Taiwan Strait

Taiwan's defence ministry said those exercises were part of routine Chinese training and it was keeping a close watch.

Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said it was China who is the "trouble maker" and provoker of tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan said six balloons had flown over the strait's sensitive median line.

Taiwan's elections saw voters defying Beijing's warnings of electing Lai Ching-te as President, escalating tensions within the Taiwan Strait.

Typhoon Doksuri churned past Southern Taiwan to China where it will make landfall later this week.

The ship's transit demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, the US Navy said.

These ships transited through a corridor in the strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state, the US Navy said.

Some Taiwanese officials say it would be "impossible" for the island to abandon the concept of a buffer that the line represents.

Joseph Wu said China may try to routinize its action in an attempt to wreck the long-term status quo across the Taiwan Strait.

10 warships each from China and Taiwan sailed at close quarters in the Taiwan Strait, with some Chinese vessels crossing the median line.

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G7 foreign ministers warned Beijing not to use Pelosi's visit to Taiwan as 'pretext for aggressive military activity in the Taiwan Strait'.

China had ratcheted up potential confrontation weeks ago by declaring that the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland is not international waters.

Pelosi thanks President Tsai Ing-wen for her leadership, calls for increased inter-parliamentary cooperation.

The Chinese military announced joint air and sea drills near Taiwan starting on Tuesday night and test launches of conventional missiles.

A married couple and a man were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 51.974 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine.

The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.

The State Assemblyman for Sungai Bakap, Abidin Ismail, was sworn in today at the State Assembly building, Lebuh Light.

A cadet officer at UPNM pleaded not guilty to a charge of injuring his junior by stomping on the victim's stomach with spike boots.

The indictment was unsealed on Nov. 20, prompting a $27 billion plunge in Adani Group companies' market value.

Several countries have already vowed to curb social media use by children through legislation, but Australia's policy could become one of the most stringent.

Bondi was the top law enforcement officer of the country's third most populous state from 2011 to 2019, and served on Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.

At 8 am, the local currency climbed to 4.4600/4700 against the greenback.

The hospital hallways echo with the screams of children as anxious parents await news from doctors.