Germany deploys a frigate on a mission to the contested South China Sea for the first time since 2002, becoming the latest US ally to engage in such provocative deployments to the Chinese-claimed waters.

China’s military warns that it would take stern reaction against the UK if it does not “remain restrained and obey the rules” as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier sails through the South China Sea.

The Pentagon and Republican congressmen have voiced fresh concerns about China’s buildup of its nuclear forces.

Britain has announced the permanent deployment of two warships in the South China Sea amid growing tensions between the United States and China.

Newly-revealed data shows Syria's air defenses shot down seven out of eight missiles launched by Israeli warplanes during a Monday airstrike on Aleppo province.

The United States Air Force is deploying more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month as tensions escalate with Beijing

China’s military says it “drove away” a US warship that illegally entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands.

China says it will not tolerate foreign forces intervening in Chinese Taipei affairs and has to make strong responses to such acts of "collusion", after the self-ruled island reported the largest incursion to date of Chinese aircraft.

The Queen has visited one of the UK's main aircraft carriers prior to the warship's much-vaunted and controversial deployment to Asia as part of an Anglo-American plan to apply military pressure on China.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been unsuccessful in his three attempts to set up talks with China's top military official.