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Moscow 'thinking' of simplifying nationality process for all Ukraine: Putin
Apr 27, 2019 (AFP)
"We are actually thinking about providing citizenship in a simplified order to all citizens of Ukraine, not only residents of the Lugansk and Donetsk republics,...
China says navy warned off French warship in Taiwan Strait
Apr 25, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing sees self-governed and democratic Taiwan as its territory awaiting reunification, and the United States has traditionally been the country that defies t...
Hungary will lead NATO's Baltic Air Policing next month
Apr 18, 2019 (UPI)
This will be the 50th Baltic Air Policing deployment, NATO said in a news release Wednesday. NATO member countries have taken turns safeguarding Baltic airspace...
Amid worries over Russia, Sweden returns troops to Baltic island
Apr 17, 2019 (AFP)
A few kilometres away another group wrapped in thick winter jackets, body armour and helmets fired anti-tank missiles, throwing up sprays of ice and snow behind...
USS Ross tracked by Russian fleet after entering Black Sea
Apr 16, 2019 (UPI)
The Ross, which began its northbound transit of the Dardanelles Strait on Sunday, according to the U.S. Navy, is the fourth U.S. ship to visit the Black Sea sin...
Turkish Defense Minister makes unannounced visit to Pentagon
Apr 16, 2019 (AFP)
The two "met as strategic partners," Pentagon spokesperson Charles Summers said in a brief statement to the press after the meeting. "They focused their discuss...
Diplomacy blooms as China invites Vatican to garden expo
Apr 16, 2019 (AFP)
"The aim is to create an atmosphere of dialogue," said the Vatican's culture minister Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, who will inaugurate the Holy See's pavilion at...
Unconventional 'resistance' cells urged for Baltic defense: study
Apr 15, 2019 (AFP)
These capabilities would range from cyber to drones to long-range mobile communications and non-lethal weapons as well as small arms, explosives, anti-tank and ...
Dalai Lama discharged from hospital
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
"I received the necessary medical treatments and now feel kind of normal," the 83-year-old told reporters in a video posted on his official Twitter account as h...
Venezuela, China loom large as Pompeo begin LatAm tour in Chile
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
Pompeo met with Pinera and his Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago after arriving in the early hours. Pompeo thank...
China courts eastern Europe after key EU summit
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
The coastal city of Dubrovnik is hosting the eighth annual "16+1 cooperation" -- an economic platform for Beijing's investments in 11 eastern European Union sta...
'Cured' Dalai Lama set to be discharged from hospital Friday
Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)
The 83-year-old Buddhist monk, Tibetan spiritual leader and thorn in Beijing's side was admitted to the Max hospital in the Indian capital on Tuesday with what ...
US warship cruises disputed sea in Philippine war games
Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, with at least 10 F-35B stealth jets on deck, stood guard as amphibious tanks rolled onto a Philippine beach located a shor...
As Balkans sit in EU's waiting room, China gets to work
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
The West has long eyed Russia as its chief rival in this turbulent corner of southeast Europe. But there is another major player in town, as Chinese firms fill ...
Dalai Lama taken to New Delhi hospital for chest pain
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
Ngodup Tsering, the 83-year-old Buddhist monk's representative in the United States, told AFP the Dalai Lama flew to New Delhi early Tuesday for a doctor's visi...
Protesters warn of Chinese 'invasion' of Philippines
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
Filipino flag-waving marchers chanted "China out" and brandished a banner saying "Defend our sovereign rights", referring to Beijing's expansive claims to the r...
EU backs ICC after US revokes prosecutor's visa
Apr 06, 2019 (AFP)
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office confirmed Friday that Washington had revoked her visa for entry into the US -- a move that came after US Secretary of State M...
Philippines' Duterte warns China to back off disputed island
Apr 05, 2019 (AFP)
Duterte, aiming to attract trade and investment from the Asian superpower, has mostly withheld his early criticism of Beijing's expansive claims to the sea -- a...
Brexit chaos stirs bafflement in UK ex-colonies
Apr 05, 2019 (AFP)
Britain long justified imperial subjugation by arguing Rule Britannia brought order, stability and shared prosperity -- even after its retreat from colonialism ...
NATO plans for Russian 'aggression' on 70th anniversary
Apr 04, 2019 (AFP)
Closing two days of talks in Washington, foreign ministers from the 29-nation alliance said in a joint statement that they face "an unpredictable and challengin...
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