SINGAPORE: In the new year, the Trump administration’s policies towards China and the wider Indo-Pacific region will have a significant impact on the South China Sea dispute. If 2024 was ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — SeaWorld San Diego is providing deals for two groups in the educational system: teachers and students. The free Teacher Fun Card offers unlimited admission for teachers ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Ukrainian naval drones armed with heat-seeking missiles shot down two Russian helicopters and damaged a third above the Black Sea earlier this ...

December 31 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has opened 2025 with a new look, unveiling a reworked logo and brand identity. It is the first revisioning of the AFC logo since 2021 and only the ...

NATO member Estonia has deployed a naval warship to defend its underwater power cables after a Russian vessel allegedly cut one of the wires in yet another act of sabotage against the allied nations.

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China is building what is expected to be the world’s largest airport on a man-made island. The Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport will span a 20-square-kilometre island and feature four ...

Tensions continued in the West Philippine Sea in 2024 as China maintained its claims over the South China Sea despite the 2016 ruling of The Hague-based international arbitration tribunal favoring the ...

NATO has said it will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea after undersea power and internet cables were cut between Estonia and Finland. The bloc's secretary general Mark Rutte said he ...

A volunteer works to clear spilled oil on coastline following an incident involving two tankers. Authorities in Russia's southern Krasnodar region on Wednesday declared a region-wide emergency ...

Finnish law enforcement is investigating whether a Russian ship was involved in damaging an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia following a sudden outage on Wednesday, the police ...

The possibility that a power cable under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia has been sabotaged is being investigated after it stopped working on Christmas Day. Authorities in both ...