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NATO chief warns of 'new dangers' from Russia-China ties
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
"The rules-based order, the basis of multilateralism, is under threat," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper. "Russia an...
NATO chief Stoltenberg calls for more investment ahead of summit
Jun 04, 2021 (UPI)
His virtual address is regarded as the keynote speech for a June 14 NATO in-person summit involving world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden. Speaking ...
US condemns 'escalatory' Chinese military flights off Malaysia and Taiwan
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
This week, 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over hotly contested waters off of Borneo prompting Malaysia's air force to scramble its jets. General Kenneth Wils...
Belarus tensions show need to boost NATO, Berlin says
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
Foreign and defence ministers from the 30-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization held video talks to try to fine tune proposals to reform the military allian...
11 NATO members participate in Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021
Jun 01, 2021 (UPI)
During Exercise Steadfast Defender 21, communications staff from the U.S. Second Fleet and Joint Force Command Norfolk established a system-agnostic approach to...
NATO chief calls for continued 'pooling' of resources ahead of summit
Jun 01, 2021 (UPI)
"In a more competitive and unpredictable world, we need transatlantic unity; Europe and North America standing strong together in NATO; so the goal of our NATO ...
U.S., partners fly over all 30 NATO nations
Jun 01, 2021 (UPI)
B-52s currently deployed to Moron Air Base, Spain, and U.S.-based aircraft planned to fly with more than 20 NATO allies across two combatant commands, according...
China jails blogger who 'slandered' dead in India border clash
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
Qiu Ziming -- with over 2.5 million followers on China's twitter-like Weibo -- was sentenced to eight months in prison, the court in the eastern city of Nanjing...
NATO HQ limits access to Belarus diplomats s access to Belarus diplomats
May 31, 2021 (AFP)
"We have decided to restrict the access of Belarusian personnel to the NATO headquarters, based on our assessment of six security measures at the headquarters,"...
Russia looms large as NATO trains in neighbouring Estonia
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
With tanks and armoured personnel carriers on the move, minesweepers in action and the crackle of gunfire, it feels a lot like the real thing. "The enemy is fig...
Crime boss's wild claims shake Turkish government
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
But the gang boss starring in these videos is real, and his claims have set off a political tsunami that has unsettled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's governme...
China rails at 'dark history' of US intelligence as Biden order virus probe
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
President Biden on Wednesday ordered US intelligence agencies to report to him in the next three months on whether the Covid-19 virus first emerged in China fro...
Ukraine condemns lack of progress towards NATO membership
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the military bloc to accelerate the ex-Soviet country's membership in the alliance, saying it was the onl...
U.S., Russia meet to discuss intercepts at air and sea
May 25, 2021 (UPI)
The Prevention of Incidents On and Over the Waters Outside the Limits of the Territorial Sea (INCSEA) is an annual event held to discuss the Incidents at Sea Ag...
Japan must 'radically' speed defence build-up: minister
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
Nobuo Kishi warned the gap between Japan and China's military was "growing by the year," in an interview with the Nikkei newspaper. "We must increase our defenc...
US, Russia seek to ease tensions in first meeting under Biden
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described the talks in Reykjavik on Wednesday -- aimed in part at confirming a potential summit between presidents Biden ...
Defense chiefs focus on plans for future of NATO alliance at summit
May 19, 2021 (UPI)
The plan, codified in November in a 66-page document, stresses adaptability, increased readiness and investment to stay relevant. At the meeting, NATO Military ...
First US-Russia meeting ahead of Biden-Putin summit
May 19, 2021 (AFP)
Statements preceding the face-to-face talks on the sidelines of the Arctic Council meeting in Iceland do not bode well for the de-escalation of tensions that th...
Duterte bans Philippines ministers from speaking on S. China Sea
May 18, 2021 (AFP)
Tensions between Manila and Beijing over the waterway -- which China claims almost entirely -- flared in March after hundreds of Chinese boats were spotted insi...
Vatican's new Hong Kong bishop says religious freedom must stay
May 18, 2021 (AFP)
The Vatican announced Monday that Stephen Chow, 62, would be the southern Chinese city's new bishop, filling a role that had remained vacant at a tumultuous tim...
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