Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to seize ships belonging to European countries in retaliation for plans to sell off cargo seized from Russian “shadow fleet” vessels.
The United States and some 40 other countries warned of the dangers of ballistic missile testing without advance notice, in a joint statement issued a month after China launched a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific.
Taiwan has condemned China’s plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia this month off the democratic island’s east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the “false impression” that it has jurisdiction over the area.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, days before the planned start of massive US-South Korea joint drills.
A cargo vessel was hit by a projectile near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off the coast of southern Yemen, causing an unspecified number of casualties, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported on Tuesday.
The first regular container shipping service through the Arctic is set to launch this week, as melting polar ice shortens travel times between Europe and Asia.
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him over charges of “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” during the country’s civil war.
Australia and Vietnam said they would expand military cooperation as Beijing is expanding its reach in the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.
Senior US Treasury Department officials met with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez on Monday, as the instability of the country’s electrical grid threatens US plans to increase oil production in the South American country.
China warned a top Pacific Islands diplomat to “avoid affecting the healthy and stable development of ties,” after he said Taiwan would attend an annual meeting of the regional bloc’s leaders.
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