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China now has the largest navy in the world and the third largest air force.

Some reports say the fire was so large it was recorded by Nasa's satellite fire-tracking system.

Chinese military air incursions over Taiwan are becoming more frequent and open.

'When the Americans leave they (the government forces) won't survive even for five days,' says a Taliban spokesman.

If convicted on all counts, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon, 75, could be jailed for more than a decade.

The decades-long territorial ruckus was rekindled over a map on the Tokyo Olympics website marking the islands as Japanese territory.

Nato had said that China's 'stated ambitions and assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order'.

Manila has in the past been unhappy about issues such as a lack of jurisdiction over US personnel who commit crimes in the Philippines.

State-run media say the Anti-Corruption Commission found evidence that she had committed 'corruption using her rank'.

Almost all public medical facilities across Myanmar have been closed in the wake of the Feb 1 coup.

Afghan translators employed by Australian forces have been placed on a Taliban kill list for working alongside 'infidel enemies' over the past 20 years.

Senior US visitors usually travel by unmarked private jets rather than giant military transports.