Taiwan evacuates 8,300 and shuts schools before tropical storm brushes island - Taiwan has evacuated 8,300 people and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island lat

As anxiety over Donald Trump’s commitment to protecting Taiwan from Chinese military aggression lingers in Taipei, the island’s officials are fanning out across Europe to shore up friendships.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sparked a diplomatic spat with China over remarks last week that a hypothetical Chinese attack on democratically-ruled Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.

The UK becoming a full partner in the GCTF symbolizes the continuing deepening of ties between the UK and Taiwan and the UK's recognition of Taiwan's contributions to global issues, Lin said in the statement. Japan, Australia and Canada joined the GCTF as full partners in 2019, 2021 and last year respectively.

CHINA has taken its naval power to new heights as it officially commissioned its biggest and most advanced aircraft carrier. The Fujian, a 1,000ft and 80,000ton supercarrier was debuted in a

Iran theatre, Nato’s eastern front and the Korean peninsula all have different risk factors but ‘common thread is miscalculation under pressure’, says security expert

Japan criticised a Chinese diplomat on Monday for "extremely inappropriate" remarks seemingly directed at Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, after she suggested that Tokyo could take military action if Beijing attacked neighbouring Taiwan.