Fighter jet shoots down small unmanned aerial vehicle because it posed danger to civil aviation, White House says, amid alarm over surveillance by China

US defense chief: 'Deliberate and lawful action' in response to Beijing's 'unacceptable violation of sovereignty'; authorities to collect debris from US territorial waters

Blinken cancels Beijing trip after discovery of 1st surveillance asset in US skies; Pentagon believes shooting the object down would put people on the ground at risk from debris

Official tells forum on China-Israel ties that Washington doesn't intend to exclude Beijing from global economy, but wants to ensure trade doesn't threaten security, human rights

In interview, US president optimistic about reducing inflation and Democrats' prospects in midterms, blasts Trump over top-secret documents found at Mar-a-Lago estate

Taipei praises trip as sign of warm ties with Washington, while Beijing tells congressmen to 'stop playing with fire'

But US president says he doesn't expect any further escalation as Beijing continues exercises around self-ruled island, defying calls to stop

US Secretary of State urges Beijing to back down and reiterates that Nancy Pelosi's visit to Tapei was peaceful and did not represent a change in American policy toward Taiwan

Beijing conducts 'precision missile strikes' as part of series of exercises; five of the projectiles land just off Japanese island in 'serious threat' to Tokyo's national security

Beijing vows 'punishment' following US lawmaker's trip to island; China says missiles to fly over Taiwan for 1st time; Taipei's defense ministry says website hit by cyber attacks