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Air Force, Marines train near China amid heightened tensions
May 06, 2020 (UPI)
Earlier this week the Pacific Air Forces and U.S. Air Force announced on Twitter that the Air Force had conducted a training mission in the in the East China Se...
EU vows virus help for Balkans and warns against China
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
A video summit with six Western Balkans countries, all of which aspire to join the bloc, came as Brussels faced accusations of an initially slow response to hel...
Trump nominee to lead intel community sees China as top threat
May 05, 2020 (AFP)
But John Ratcliffe, an outspoken Trump defender nominated to become director of national intelligence, came under pressure in a Senate confirmation hearing over...
Turkey denies jets harassed Greek defence minister
May 04, 2020 (AFP)
Greek defence sources said on Sunday the encounter occurred after its jets intercepted Turkish aircraft in what are common but at times dangerous manoeuvres by ...
Greece says Turkish jets buzzed defense minister
May 03, 2020 (AFP)
what it called harassment of its defence minister and army chief by Turkish jets over a small island in the Aegean Sea. The encounter occurred according to Gree...
Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
The US president's assertion was immediately undermined by his intelligence chief and by his top diplomat, who said: "We don't know precisely where it began." L...
Russia ditches Putin mosaic in army church
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
Russian Orthodox Bishop Stefan of Klin told news agency Interfax the committee in charge of the church's interior decoration "decided not to display it" because...
US, China block UN resolution in spat over WHO handling of pandemic
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
The stalemate -- over a mention of the World Health Organization -- leaves little hope of a quick vote as the Security Council struggles to find a response to t...
US Navy ship sails through Chinese-claimed waters in South China Sea
Apr 29, 2020 (AFP)
The USS Barry undertook the so-called "freedom of navigation operation" on Tuesday, a week after Beijing upped its claims to the region by designating an offici...
Chinese military expels USS Barry from Paracel Islands
Apr 28, 2020 (UPI)
The People's Liberation Army's Southern Theatre Command accused the USS Barry of intruding into "waters around the Paracel Islands without permission," the Sout...
Trump angers China by warning US may seek damages over virus
Apr 28, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have clashed repeatedly over the outbreak as tensions have soared between the world's two biggest economic powers. "We are not happy with...
EU denies softening report under China pressure
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
The New York Times said that, under pressure from Beijing officials, the EU had delayed publication of a regular report on disinformation trends last week, and ...
Beijing names islands in disputed South China Sea
Apr 21, 2020 (AFP)
A joint announcement of the names on Sunday from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Civil Affairs came a day after China established new admi...
Russia intercepts another U.S. Navy plane over Mediterranean Sea
Apr 20, 2020 (UPI)
The intercept on Sunday, involving a Navy P-8 surveillance plane and a Russian SU-35 fighter plane, was the second time in four days that the United States accu...
France says virus exacerbating global diplomatic rift
Apr 20, 2020 (AFP)
"It seems to me that we are witnessing an amplification of the fractures that have been undermining the international order for years. The pandemic is the conti...
Trump warns China could face 'consequences' over pandemic
Apr 18, 2020 (AFP)
"It could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn't," Trump told reporters at a White House briefing. "And now the whole world is suffering bec...
Pentagon extends travel restrictions through June 30
Apr 18, 2020 (AFP)
The new order will go into effect on Monday, Matthew Donovan, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told reporters in a telephone briefing....
As US pulls back, China builds influence at UN
Apr 17, 2020 (AFP)
For years, Chinese nationals have been taking up positions at the head of and lower down UN agencies as the Asian powerhouse ploughs considerable resources into...
US outlines phased reopening, as China faces virus ire
Apr 17, 2020 (AFP)
Trump's new push came as he saw progress in his campaign to pressure China, with fellow Western leaders agreeing that Beijing has not been transparent on the or...
Russia postpones Red Square victory parade over coronavirus
Apr 16, 2020 (AFP)
The "risks associated with the epidemic, whose peak has not passed yet, are extremely high," Putin said. "This does not give me the right to begin preparations ...
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