4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (373+ words) MANILA, July 9 (Reuters) " The defence minister of the Philippines on Thursday rejected as "baseless" and "ludicrous" assertions by Chinese scholars that its northernmost island-chain province belongs to Beijing, calling the claim concerning and "worthy of challenge. Chinese state-run news site…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago  (558+ words) CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-Mc LAY Thursday, 09 July 2026 04: 00 AM EDT Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the joint announcement after a meeting in Melbourne. The leaders didn't immediately supply details of how much uranium would be sold,…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago  (848+ words) By Ben Blanchard and Yi-Chin Lee ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10081, Taiwan Strait, July 9 (Reuters) " Taiwan's government took a small group of foreign lawmakers on a Coast Guard ship around sensitive Taiwan-controlled islands next to the Chinese…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (417+ words) By Makiko Yamazaki and Miho Uranaka TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) " Japan's ruling party plans to propose stronger enforcement against suspected violations of shareholder disclosure rules by activist investors, including by providing more resources to the securities watchdog, a senior lawmaker "told…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (409+ words) China reminded the world Monday that it is a military force to be reckoned with as it tested a long-range ballistic missile launched from one of its nuclear-powered submarines. China announced the test only after the launch, saying it was…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (769+ words) OAN Staff'Lillian Mann3: 05 PM " Tuesday, July 7, 2026 China conducted an unprecedented test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean, igniting widespread concern from neighboring countries, which said the launch undermined regional trust and destabilized the region. On Monday, China's People's…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (190+ words) BEIJING/TOKYO, July 7 (Reuters) " China and Japan reported conflicting accounts on Tuesday of a confrontation near the "disputed Senkaku Islands involving their "coast guards and a Japanese fishing vessel. The waters around the islands, which China calls the Diaoyu Islands,…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (264+ words) SEOUL, July 7 (Reuters) " A commentary carried by North Korean state media KCNA on Tuesday criticised Japan's military expansion, saying its "overseas aggression was "not hypothetical but reality" and "citing Japanese plans to develop unmanned submarines capable of anti-ship attacks. The…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (134+ words) China's coast guard on Saturday announced a new law-enforcement patrol in waters east of Taiwan, claiming the area falls under China's jurisdiction. What would you like to watch today? China Coast Guard Launch Patrol in Waters East of Taiwan Trump:…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1222+ words) The Trump administration on Monday criticized China for conducting a test launch of a provocative submarine-launched, nuclear-capable missile that the State Department called a sign of Beijing's continuing arms buildup. China carried out the test launch on Monday of what…...