At stake is the peace and stability of the island, 160 kilometres off the coast of China, that Beijing claims as its own and to be retaken by force if necessary.
Lisa Lines, allegedly involved in a love triangle with two co-accused, is alleged to have engaged in multiple plots to kill Jonathon Hawtin, beginning in 2017.
The warship involved in last week's sonar incident with a Chinese navy vessel that left an Australian diver injured has sailed through the Taiwan Strait.
Peace between Taiwan and China is the "only option," Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, while strongly asserting the self-governing island's defences against Beijing's threats to invade.
Taiwanese Vice President William Lai's recent trip to Paraguay to reinforce relations with his government's last diplomatic partner in South America included stops in San Francisco and New York City.
Exclusive: Taiwan's Foreign Minister has issued a stern message to China's President Xi Jinping to back off with military threats, and avoid a "disastrous result".
With helicopters in the sky and soldiers on the tarmac, the drill at Taiwan's busiest international gateway reflects how Taipei is preparing for multiple scenarios in the face of fears over China's increased military intimidation.
The near collision between US and Chinese naval vessels in the Taiwan Strait highlighted the dangers of a military miscalculation in a dispute that stretches back decades.
A war over Taiwan would be "devastating" and affect the global economy "in ways we cannot imagine," US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has warned, as he underlined US support for the island democracy.
A Queensland student is being flown back to Australia via a medical rescue flight after an accidental poisoning in Taiwan left him in the intensive care unit.
China says it has started three days of military exercises around Taiwan, in an announcement that comes after the island democracy's president met the US House Speaker in defiance of repeated threats by Beijing.
The foreign minister's harsh language appeared to defy predictions that China might abandon its aggressive "wolf warrior" diplomacy in favour of more moderate rhetoric.
Within hours of an Air Force F-22 downing a giant Chinese balloon that had crossed the United States, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reached out to his Chinese counterpart via a special crisis line, aiming for a quick general-to-general talk that could explain things and ease tensions.
The Philippines will provide the United States with expanded access to its military bases, the two countries said Thursday, providing US forces with a greater strategic footing on the southeastern edge of the South China Sea close to self-ruled Taiwan.