10 JRPGs with Combat That Gets Better the Longer You Stick with It

Even a JRPG's combat system needs to evolve alongside its characters if you want to go from rat hunting to god slaying.
Global Times

PLA Eastern Theater Command conducts joint drills around Taiwan; ‘legitimate and necessary action to safeguard sovereignty and natl unity’

Multiple forces of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) started drills code-named "Justice Mission 2025" around Taiwan Island on Monday, said Shi Yi, spokesperson ...
Foreign Policy

Pakistan’s 27th Amendment Upends Its Nuclear Command

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The Straits Times

Thai and Cambodian strongmen trade threats as top generals step forward in border showdown

BANGKOK – Thai and Cambodian leaders are locking horns in an increasingly personal war of words, as both sides push their top military “warhorses” to the front in a border confrontation that now ...
THE WEEK

How the War Department became the Department of Defense – and back again

This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 153. In September 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the 'Department of War', reverting ...
Hindustan Times

Asim Munir becomes Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces

Pakistan's Pesident Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the appointment of the army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, as the first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) for a five-year term. In this photo ...
The Hindu

Pakistan formally appoints Asim Munir as first Chief of Defence Forces

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday (December 4, 2025) approved the appointment of the army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, as Pakistan's first Chief of Defence Forces for a period of five years.
Deccan Chronicle

All Is Well, Say Sidda, DKS as Leaders Go Into Huddle

Bengaluru:In a bid to put an end to the tussle over the CM post in Karnataka, chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D.K. Shivakumar met over breakfast on Saturday and put up a united front, ...
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Sardar Patel's 150th Anniversary: Women Officers Command National Unity Day Parade

This special report focuses on the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations in Kevadia, Gujarat, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over ...
War on the Rocks

The Importance of the Battle of Kasserine Pass

The Battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943 was the first significant engagement between German and U.S. forces in World War II. The fight delivered a harsh reality check to U.S. military leaders.
The Hill

China’s massive military parades conceal its key weaknesses

China’s recent and massive military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II highlighted concerns around that nation’s “unprecedented military buildup.” And yes, China is ...