Taiwan's air force has grounded its F-16 fleet and suspended training missions on the jet after one of the planes and the pilot went missing earlier this week. The search continues for the pilot and aircraft, which officials believe went down following an in-flight "anomaly," but rough seas off the island have made efforts difficult.

Taiwan, the United States' most effective bulwark in Asia against Chinese diplomatic and military pressure, has become the world's biggest importer of Russian naphtha, a petroleum derivative used in the semiconductor industry. Taiwan calls itself a Ukraine ...

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On August 21, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party government announced plans to increase the 2026 defense budget to 3.32 percent of GDP. If passed, the budget would see Taiwan spend more than 3 percent of its GDP on defense for the first time since 2009.