3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (756+ words) By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, April 10 (Reuters) " Taiwanese officials are tracking what they view as a worrying rise in Chinese naval activity and military pressure against the island, even as Beijing presses a message of peace and cooperation…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (384+ words) Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host'diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe. The fledgling ceasefire…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1104+ words) Anne-Marie Trevelyan is a former MP, Secretary of State for International Development, and for Business and a former Foreign Office Minister. Have you watched The Diplomat? As one of the Foreign Office ministers in post when it came out, I…...

34+ min ago  (327+ words) A federal judge in Washington ordered the Pentagon on Thursday to restore full press access for credentialed journalists, ruling that the Department of Defense failed to comply with an earlier court decision. U. S. District Judge Paul Friedman found that the Pentagon…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago  (713+ words) The United States needs a resilient, terrestrial complement and backup to GPS, with Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems, to keep pace with other developed nations that already have these technologies in place, including China and Russia. Our satellite-based GPS…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (278+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Iran for its "very poor job" in allowing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a key condition of the two-week ceasefire agreed by Washington and Tehran that paused 40 days of war in…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago  (700+ words) A speech by the president last week featured many inaccuracies. Last week President Donald Trump delivered an address on the Iran war to the American people. In only 19 minutes, he presented Americans with at least eight fabrications. Since I've been…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago  (176+ words) A Chinese underwater surveillance drone has been recovered from fishing nets near Indonesia. Chinese Underwater Drone Recovered Near Indonesia, Officials Say China in Focus Full Broadcast (March 31) China in Focus full broadcast (March 30) China in Focus Full Broadcast (March 27) Alleged…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (135+ words) There's growing concern in Washington'that delays in Taiwan's defense spending could make the island more vulnerable to an attack from the Chinese Communist Party.' Taiwan Defense Plan Stalls as Pressure From the CCP Increases NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (March…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago  (502+ words) President Trump has championed the U. S. steel industry, promising to strengthen it and to impose stiff tariffs on foreign metals to shield manufacturers from overseas competitors. Yet the White House has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign…...