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China is holding large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands as a warning against independence

China is holding large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan, deploying an aircraft carrier along with warplanes, underscoring the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait

Taiwan's defense ministry says China used 125 military aircraft in exercises aimed at Taiwan, a record for a single day

Taiwan's defense ministry says China used 125 military aircraft in exercises aimed at Taiwan, a record for a single day

Taiwan's defense ministry says China used 125 military aircraft in exercises aimed at Taiwan, a record for a single day

North Korea says its front-line army units are ready to launch strikes on South Korea after accusing its rival of flying drones over the capital Pyongyang

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants

The U.S. is sending a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with troops to operate it

Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has urged international organizations to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August

A senior politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai has been shot dead weeks before a key state election