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US brands Chinese curbs on American diplomats 'escalation'
Sep 13, 2020 (AFP)
Relations between the world's top two economies have deteriorated in recent months, with both sides locked in fierce recriminations over trade disputes, human r...
China releases five Indians detained near Tibet; As borders disputes simmer
Sep 12, 2020 (AFP)
The men, who the Indian side said had accidentally strayed into Chinese territory, were escorted back across the high-altitude frontier by the People's Liberati...
How hunting helped shape elite society
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
This was no idle hobby. For Charlemagne, hunting had numerous benefits, according to MIT historian Eric Goldberg. For one thing, Charlemagne used the practice t...
Russia to stage huge 'Caucasus' drills in September
Sep 11, 2020 (AFP)
More than 12,000 troops will take part in the "Caucasus-2020" war games, which will take place in southern Russia from September 21 to 26 and include land and n...
Beijing to impose restrictions on all US diplomats in China
Sep 11, 2020 (AFP)
Relations between the world's top two economies have deteriorated in recent months, with both sides locked in fierce recriminations over trade disputes, human r...
Pompeo urges Southeast Asia to shun South China Sea firms
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's comments came at a regional Asian summit overshadowed by the US-China rivalry over a range of issues, from trade to the coronav...
China says US biggest threat to peace in South China Sea
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
US-China rivalry is expected to dominate discussion at this year's ASEAN conference, which comes just days after Beijing launched ballistic missiles in the flas...
US-China tensions set to dominate Southeast Asia summit
Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)
The summit comes just days after China launched ballistic missiles in the flashpoint waters as part of live-fire exercises and as Washington and Beijing clash o...
Serbia drops out of war games with Russia in Belarus
Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)
Serbia -- an EU candidate country that also maintains close ties with Moscow -- was due to participate in the 'Slavic Brotherhood 2020' exercise with Russian an...
Army's V Corps forward headquarters to be in Poznan, Poland
Sep 09, 2020 (UPI)
The Fifth Corps, or V Corps, will be located at Fort Knox, Ky., with a Forward headquarters in Poland, a NATO ally, according to officials. The reactivation of ...
Rare gunfire stirs China-India border blame game
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
China said Tuesday its soldiers took "countermeasures" after Indian soldiers opened fire in a contested mountainous region in Ladakh. India was guilty of a "sev...
Lithuania to direct multinational exercise that includes U.S. troops
Sep 08, 2020 (UPI)
According to U.S. Army Europe, during Tobruq Legacy 2020, U.S. and allied air defense forces will conduct on-the-move short-range air defense for Lithuanian man...
Australian journalists flee China under police threat
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
Their dramatic escape came with relations between Beijing and Canberra at their lowest point in decades, over issues ranging from China's role in the coronaviru...
China says forced to take 'countermeasures' against India at tense border
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
The relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbours has deteriorated since a clash in the Ladakh region on June 15 in which 20 Indian troops were killed. ...
US accuses China of intimidating foreign journalists
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
The two superpower rivals have restricted reporter visas -- with China expelling journalists -- as brinkmanship over trade and tech, Hong Kong and the coronavir...
Georgia hosts major drills with NATO forces
Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)
Some 2,800 troops from the United States, France, Britain, and Poland will take part in the Noble Partner 2020 exercises held at the Vaziani and Camp Norio trai...
Two Australian journalists rushed out of China over arrest fears
Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)
The withdrawal of Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Bill Birtles and Australian Financial Review correspondent Michael Smith came shortly after China detain...
India uses hotline to alert China about 'kidnap': minister
Sep 06, 2020 (AFP)
The relationship between the Asian giants has deteriorated since a clash in the Ladakh region on June 15 in which 20 Indian troops were killed. India's Minister...
Typhoon Haishen hampers search for ship survivors near Japan
Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)
The Japan coastguard found a second survivor on Friday after the Gulf Livestock 1, which was carrying 6,000 cows and had 43 crew on board, issued a distress cal...
Russian aircraft intercepts Norwegian plane in international airspace
Sep 05, 2020 (UPI)
The Russian state-run news agency TASS reported that on Saturday, Russian radars detected a target in international airspace headed toward Russian airspace and ...
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