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08.01.2026 15:30 Taiwan's Air Force will urge the United States to expedite work to install automatic ground collision avoidance systems on its F-16V jets, with the aim of completing the process by the end of this year if possible, a military official said Wednesday after an F-16V jet went missing a day earlier.

08.01.2026 15:30 The disappearance from radar of an F-16V fighter jet during a nighttime training mission off eastern Taiwan on Tuesday has renewed attention on Taiwan's F-16 fleet.

08.01.2026 15:30 Taiwan's Air Force on Wednesday linked an incident involving an F-16V fighter jet that went missing a day earlier to a malfunction of the aircraft's main onboard computer.

08.01.2026 15:30 The Air Force said Wednesday that the pilot of a missing F-16V fighter jet had indicated he would eject from the aircraft before it disappeared from radar, but could not confirm whether the ejection was successful.

08.01.2026 15:30 A former Pentagon official said Tuesday that China is unlikely to succeed in capturing Taiwan's leaders in a swift aerial military operation due to Taiwan's extensive air defenses system.

08.01.2026 15:30 China's move to designate two Taiwan government ministers as "diehard Taiwan independence advocates" undermines cross-strait peace and the status quo, the Mainland Affairs Council said Wednesday.

08.01.2026 15:30 Facts have proven that an increasing number of Taiwan compatriots have come to realize that "Taiwan independence" means war, that the Lai Ching-te authorities' stubborn pursuit of "independence" will only bring conflict and chaos to Taiwan, and that condoning or supporting "Taiwan independence" will only turn themselves and their families into cannon fodder, said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs

08.01.2026 15:30 In response to media inquiry about the US' forcible seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife and their transfer out of the country, which has drawn widespread attention and prompted some people on Taiwan island to express concern that the Chinese mainland might follow the US approach to "justify taking action against Taiwan," Chen Binhua, the spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office

08.01.2026 15:30 The Chinese mainland will resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" separatist activities and external interference, unite Taiwan compatriots, promote the peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait, and advance the cause of national reunification in 2026, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

08.01.2026 15:30 The Chinese mainland on Wednesday added two individuals to its list of die-hard "Taiwan independence" secessionists, bringing the total number on this list to 14, a spokesperson said.

08.01.2026 15:30 Syria's northern city of Aleppo has witnessed its deadliest clashes yet between Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham regime forces and US-backed fighters, as insecurity persists across the country a year after the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad.

08.01.2026 15:30 Israeli military forces have launched a new incursion into several areas in the countryside of Syria's southwestern province of Quneitra, in the latest violation of the country's sovereignty, local media say.

08.01.2026 15:30 Space Training and Readiness Command concluded its largest iteration of Space Flag, Dec. 19, 2025, challenging Guardians as well as joint partners in a contested environment designed to mirror real-world conflict.

08.01.2026 15:30 A reported immigration enforcement operation carried out under US President Donald Trump's expanded crackdown has ended in a fatal shooting in Minneapolis after an agent opens fire on a woman.