Asia Pacific
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Jan- 2021 -12 January
Afghan Forces Foil IS Plan to Assassinate Top US Envoy
Afghan authorities said Tuesday they had foiled a plan by the jihadist Islamic State group to assassinate the top US envoy in Kabul, as a wave of targeted killings continues to rock the country.
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11 January
Afghanistan Probes Air Strike That Killed Civilians
Afghan authorities said Monday they are investigating an air strike at the weekend which local officials say killed more than a dozen civilians, including children.
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7 January
Japan Planning Deployment of Native Combat Drone By 2035
The Japanese government has given the go-ahead to build a homegrown combat drone to be deployed by 2035, coinciding with the deployment of the country's next-generation manned aircraft.
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7 January
Thousands of Afghan Families Flee Fighting in Insurgent Bastion Kandahar
About 17,000 Afghan families from the Taliban bastion of Kandahar have fled following months of heavy fighting between the insurgents and government forces.
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7 January
North Korea’s Kim Pledges to Strengthen Defense Capabilities
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen his nuclear-armed nation's military capabilities at a key ruling party meeting, state media reported Thursday, just weeks before Joe Biden's inauguration as US president.
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5 January
Indian Navy to Buy 10 Shipborne Drones to Boost Surveillance
The Indian government has cleared a proposal to buy 10 shipborne unarmed drones for the country's navy.
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5 January
Indonesian Fisherman Reels in Alleged Chinese Underwater Drone
An Indonesian fisherman working near the Selayar Islands found what appeared to be a Chinese underwater drone.
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5 January
Taiwan Says Chinese Jets Made Record 380 Incursions in 2020
Chinese jets made a record 380 incursions into Taiwan's defense zone last year, a defense official said Tuesday, as a military-linked think-tank warned tensions were now at their highest since the mid-1990s.
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4 January
Iran Revolutionary Guards Seize South Korean-Flagged Tanker
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday it had seized a South Korean-flagged tanker in Gulf waters for breaking "maritime environmental laws."
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Dec- 2020 -22 December
USS John S. McCain Sails by China-Claimed Spratly Islands
Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest challenge to Beijing's territorial claims in the region.
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