A Chinese defense spokesperson on Wednesday stressed firm resolve in safeguarding China's rights in the South China Sea, slamming the "self-directed farce" by the Philippines.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council confirmed that its secretary Ali Larijani has been killed in an attack, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported early Wednesday.
Chinese and Vietnamese militaries held joint free clinics in border areas on Tuesday, with more than 1,700 local residents receiving medical treatment as the 10th China-Vietnam border defense friendship exchange entered its second day.
U.S. forces struck Iranian missile sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday on X.
Four Israeli airstrikes targeted central Beirut and the city's southern suburbs on Wednesday at dawn, including one strike in Zkak Blat and another in Basta Tahta in Beirut, in addition to two strikes in the southern suburbs.
A drone attack targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad early Wednesday, according to media reports. An explosion was heard in the city.
The U.S. forces "executed a large-scale precision strike" on Kharg Island, a key oil export hub of Iran, on Friday night, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed on Saturday.
Gulf countries reported fresh cross-border attacks on Sunday, a day after Iran urged civilians to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates that it labeled "legitimate targets" being used by U.S. military forces for strikes against Iran.
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday called for the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz and pledged to open new fronts in his country's conflict with the United States and Israel.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, saying the international community broadly agrees that the fighting must stop, and urging all sides to press the parties involved to halt military operations.
China's Defense Ministry on Tuesday criticized Taiwan's naval training mission to diplomatic allies in Central and South America, saying the trip was being used by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to pursue independence through foreign support.
A destroyer of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired strategic cruise missiles on Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday.
China pursues a sustainable and integrated development of both its defense capabilities and economic strengths, and determines the scale of the nation's defense expenditure in a reasonable manner, a senior military official said on Tuesday.
Hezbollah said on Monday it was engaging Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel.
The U.S. forces on Sunday struck an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing six males, the U.S. Southern Command said on X.
ABU DHABI -- Blasts were heard in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday evening as residents received mobile phone alerts warning of potential missile threats.
Major U.S. news outlets are drawing sharp contrasts between President Donald Trump's past denunciations of military intervention and his current decision to launch strikes on Iran, highlighting what critics describe as a reversal of his earlier rhetoric.
An aircraft prepares to land in RAF Akrotiri, a British sovereign base in Cyprus that was hit by a drone early Monday, causing limited damage, in Cyprus, March 3, 2026.
Jordan has reopened its airspace to all civilian flights after a security review, according to a statement by the Jordanian Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) on Tuesday.
Smoke is seen rising from the area of the United States consulate in Dubai after a suspected drone attack, witnesses said on Tuesday night.A drone attack caused a fire near the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday, a Dubai government statement said, a day after the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was hit by an Iranian strike.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning was asked whether Beijing and Moscow had discussed the possibility of providing military support to Iran, should Tehran request it, during a recent phone call between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Iran's IRGC official says will burn any ship trying to pass through Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON -- Four US troops have been killed in action and 18 others seriously wounded during the ongoing military operation against Iran as of Monday morning, according to US Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins.
Traffic clogs a key highway in Lebanon on Monday as people flee Israeli strikes. The arterial road connects the southern port city of Sidon with Lebanese capital Beirut.
A fire broke out at the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh after a blast, media reports said Tuesday.
The US Central Command announced on Monday the death of two additional US service members in the attacks against Iran, bringing the total number to six. "As of 4 pm ET, March 2, six US service members have been killed in action.
Naval and air forces under the Chinese People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command carried out a combat readiness patrol in the South China Sea from Sunday to Monday, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Mexico has seized about 18,000 firearms during the current administration, of which around 77 percent originated from the United States, Mexico's Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla Trejo said Tuesday.
More than 630 buildings in the KK Park complex in Myawaddy Township, Myanmar, have been demolished, and over 1,500 criminal suspects have been repatriated to China, the country's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Monday.
Greeted with warm applause, Xi chatted with the veterans, inquiring about their health and living conditions. Together, they reviewed the extraordinary journey of the Party, the country and the military over the past year.