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23 July

Northrop Wins $1.5B E-2D Hawkeye Contract for US Navy, Japan

Northrop Grumman has received a $1.5-billion contract to deliver E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft to the US Navy and Japan.

23 July

Joe Saballa

US Unveils New Arctic Strategy With Eye on China, Russia

The US Department of Defense released its updated Arctic strategy with focus on the deployment of new technologies.

23 July

Staff Writer With AFP

US DoD Warns of China-Russia Cooperation in Arctic

The US Defense Department warned of increasing Russian-Chinese collaboration in the Arctic as climate change opens the region to greater competition over maritime routes and resources.

22 July

Members of the ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) take part in a training exercise at their base camp in the forest in Myanmar's northern Shan State

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Alliance Agrees to Extend Ceasefire With Junta in Shan State

An alliance of armed groups in Myanmar has agreed to extend a ceasefire with the junta in northern Shan state after "pressure" from China, a leader of one of the groups said.

22 July

Chinese sailors wield knives and an axe in a clash with Philippine naval vessels near a strategic reef in the South China Sea

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines, China Reach ‘Arrangement’ for Reef Resupply Missions

The Philippines and China have agreed on an "arrangement" for resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a South China Sea reef, Manila said, after a series of escalating confrontations in the disputed waters.

19 July

Joe Saballa

India Clears Construction of Two Military Airfields Near Maldives

The Indian government has approved a plan to build two military airfields near the Maldives months after its troops were ordered to leave the archipelago.

19 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Indian Soldiers Kill Two Suspected Militants in Kashmir

Two suspected militants were killed in a firefight with soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir, the defense ministry said.

19 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Taiwan ‘Must Rely’ on Itself for Defense Against China: FM

Taiwan's foreign minister said the self-ruled island must rely on itself for defense after US presidential candidate Trump insisted Taipei "should pay" Washington for defense.

18 July