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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

South China Sea

A PLA Navy landing ship sails towards the zone where China said it would conduct live fire exercises northeast of Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 10, 2023. (Greg Baker/AFP)
April 10, 2023, 2:44 pm
Chinese war games simulate ‘sealing off’ Taiwan; US deploys battleship in response
Exercises include rehearsing targeted strikes and encirclement of the disputed island, following Taiwan president’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
By Matthew WALSH and Jack Moore
The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) transits the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2016. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder/US Navy via AP)
August 28, 2022, 9:17 pm
Two US warships sail through Taiwan Strait amid tensions with China
US Navy notes maneuver is ‘routine,’ as Chinese military says it is cautioning vessels throughout their journey, remains ready to ‘foil any provocations’
By AFP
In this image from video run by China's CCTV shows the Panama-registered tanker "Sanchi" is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China's eastern coast on, January 8, 2017. (CCTV via AP Video)
January 8, 2018, 7:36 am
US joins search for missing Iran sailors after collision with Chinese freighter
China, South Korea also send ships and planes to help locate all 32 crew members missing since massive blaze
By Gerry Shih
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha leave a joint news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, March 21, 2017. (AP/Sakchai Lalit/file)
May 2, 2017, 2:33 am
Setting aside human rights, Trump courts Asian leaders
White House extends invites to Filipino president who’s leading a deadly war on drugs and Thai president who took over in a coup
By Matthew Pennington
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a press conference at the end of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders' summit in Manila on April 29, 2017. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
May 1, 2017, 5:49 pm
Philippines’ Duterte confirms he’s coming to Israel
Southeast Asian leader, widely criticized for mass extrajudicial killings, says he may be too busy to visit Trump in Washington
By ToI Staff and AFP
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the end of a joint press conference after their talks at the Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Toru Yamanaka/Pool Photo via AP)
March 16, 2017, 4:39 pm
Tillerson says North Korea ‘need not fear’ US
US secretary of state, on Japan trip, urges Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs
By Matthew Pennington
Women walk past a news stand displaying a Chinese news magazine fronting a photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, in Beijing, February 9, 2017. (AP/Andy Wong)
February 9, 2017, 3:17 pm
China praises Trump’s belated well-wishes to Xi
US president sends New Year’s greeting, his first communication since taking office, calming tense speculation on the countries’ ties
By AP
An aerial starboard stern view of the U.S. Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS MUSTIN (DDG-89). (United States Navy/Public Domain)
December 20, 2016, 8:49 am
Pentagon says China returned unmanned underwater drone
Seized scientific research glider handed back after ‘friendly consultations,’ as US continues to investigate incident
By AFP
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 9, 2016 (AFP Photo/Don Emmert)
December 18, 2016, 5:34 am
Trump says US should let China keep the drone
Derisive tweet follows Chinese seizure of underwater scientific research glider near Philippines
By AP
In this undated photo released by the US Navy Visual News Service, the USNS Bowditch, a T-AGS 60 Class Oceanographic Survey Ship, sails in open water. (CHINFO, Navy Visual News via AP)
December 18, 2016, 2:37 am
China says it seized US Navy drone to ensure safety of ships
Scientific research glider plucked from ocean a few hundred meters from a noncombat US Navy ship near Philippines
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech to military personnel in Manila, on October 4, 2016. (AFP/Ted Aljibe)
October 4, 2016, 5:52 pm
Duterte tells Obama ‘you can go to hell’ in new tirade
Philippines president continues verbal assault against US after boasting about his deadly drug crackdown that he compared to the Holocaust
By Agencies
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on September 30, 2016, shortly after arriving from an official visit to Vietnam. (AFP/ Manman Dejeto)
October 4, 2016, 3:43 am
After Duterte’s Hitler remark, Philippines and US hold war games
President has kept up a verbal assault on US, boasted about a drug crackdown he compared to the Holocaust
By AFP
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks on August 17, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Noel Celis)
October 2, 2016, 3:29 pm
Philippines’ Duterte apologizes to Jews for Hitler comparison
Controversial president walks back his self-comparison to Nazi leader, but still vows to kill three million drug addicts
By AFP
US President Barack Obama, left, and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang speak during a joint press conference in Hanoi May 23, 2016. (AFP/JIM WATSON)
May 23, 2016, 3:57 pm
Obama banishes Vietnam War era with lifting of arms ban
Despite warming of ties between former foes, US still concerned over one-party state’s human rights record
By Jerome Cartillier and Tran Thi Minh Ha
US Navy fighter jet approaching to land on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during Exercise Malabar 2015 about 150 miles off Chennai, India, October 17, 2015. (AP/Arun Sankar K., File)
January 5, 2016, 3:57 pm
Shrinking US Pacific Fleet faces emboldened China
Navy has 182 vessels available to face 300 sailing under Chinese flag in contested seas
By AUDREY McAVOY
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