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Boeing’s proposed sale of 36 new F-15 fighter jets and equipment to Indonesia has hit a snag over financing, according to people familiar with the matter. Executives from the US plane-maker flew to Jakarta this week to discuss the…

The Biden administration announced US$400 million in new security assistance for Ukraine, including refurbished Soviet-era T-72 tanks, HAWK air defense missiles and more of the “Phoenix Ghost” drones that have been effective against Russian…

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo had a sobering message for US makers of chipmaking equipment this week: you will need to wait as long as nine months before Washington can reach an accord with US allies over strict new rules aimed at…

The United States and Taiwan will hold in-person trade talks in New York next week as they deepen ties despite opposition from China, which claims the island. The “conceptual discussions” on the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade,…

The defense chiefs of the United States and South Korea on Thursday warned North Korea that any nuclear attack against them by Pyongyang would "result in the end" of leader Kim Jong Un's regime as concerns grow over the isolated country's…

The United States on Tuesday vowed to ensure a "steady-state" military presence in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa, as it withdraws its F-15 fighter jets based at the U.S. Kadena Air Base and replaces them with a "rotational"…

The Japanese and U.S. governments are taking steps to increase the number of students from their nations studying in each other's countries following an apparent fall-off in interest in studying abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. The…

Washington’s restrictions on US citizens assisting China’s chip industry will be more narrowly enforced than feared, suggesting a smaller-than-expected impact on semiconductor companies doing business in the world’s second-largest economy.…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the latest in a series of such exchanges ahead of a possible face-to-face meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.…

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to travel to Indonesia next month to attend a summit of the Group of 20 major economies, the White House said Friday, while noting that information on bilateral engagements will be "forthcoming." Attention is…