https://apnews.com/article/australia-japan-china-military-training-incursions-b0ef3f07c4546c17523cd6a7bce11ba8 In recent days Japan’s Defense Ministers Yoko Kamikawa and Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara have been meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defense Minister Richard Marles in the an Australian coastal town named Queenscliff. They have been discussing greater security corporations and working closely together in the future. This is due to the growing tension between the… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/australia-afghanistan-war-crimes-stripped-medals-4611f87ccd4748fd010c5328f91ddb2f On thursday September 12, 20224 the Defense Minister Richard Marles announced that retired and active commanders from Australian Special Forces have been stripped of their metals after allegations of war crimes being committed during the Afghanistan War. After many circulating rumors of crimes being committed after a media leak acurd releasing the original allegations. These commanders were accused of… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-imposes-new-sanctions-related-russia-north-korea-website-2024-09-19/ The ongoing war in Ukraine with Russia has had Russia strengthen it’s diplomatic ties with the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK). Russia has been working with North Korea in order to fund part of the war as it is using North Korea to borrow money through the international banking system. With this happening the US… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-china-ukraine-brics-xi-jinping-visit-3f6e07b705ec634c458a2b89e37614c8 For a BRICS summit, leader Xi Jinping from China will visit Russia next month, in which China’s Foreign Minister asserted that this is in order for Moscow and Beijing to counter the West’s global influence. This visit will be Xi’s second time since Russia’s attack on Ukraine in 2022. China states that they remain neutral towards… Read more »
Article Link: https://apnews.com/article/china-taiwan-security-fb074d932801e5c6d2a3b77b2ac5e88e China has continuously threatened Taiwan with reunification with the mainland, if needed China has threatened to invade the island using force. The passage through the Taiwan Strait is also crucial and the US has said it’s a top priority. The United States has been drawn into this as the US says it has “rock solid” ties with… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-ballistic-missile-tensions-af75c31d24dc53b0ae0db7260458563b The South Korean and Japanese militaries have reported North Korea test-firing multiple ballistic missiles towards their Eastern shore last Wednesday. Shortly prior to this, North Korea revealed to the world a glimpse at a secretive facility built to enrich uranium for nuclear bombs. Kim Jong Un has called for a rapid expansion of North Korea’s nuclear… Read more »
Link to Article: https://wng.org/sift/china-frees-american-pastor-who-spent-nearly-20-years-in-prison-1726500660 On September 15, 2024, the story broke that the nearly two decade imprisoned David Lin was finally released from Beijing prison and allowed to return home to the US. Detained in 2006, and convicted in on the grounds of Contract fraud in 2009, Lin the first one of three known detained American Citinzins to be released… Read more »
Link to Article:https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/environment/northern-vietnam-faces-widespread-landslide-threats-as-typhoon-yagi-deaths-rise-4790636.html On September 7th, Typhoon Yagi, one of the strongest storms to have hit the Eastern Sea and her bordering Countries in thirty years, made landfall in Northern Vietnam. At the time of the release of the article, at least 65 were confirmed dead. Rice fields have been flooded, and fruit trees and vegetables have been destroyed. The… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/china-taiwan-us-arms-sales-180b0a676b8e785ffbee470a64326f4c China has recently enforced sanctions on American companies who are selling weapons to Taiwan, a self-governed island off the coast of mainland China, which China claims as their own territory. Fighter jets, tanks, and missiles are to be delivered to Taiwan from the U.S. which prompted China State Media to make the announcement. The U.S. has… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-police-detain-seven-in-a-failed-plot-to-attack-pope-francis Between September 2nd and 3rd, 2024, Indonesian police detained seven people in connection to a suspected ISIS terrorist plot to kill Pope Francis on the last day of his visit to Indonesia, the first stop in a 12-day tour of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. At the time of the article’s release, the investigation into the terrorist… Read more »
