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Harris accuses China of 'intimidation' in disputed seas
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
Her comments in Singapore came as Washington seeks to reset relations in Asia after the turbulent Donald Trump era and build a bulwark against the rising might ...
Ukraine marches with NATO allies on 30th independence anniversary
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
The show of solidarity came after Ukraine and its Western allies agreed at a summit in Kiev on Monday to work towards ending Russia's "occupation" of Crimea. Uk...
Harris in Hanoi as China hits back at US Vice President
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
Harris is in Vietnam as part of a Southeast Asia trip where she is seeking to rally regional allies as the United States' superpower status takes a hit over Afg...
Afghan 'tragedy' shows EU needs geopolitical muscle: Borrell
Aug 22, 2021 (AFP)
In an interview with AFP, Borrell said European powers would struggle to evacuate their citizens and Afghan allies before the United States ends its operation a...
Biden taps Nicholas Burns as ambassador to China, Rahm Emanuel to Japan
Aug 20, 2021 (AFP)
The White House also announced Biden had tapped another experienced diplomat, Michael Battle, for ambassador in Tanzania. The ambassador posts require confirmat...
Under-pressure Biden tries to reassure US on Afghanistan
Aug 20, 2021 (AFP)
Widely criticized over the chaotic exit after a sudden Taliban victory, Biden warned that the frantic effort to fly Americans, other foreigners and Afghan allie...
U.S. Forces Japan to have new commander, Indo-Pacific Command says
Aug 19, 2021 (UPI)
Air Force Maj. Gen. Ricky Rupp will be promoted to lieutenant general before assuming the dual-hatted commands at Yokota Air Base, in western Tokyo, the Indo-Pa...
Russia expulsion of UK reporter 'assault' on media freedom: BBC
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
"The expulsion of Sarah Rainsford is a direct assault on media freedom which we condemn unreservedly," said BBC director-general Tim Davie, after Russian state ...
China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
Pressure is once more mounting on Beijing to consider a fresh probe into the orgins of a pandemic which has killed more than four million people and paralysed e...
Canada needs US to break impasse in row with China: experts
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
Ottawa says the two men and a third citizen have been the victims of tit-for-tat punishments meted out after a top executive for Chinese tech giant Huawei was a...
Blinken urges investment at home to compete with China
Aug 09, 2021 (AFP)
The top US diplomat's speech reflects what President Joe Biden's administration calls a "foreign policy for the middle class" with a focus on competitiveness at...
US drops plan to vacate troop bases in Germany, Belgium
Aug 06, 2021 (AFP)
The announcement underscored President Joe Biden's reversal of his predecessor Donald Trump's plan to slash US troops in Europe and move some bases out of Germa...
India, China pull back from part of contested Himalayan border
Aug 06, 2021 (AFP)
The world's two most populous nations had poured tens of thousands of extra troops into the high-altitude Ladakh region in the Himalayas after the clash last ye...
No plan to house India military base, Mauritius says
Aug 05, 2021 (AFP)
Earlier this week, news broadcaster Al Jazeera reported on the construction of an airstrip and two jetties to house an Indian military base on Agalega, located ...
USS America strike group joins Australia, Japan for training
Aug 05, 2021 (UPI)
The Combined and Joint Battle Problem training is one of many operations under the U.S. Ind-Pacific Command's Large Scale Global Exercise. It aims to enhance re...
Milley: New technologies key to deterring aggressors, winning future wars
Aug 03, 2021 (UPI)
The chairman of the Joints of Chiefs of Staff made the remarks at the Navy League of the United States' Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition at National Har...
U.S., Australia, partners conclude exercise Talisman Sabre 2021
Aug 02, 2021 (UPI)
Typically a biennial interoperability exercise of the navies of Australia and the United States, this year's two-week iteration also included the Royal Canadian...
German frigate deploys on Indo-Pacific mission
Aug 02, 2021 (AFP)
The "Bayern" sailed from Wilhelmshaven harbour with more than 200 soldiers on board for a six-month mission to strengthen Germany's presence in the region that ...
NATO fighter planes intercept Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea
Jul 30, 2021 (UPI)
Aircraft of the Air Policing force, including Eurofighters of Spain's air force and F-35 fighter planes of Italy's based at Amari, Estonia, and Siauliai, Lithua...
Philippines says US military deal 'in full force again'
Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)
Duterte told the United States in February last year he planned to axe the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) after Washington cancelled the visa of a close ally w...
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