Tag: Asia & Pacific

Another Chinese Spy Balloon Traveling Over Latin America, Pentagon Says

A second Chinese spy balloon is currently traversing Latin America, Pentagon confirmed late on Feb. 3 amid rising concern about a Chinese surveillance balloon hovering eastward across the continental United States. “We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen….


US Could Use Laser to Force Down Chinese Spy Balloon in ‘Semi-Controlled Descent’: Aerospace Specialist

The United States can bring down the Chinese surveillance balloon currently flying eastward across the country by shooting it with a laser, which would cause it to gradually descend without inflicting serious damage to civilians on the ground, according to an aerospace specialist. The Defense Department previously ruled out shooting down the balloon, which was…


LIVE 2:45 PM ET: Secretary Blinken Meets With South Korean Foreign Minister

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin hold a press conference at 2:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 3, at the State Department after their meeting. The Epoch Times will livestream the press conference. …


LIVE NOW: Secretary Blinken Meets With South Korean Foreign Minister

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin hold a press conference at 2:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 3, at the State Department after their meeting. The Epoch Times will livestream the press conference. …


Secretary Blinken Meets With South Korean Foreign Minister

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin hold a press conference at 2:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 3, at the State Department after their meeting. The Epoch Times will livestream the press conference. …


Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will be US for ‘Few Days,’ Pentagon Says

The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over U.S. airspace is maneuverable and is currently in the central United States, a top Pentagon official told reporters on Feb. 3. The balloon, which had hovered over the state of Montana where nuclear silos are housed, has a “large payload underneath the surveillance component” of the balloon, according…


Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will Remain in US for ‘Few Days,’ Pentagon Says

The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over U.S. airspace is maneuverable and is currently in the central United States, a top Pentagon official told reporters on Feb. 3. The balloon, which had hovered over the state of Montana where nuclear silos are housed, has a “large payload underneath the surveillance component” of the balloon, according…


Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will Stay in US for ‘Few Days,’ Pentagon Says

The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over U.S. airspace is maneuverable and is currently in the central United States, a top Pentagon official told reporters on Feb. 3. The balloon, which had hovered over the state of Montana where nuclear silos are housed, has a “large payload underneath the surveillance component” of the balloon, according…


Pakistani Troops Kill 2 Terrorists in Raid Near Afghan Border

ISLAMABAD—Pakistani troops on Friday raided a terrorist hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban terrorist group, in the country’s northwest and near the border with Afghanistan, the military said. The raid triggered a shootout that killed two terrorists. The shootout in North Waziristan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, came days after a suicide bomber attacked a…


‘Unacceptable’: Blinken Postpones Beijing Trip Over Chinese Spy Balloon Violation

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is postponing a trip to Beijing after the Pentagon detected a Chinese “high altitude surveillance balloon” hovering over the nation’s west, with an official describing the intrusion as a “clear violation” of sovereignty. “After consultations with our interagency partners as well as with Congress, we have concluded that the conditions…