Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 10 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of April 18.

The U.S. Marine Corps' Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, will conduct simulated fires missions in the Luzon Strait.

Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand operate the F-16, while the Philippines has placed an order for the fighter aircraft.

War in the Western Pacific would shatter global economies, run the risk of spreading nuclear conflict and leave half a ...

His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region ... participated in large-scale drills near the self-ruled island of Taiwan, staging a show of force to the U.S. security ...

TOKYO (AP) -- A strong 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake ...

This image taken from video provided by Viral Tonganz shows vehicles in traffic after a strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for ...

Australia is working to fill the gaps left by US aid cuts. Pacific Island nations will get a larger chunk of Australia's foreign aid budget as spending is refocused after the United States slashed ...

Many Pacific island nations achieved their current political statuses in the wave of decolonization that marked the early years of the United Nations. Back then, Western powers were shifting their ...

Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at Joint Base Pearl ... The exercise will focus on the western portions of the archipelago facing the South China Sea—where real-world tensions ...

With three fires in Polk and Henderson counties burning on public and private land, the N.C. Forest Service and county emergency management departments have released a map indicating the size and ...

The largest fires in Western North Carolina were the Deep Woods ... and size of fires with our South Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is updated hourly and provides ...