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Air Force sends two B-52 bombers over East China Sea
Jan 31, 2019 (UPI)
Two nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress aircraft departed Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. territory of Guam on Monday, U.S. Pacific Air Force spokeswoman C...
Trump deepens public row with his 'naive' intelligence services
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Twitter broadside was a riposte to the more sober but equally emphatic rejection by the intelligence community Tuesday of many of Trump's foreign policy cla...
USS Donald Cook leaves Black Sea after exercises
Jan 28, 2019 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class ship entered the Black Sea on Jan. 19, as its movements monitored by Russia's Black Sea Fleet. The Russian frigate Pytlivy tracked the U...
France takes steps to boost India's clout in Indian Ocean to counter China
Jan 28, 2019 (Sputnik)
Within a year of signing a logistic sharing agreement, a French destroyer has docked at the Indian Navy's Mumbai base, putting into operation the implementation...
NATO chief says Trump's funding gripes having 'real results'
Jan 27, 2019 (AFP)
Trump has frequently blasted members of the 29-nation western security partnership for not paying more into their national defense budgets. Before taking office...
'Great for Canada' if US drops extradition request for Huawei CFO
Jan 26, 2019 (AFP)
The remarks to The Vancouver Star come one day after he walked back comments that the detained Chinese executive has a "strong case" against extradition to the ...
Army preps troop, equipment rotation in Europe for Atlantic Resolve
Jan 25, 2019 (UPI)
The command, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, said in a statement that armored equipment of the 1st Armored Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, stationed at For...
NATO says no progress in Russia talks on arms treaty
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
Western capitals allege that Russia's latest generation of medium-range missiles breach the terms of the Cold War era INF treaty, and put European cities at ris...
Ties between US, Russia and China 'dysfunctional': UN
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
"The relationship between the three most important powers, Russia, the United States and China, has never been as dysfunctional as it is today," the UN secretar...
Beijing says China, US are 'mutually indispensable'
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
"The Chinese and US economies are mutually indispensable, so their relations must be mutually beneficial and win-win," Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan told a...
China promises Cambodia $600 million aid at PM visit
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
The largest investor in Cambodia, China has pumped billions of yuan into the economy and has written off debt while sweeping aside questions about Phnom Penh's ...
U.S. destroyer Donald Cook arrives in Black Sea region for NATO drills
Jan 22, 2019 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer arrived Monday in Batumi for a scheduled port visit ahead of the exercises with NATO allies, the Navy announced...
Franco-German treaty a step toward 'European army': Merkel
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said closer defence ties agreed in a new friendship treaty aim to build a Franco-German "common military culture" and "contribut...
NATO, Russia to hold talks amid missile treaty crisis
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
Diplomats said the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty will be on the agenda for Friday's meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, which is also expected to cov...
UK PM's office says MP Brexit moves 'extremely concerning'
Jan 20, 2019 (AFP)
Downing Street blasted reported moves by lawmakers seeking to rewrite the rules of the House of Commons in an attempt to take control of the business of the low...
Wife of Chinese ex-Interpol chief seeks asylum in France: reports
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
Grace Meng has remained in the French city of Lyon, the site of Interpol's headquarters, since her husband Meng Hongwei disappeared -- and was later revealed to...
Trump says US backs NATO '100%' but allies must 'step up'
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
"We will be with NATO 100 percent, but as I told the countries, you have to step up and you have to pay," Trump said in a speech at the Pentagon. His comment fo...
China, Canada diplomatic row escalates with death sentence
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
The Canadian government updated its travel advice hours after a court in northeast China sentenced Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, to death at a retrial after hi...
Report raises fresh doubts over Trump's NATO commitment
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
Last year, Trump repeatedly told senior officials that he did not see the point of NATO -- the historic alliance that forms the backbone of the West's post-Worl...
U.S., Japan participate in joint deployment in East China Sea
Jan 15, 2019 (UPI)
Participating Friday and Saturday were ships assigned to the U.S. Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport doc...
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