An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

In this episode, we get into what’s driving the Indo-Pacific’s security dynamics, from China’s threats to Taiwan to AUKUS and the Quad to stability (or lack thereof) on the Korean Peninsula to bases ...

held a joint war game with India in the Arabian Sea involving the two nations' aircraft carriers. Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region. As of March ...

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That area was repeatedly targeted by Israeli air strikes throughout the war and was subject to a siege in the latter half of 2024. Civilians were ordered to evacuate amid heavy bombardment.

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern California The new Cal Fire rankings ...

The new map, which is intended to illustrate the potential for fire activity in certain areas over a multi-decade period, expanded the state’s “very high fire hazard” zones by millions of ...

Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps that categorize areas in Southern California as moderate, high or very high risk. The new maps, which factor in elements like vegetation and terrain ...

His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region. He is a graduate of Hong Kong Baptist University. You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing [email protected].

China’s ministry of foreign affairs has promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any other war”, marking China’s strongest rhetoric on US ...

MANILA -- A fire broke out in a residential neighborhood in the Philippine capital Saturday afternoon, killing three and injuring two others, the Bureau of Fire Protection said. The bureau said ...

The ruling on Han will be delivered at 10:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) on March 24 ... and continued to hold the top position in the Asia-Pacific region in a financial centers index published ...