The United States and Philippines are set to begin the largest military drill that the two nations have ever held on Tuesday.
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Egypt planned to secretly send Russia thousands of rockets
According to the leaked United States intelligence documents that were obtained by the Washington Post, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had reportedly developed a plan to secretly produce and ship around 40,000 rockets to Russia.
Read More Egypt planned to secretly send Russia thousands of rocketsSouth Korea calls for ‘appropriate measures’ after Pentagon documents are leaked
A senior South Korean government official has said at a briefing that he will request the United States to take “appropriate measures” after completing an investigation into Pentagon documents that were stolen from U.S. intelligence.
Read More South Korea calls for ‘appropriate measures’ after Pentagon documents are leakedOne-on-one with David Stryzewski, CEO of Sound Planning
The monthly jobs report for March is out, showing U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs last month, which is good, but slightly below expectations, and the unemployment rate decreased from 3.6% to 3.5%.
Read More One-on-one with David Stryzewski, CEO of Sound PlanningMore U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan
Thursday saw the arrival of a bipartisan congressional delegation to Taiwan, one day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defied China by meeting with the president of the island. This comes as China claims Taiwan is its territory.
Read More More U.S. lawmakers arrive in TaiwanFinland to become 31st member of NATO
Turkey’s parliament approved Finland’s NATO application on Thursday, making it the 31st nation in the Western defense alliance.
Read More Finland to become 31st member of NATO