The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been deployed for a five-month Indo-Pacific mission since last November.

Common damage to underwater infrastructure has been weaponised by Nato states and Taiwan in information warfare against mainland China.

Clarity is beginning to form around Donald Trump’s plans for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with his administration appearing to accept some of the Kremlin’s key demands that Ukraine should not join NATO nor return to its pre-2014 sovereign borders.

In Germany, Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Munich Security Conference. He told NATO allies that Europe’s biggest security threat is not Russia or China, but themselves.

Worse still, China has emerged as the big winner, as the conflict has ensnared NATO and Russia. China, significantly stronger than Russia in economic output, military spending and other strategic metrics,

Taiwan's coast guard said it's investigating whether the incident was sabotage, but said "it cannot be ruled out that it was a gray zone intrusion."

The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been deployed for a five-month Indo-Pacific mission since last November.

Coming to terms with realignment in Europe, the early signs of Trump’s China strategy, Taiwan stands by Ukraine, Chinese air defense sales to Central Asia, and much more.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

The European Union plans to urge India to lower its high tariffs on cars and wine to boost trade, as it seeks to reduce its reliance on China, a senior official from the bloc said, ahead of a visit by the European Commission president to New Delhi.

China could fill a leadership vacuum left by the United States and Britain after they refused to sign a global joint declaration on "inclusive and sustainable" artificial intelligence (AI) at a recent Paris summit,

Spending at the 3.5% level, which NATO’s leadership supports, would allow Europe to implement Supreme Allied Commander Europe’s new defense plan for Europe. Accomplishing that by the end of the decade would also address Russia’s expected military reconstitution after the Ukraine war ends.