COAST GUARD

Indonesia has rejected China's claims over the northern Islands of Natuna off the coast of West Kalimantan and East Malaysia.

Japan’s Coast Guard has produced data claiming that Chinese government ships and other vessels have entered Japanese exclusive waters over 1,000 times this year. This is an 80 percent increase over 2018 and far more than any year since 2012 when the Chinese incursions began.

The USS Detroit got to test its weapons while out on patrol in November

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South Korea made good on its pledge to open fire at illegal Chinese fishing boats, exacerbating the already tense situation between the two Asian Pacific nations.

About 230 Chinese fishing vessels and six coastguard ships, of which three appeared to be armed, sailed close to disputed islets in the East China Sea.

A massive search operation is underway for the plane, which took off from a suburb in the southern city of Chennai, with 29 people on board.

The helicopters each carried six people when they crashed off the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii late Thursday. The Coast Guard was searching for survivors.

One of the three Chinese vessels spotted on Saturday was armed with an autocannon, Kyodo News reported.

The proposal, which will be revealed by the European Commission next week, is being pushed by Germany and France, according to reports.

The Afghan refugees were reportedly trying to reach the island of Chios from the resort of Cesme, despite bad weather.

Thirteen refugees died in Turkish waters in an attempt to reach Europe Sunday, while Hungary reopened a border crossing with Serbia.

Official and commercial vessels rescued thousands of migrants off the Libyan coast over the weekend.

Europe has beefed up its efforts to save North African migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.

The accusation comes as the Philippines and the U.S. continue massive joint military exercises amid regional tensions.

A suspected Pakistani vessel sank off India's west coast late on Wednesday after being intercepted by the Indian coast guard.

The incident comes after another ship, carrying hundreds of migrants from Syria, was abandoned by human traffickers earlier this week.

A Philippine ferry carrying 60 people has sunk off the coast of Burias Island. A rescue operation is underway but one woman has reportedly died.

The Philippines will not allow Taiwan to directly question Filipino personnel involved in the fishing boat accident.

Members of Argentina's coast guard and military police are striking after pay cuts of up to 70 percent were erroneously applied to all troops.

Hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels are nearing the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, protected by an increasing number of Chinese government vessels. The impasse between Beijing and Tokyo look no closer to resolution.