| Sat, 18 May 2024 Revealed: China’s new ‘drone-craft carrier’ threatening the West
China may have quietly built the world’s first “dedicated” drone carrier to add to its expanding naval fleet, according to new satellite images from a Chinese shipyard. | The images of the ship, whose design is approximately one third the length and half the width... | Fury as French officials
Britons have reacted with fury after the Union Jack appeared to have been removed by French officials celebrating the anniversary of D-Day in a French town in Normandy. | Pictures from previous years show flag bunting depicting all the nations involved in the Allied res... | Struggling on front lines, Ukraine strikes harder at Russian energy
Residents of Vovshansk and surrounding villages on a bus as they are evacuated to the city of Kharkiv, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) | KYIV, Ukraine — Struggling to contain Russian advances on the battlefield, Ukraine is increasingly taki... | Taiwan and China: different views across the strait
Tourists pose for photos as they visit a scenic spot on the coast named 68 Nautical Miles on Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan's main island, in Fujian province, May 18. AFP-Yonhap | Standing on the shore of Taiwan's Kinmen island, Taiwanese tourists ... | Commemoration of Cyprus Peace Operation
The 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation*, will be commemorated this July, Kibris Postasi reports. Turkey’s first aircraft carrier, TCG Anadolu, will participate in the ceremony to be held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Together with ... | Gaza aid flowing through new pier
WASHINGTON -- Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplie... | Oil tanker hit by missile off Yemen
A crude oil tanker was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen's southwestern city of Mokha overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, maritime security firm Ambrey said Saturday. | "A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker was reportedly 'attacked'" about 10 nautical mil... | Philippines to buy 5 coast guard ships from Japan
(UPDATE) THE Philippines has agreed to buy five coast guard patrol ships from Japan in a deal worth more than $400 million, Manila said Friday, as the Southeast Asian country faces growing Chinese pressure in the South China Sea. | Japan will loan the Philippines 64.38 ... | Taiwan and China: different views across the strait
Sebastien Ricci with Ludovic Ehret in Pingtan May 18, 2024 May 18, 2024 Updated 13 mins ago 0 | Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email | On the verdant island of Pingtan, in the eastern Chinese province of Fujian, hundreds of tourists gather at a seaside site which is the ... | |
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