China has accused a U.S. naval ship of having “illegally intruded” into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, an area of hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. The Chinese military ordered its naval force to
The Chinese military has accused a US Navy ship of “illegally” intruding into waters in the South China Sea on Monday. The incident occurred near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines. The Chinese
A Royal Navy taskforce in the face of ongoing Russian aggression. From December, seven warships and military aircraft will patrol the seas of northern Europe as part of an allied effort to protect undersea infrastructure, including vital cables and pipelines, The decision
Hamas claims that a mother and her two children have been killed in Gaza may be an example of “psychological warfare” by the terrorist organisation, the Israeli Defence Force has said. Shiri Bibas, 32, 4-year-old Ariel and 10-month-old Kfir are thought to
A second Royal Navy warship is being sent to the Gulf amid rising tensions in the Middle East. HMS Diamond – a Type 45 destroyer – is being sent to join frigate HMS Lancaster, reports the BBC. Grant Shapps, defence secretary, says
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Carney has shot down an Iranian-made Houthi drone launched from Yemen, a military official confirms to Fox News. There was no damage to the Carney or any injuries to the U.S. personnel onboard. The warship had been
The Pentagon said Tuesday that the USS Mason and Central Park, an Israeli-owned tanker, were not the intended target of Houthi missiles that fired from Yemen over the weekend. The missiles came after five armed assailants attempted to seize the MV Central
A U.S. Navy vessel responded to a distress call Sunday from an Israeli-linked tanker off the coast of Yemen on Sunday. U.S. Navy personnel from the USS Mason, a Mayport-based Arleigh Burke class destroyer assigned to the Eastern Mediterranean, responded to the
The US Navy is “engaged” in a developing situation after A UK-owned tanker was seized off the coast of Yemen. The Israel-link ship was boarded by an unknown source, private security firm Ambrey announced. Ambrey said that the “US naval forces are
Australia has accused China’s navy of using sonar pulses during an incident in international waters that injured Australian divers. The Australian defence minister declared a Chinese warship engaged in “unsafe and unprofessional” behaviour during the encounter earlier this week off the coast