘small…

"We want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions and small nations," Zelensky wrote on Twitter in an apparent response Biden's remarks on Wednesday. "Just as there are no minor casualties and little grief from the loss…

TAIPEI: Chinese warplanes made 159 incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone in November according to AFP's database, the second-highest month on record as Beijing continues to pile military pressure on the democratic island. Self-ruled…

Chinese fighter jets crowding Taiwan’s radar screens are Beijing’s latest tool to ramp up pressure on the democratic island, sparking fears that one mistake could suddenly turn a festering cold conflict into an all-out war.Self-ruled Taiwan…