Trump’s Secretary of War has announced new operations targeting vessels in the Pacific Ocean as part of what the administration claims are anti-drug operations, as the naval buildup continues around Venezuela.

Russian and Chinese warships have carried out anti-submarine firing exercises in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

France has deployed new troops to New Caledonia and granted its forces more authority to crush an ongoing unrest in the independence-seeking archipelago.

Japan has begun releasing radioactive treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, amid widespread opposition to the move by regional countries, particularly China.  

In a spectacular display of naval prowess in defiance of US sanctions and threats, the two-ship Iranian flotilla comprising the Moudge-class frigate Dena and Makran forward base ship returned home to a triumphant welcome on Sunday after a round-the-globe cruise

Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says plans are afoot to deploy the Islamic Republic’s naval forces to the strategic Panama Canal, as Iranian servicemen are getting closer to the American coasts.

Russia and China are holding joint naval patrols in the Pacific Ocean as they deepen their military and diplomatic ties in the face of a more hostile West.