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NATO expects allies to maintain defence spending despite virus

Mar 19, 2020 (AFP)

The global pandemic has forced NATO to curtail or cancel some military exercises but Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said its capacity to ensure security in ...

China ready to step up virus cooperation, Xi tells Putin

Mar 19, 2020 (AFP)

Xi made the comments in a late-night telephone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Xinhua news agency reported. The Chinese leader said Beijing was "willing to m...

Bolsonaro son accuses China over coronavirus

Mar 19, 2020 (AFP)

Eduardo Bolsonaro, a 35-year-old lawmaker, accused China on Tuesday of concealing information about the spread of COVID-19, saying the country's actions were si...

China to expel US journalists as media freedom row grows

Mar 18, 2020 (AFP)

The move against The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal came as the superpowers also feuded over the coronavirus pandemic, with US ...

Trump criticizes China expulsion of US journalists as tensions soar

Mar 18, 2020 (AFP)

All US journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal -- about 13 people -- have been told to hand back their credentials ...

US-Canada command says it intercepted Russian jets near Alaska

Mar 14, 2020 (AFP)

The Russian aircraft entered and remained in the air defense identification zone, a security perimeter in international airspace, for about four hours, the join...

China, US spar over origin of coronavirus

Mar 13, 2020 (AFP)

The spat comes as China tries to deflect blame for the contagion and reframe itself as a country that took decisive steps to buy the world time by placing huge ...

US summons Chinese ambassador over COVID-19 conspiracy theory

Mar 13, 2020 (AFP)

David Stilwell, the top US diplomat for Asia, issued a "stern representation" to Ambassador Cui Tiankai a day after foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian tweet...

China slams US for warship sail-by in disputed waters

Mar 11, 2020 (AFP)

The USS McCampbell missile destroyer sailed near the Paracel Islands on Tuesday without authorisation, according to the People's Liberation Army. The Paracel Is...

Two dead, nine hurt in fresh east Ukraine unrest

Mar 10, 2020 (AFP)

One soldier died on the spot after the incident near the village of Pisky, with the other victim dying from his injuries soon afterwards, army spokesman Oleksan...

US, Canadian jets intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft

Mar 10, 2020 (AFP)

The two Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft on Monday entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, sparking the deployment of several NORAD aircraft...

East Europeans demand EU funds for faster troop movement

Mar 10, 2020 (AFP)

EU and NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania said Brussels could undermine European Union ambitions by cutting funding for the "military mobility" ...

For Putin, victory in Syria is personal

Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)

But ahead of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Moscow on Thursday, clouds have gathered with the pair in a standoff over Syria. Fighting has intensified between T...

Japan says state visit by China's Xi postponed over virus

Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)

"It is necessary to give first priority to this," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formally invited Xi ...

'New race:' Biden seizes momentum with Super Tuesday surge

Mar 04, 2020 (AFP)

Sanders, a 78-year-old leftist who wants to reshape America's economy, had been the clear leader and was looking for a knock-out blow on the most consequential ...

NATO exercises to go ahead despite coronavirus

Mar 04, 2020 (AFP)

The 29-member alliance has more than 20 exercises planned this year, and will take part in the US-led Defender 2020 drill, which will see 20,000 troops deployed...

Turkey-Russia tensions soar after deadly Syria strike

Feb 29, 2020 (AFP)

The United States and United Nations urged an end to the Russian-backed Syrian offensive against rebel holdouts, but Turkey appeared intent on easing tensions w...

With Taliban deal, US shifts away from two decades of global war

Feb 29, 2020 (AFP)

Since the September 11, 2001 attacks killed 3,000 people and traumatized the American psyche, the debate in Washington has been not whether but how to wage a wo...

Could Russia go to war with Turkey in Syria?

Feb 28, 2020 (AFP)

The killing of 33 soldiers by fire from forces of Russia's ally the Syrian regime -- the biggest Turkish military loss on the battlefield in recent years -- rai...

NATO offers Turkey solidarity but no pledges after Syria troop losses

Feb 28, 2020 (AFP)

The alliance's ruling council held urgent talks at Turkey's request after Thursday's deadly air strike in Syria's northwestern Idlib province sent tensions soar...