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Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)

"The meetings in Brussels reaffirm the United States' commitment to our Allies and European partners on our shared agenda," department spokesman Ned Price said ...

With Russia and China, Biden reveals diplomatic style: no kid gloves

Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)

He called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "killer," and his negotiators pelted a Chinese delegation with tough accusations in their first bilateral talks -- rev...

US says China actions 'threaten' global stability; Beijing says 'no compromise' on sovereignty

Mar 18, 2021 (AFP)

Tensions between Washington and Beijing remain high after relations were pitched into turmoil during Donald Trump's presidency, which saw a damaging trade war a...

Beijing raps US, Japan for 'collusion' against China

Mar 17, 2021 (AFP)

Beijing's response comes just a day before China's top diplomats are set to meet top US officials in Alaska in their first face-to-face talks since President Jo...

UK defends approach on China after kow-towing accusations

Mar 17, 2021 (AFP)

In a virtual address to the Aspen Security Forum in the US, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said a "calibrated approach" was required towards China after the gov...

US, Japan warn China on 'coercion, destabilising behaviour'

Mar 16, 2021 (AFP)

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and top US diplomat Antony Blinken are on their first overseas trip, which began Monday in Japan, looking to shore up regional allia...

NATO chief admits 'serious concerns' over Turkey

Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)

"I have expressed my serious concerns and we all know there are serious differences and some issues, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish decisio...

Top US officials head to Asia to boost alliances in first foreign trip

Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)

The pair, who travelled separately, met in Japan for the first leg of their trip, holding talks with their counterparts as well as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga...

Pentagon chief sees Asia ties as deterrent against China

Mar 14, 2021 (AFP)

Austin kicked off via Hawaii, seat of the American military command for the Indo-Pacific region, his first foreign visits as Pentagon chief. "This is all about ...

China says legal moves on Hong Kong a 'combination of punches' to end chaos

Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)

Hong Kong was rocked by massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 against Beijing's encroachment on its unique freedoms. The Chinese governme...

Japan, U.S. conduct historic parachute exercise

Mar 12, 2021 (UPI)

Over 500 paratroopers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Airborne Brigade performed a static-line jump from 12 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft of the U...

For the first time, a B-1 bomber lands in Poland

Mar 12, 2021 (UPI)

The plane, assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, executed a "hot-pit refuel," in which it was refueled with engines ru...

Eye on China, Biden holds first summit with Japan, India, Australia

Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)

In a flurry of diplomacy, Japan announced that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will become the first foreign leader to see Biden in person, a sign of the primacy ...

Sri Lanka bristles over Chinese doormats featuring flag

Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)

Sri Lanka is highly sensitive to what it sees as any misuse of its national flag as well as Buddhist symbols. The Sri Lankan foreign ministry said it had taken ...

With eyes on China, US and allies launch vaccine plan

Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)

US President Joe Biden, who has vowed to reinvigorate alliances in the face of growing worries about China, met virtually with the three nations' prime minister...

In message to China, Biden to meet Australia, India, Japan PMs

Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)

It will be one of the first summits, albeit in virtual format, for Biden, who has vowed to revive US alliances in the wake of the disarray of Donald Trump's adm...

Biden aides to hold first talks with China, press concerns

Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)

In a sign of Biden's strategy to rally allies in the face of China, Blinken will first jointly travel to Japan and South Korea with Defense Secretary Lloyd Aust...

Pentagon report notes freedom of navigation violations, highlights China

Mar 10, 2021 (UPI)

The seven-page report to Congress identified seven separate accusations of violations by China of the 1982 Law of the Sea Conventions. The violations include "r...

China hits out at UK regulator over CGTN fine

Mar 09, 2021 (AFP)

Ofcom on Monday fined the network 225,000 pounds ($311,000) after UK national Peter Humphrey complained that he was forced to make a criminal confession on Chin...

'The EU cannot defend Europe': NATO chief

Mar 04, 2021 (AFP)

Most EU member states are also NATO member states, and their citizens' safety relies on an alliance that far outspends their own capitals on security, he argued...