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The USS Chancellorsville was conducting a routine operation in free waters, U.S. Navy says.

Friendly gestures at the first in-person meeting between the Chinese and US leaders might prompt more restraint over the South China Sea, but tensions would persist, observers said. Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali on Monday, their first face-to-face talks since Biden took office in January 2021. The...

Clad in military fatigues, Xi appeared solemn as he inspected the joint operations command centre of the Central Military Commission in Beijing.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Chinese analysts describe these bases - 20 outposts in the Paracel Islands (of which Woody Island is the largest) and seven in the more southerly Spratly Islands - as "unsinkable aircraft carriers". China has had jurisdiction over the Paracel Islands only in the latter half of the last century. World News | PLA Bases in South China Sea Battle the Elements.

Navy Adm. Charles A. Richard, commander of Stratcom, was unusually blunt in his remarks on Wednesday, urging officials to ramp up their military preparedness in the face of threats.