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Biden sees pushback on China but ready to see Xi: aide
Jun 17, 2021 (AFP)
Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor, said Biden showed an alternative to China by leading the Group of Seven in a new infrastructure initiative and tha...
Draghi distances Italy from Russia, China to return to West's fold
Jun 17, 2021 (AFP)
After years in which Italy's populist and far-right parties cosied up to autocratic regimes in Moscow and Beijing, Draghi's comments return Italy to the West's ...
Germany recalls platoon from Lithuania amid racism row
Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)
The allegations dating back to a party at a hotel in April were first reported by the Spiegel Online news site on Monday. Soldiers sang racist and anti-Semitic ...
USS Rafael Peralta completes Sea of Japan exercises
Jun 16, 2021 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, which was forward-deployed to join the Navy's 7th Fleet in the Sea of Japan in February, conducted a live-fire gunnery exerci...
US-Russia summits: Cold War chill to good chemistry
Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)
- 1959: Eisenhower and Khrushchev - Dwight Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev met at Camp David in September in what was the first visit by a Soviet leader to the...
NATO rejects Ukrainian president's 'confirmation' of entry into alliance
Jun 15, 2021 (UPI)
Stoltenberg said the vote on Ukraine did not meet unanimous consent. "To agree on the membership action plan, you need consensus among 30 allies. This was not t...
U.S.-Japan conduct security operations in South China Sea
Jun 15, 2021 (UPI)
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group was deployed Monday to the U.S. 7th Fleet area to support free movement and operation in Indo-Pacific region. The Navy sa...
Biden to rebuild 'sacred' NATO bond shaken by Trump
Jun 14, 2021 (AFP)
The allies will agree a statement stressing common ground on securing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, joint responses to cyber attacks and relations with a r...
Biden rallies NATO against China 'challenge'
Jun 14, 2021 (AFP)
As US President Joe Biden renewed Washington's Transatlantic ties at his first summit with the Western allies, the leaders issued a broad statement of intent. C...
Biden promises to lay down 'red lines' to Putin
Jun 14, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking after his first NATO summit since being elected, Biden insisted: "I'm not looking for conflict with Russia, but that we will respond if Russia continue...
Erdogan says held 'fruitful, sincere' talks with Biden
Jun 14, 2021 (AFP)
"We believe there is no problem that cannot be resolved in Turkey-US relations," Erdogan added after holding his first meeting with Biden since his election. Re...
U.S.-Philippines military agreement extended for six more months
Jun 14, 2021 (UPI)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced plans to abrogate the agreement in February 2020, but the termination process was stalled by the COVID-19 pandemi...
NATO members need stronger China policy: Stoltenberg
Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)
In an interview with Canadian public network CBC, Jens Stoltenberg emphasized that China has the second largest defense budget in the world, the biggest navy, a...
G7 communique spans pandemic, climate, China and Russia
Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)
Here are highlights from the 25-page summit communique issued by the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States: - Covid-19...
US Navy warship enters Black Sea: Turkish media
Jun 11, 2021 (AFP)
The crossing by the USS Laboon was reported as US President Joe Biden met Western leaders at the G7 summit in England. He will then travel to Brussels for a mee...
Macron to meet Turkey's Erdogan after rift
Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)
The pair have locked horns over a series of international crises including Libya, Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh. Macron has also warned that Turkey would try to me...
Biden leaves Washington to meet allies -- then Putin
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
Biden, 78, heads from the White House first to Britain ahead of a G7 summit in a Cornish seaside resort from Friday to Sunday. From there, in rapid succession, ...
US Senate greenlights huge innovation bill to counter China
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
With both American political parties increasingly worried about competition from Asia's largest power, the measure cleared the chamber on a 68-32 vote, one of t...
US defense chief tells Pentagon to sharpen focus on China
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
"Now, it is up to the Department to get to work," Austin said after issuing an internal directive to the giant Pentagon bureaucracy. The directive, details of w...
Guterres tapped for second term as UN chief
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
The 72-year-old former prime minister of Portugal has held the office since 2017 and faced no competition for the next term in the job. Around 10 other people a...
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