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'Hold fast': Mattis bids farewell to Pentagon
Dec 31, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis resigned December 20, after Trump stunned the US establishment by ordering a full troop withdrawal from Syria. "Our department is proven to be at its bes...
Trump declares end to US 'policeman' role in surprise Iraq visit
Dec 27, 2018 (AFP)
Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, landed late Wednesday at Al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq after what he described as a stressful, secrecy shrouded fligh...
India's longest road-rail bridge bolsters defence on China border
Dec 25, 2018 (AFP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi drove an inaugural cavalcade along the 4.9 kilometre (three mile) long Bogibeel bridge over the Brahmaputra river to inaugurate the...
Erdogan invites Trump to Turkey amid Syria pullout
Dec 25, 2018 (AFP)
Unlike several other allies of the United States, Turkey has praised President Trump's decision to withdraw 2,000 of his ground forces from Syria, a country whe...
Trump, Erdogan vow to avoid Syria power vacuum after US forces leave
Dec 23, 2018 (AFP)
Turkey was a rare ally that lauded Trump's momentous decision to pull the 2,000 US troops out of Syria, where they have been helping assisting in a multinationa...
Trump moves up defense chief's exit to January 1
Dec 23, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis, 68, had said he would leave at the end of February to allow a smooth transition for the next chief of the world's top military power, but Trump -- who w...
Jim Mattis: the 'Mad Dog' with a big library
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
On Thursday, after months of speculation and following Trump's stunning decision to pull out of Syria and slash troops in Afghanistan, the gulf between the two ...
Trump's foreign policy in spotlight after military withdrawals
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
Trump's historic moves to pull out of Syria and slash troop numbers in Afghanistan run counter to years of US doctrine in the region, and set the stage for a ca...
'It is right for me to step down': Mattis quits
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
In a letter to Trump, the 68-year-old Pentagon chief said his political outlook, which cherishes traditional alliances, could no longer be reconciled with that ...
Canadian ex-diplomat held in China denied access to lawyers: ICG
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
Michael Kovrig "has not been allowed access to his lawyers. The arrest is unjustified," said Hugh Pope, a spokesman for the International Crisis Group, a think ...
With eye on China, Japan unveils record defence budget
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
The defence spending was part of a $912-billion national budget for the fiscal year starting in April 2019, approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet. The...
Trump pulls back from Middle East as Putin rejoices
Dec 20, 2018 (AFP)
Doubling down on his surprise declaration by Twitter of victory over the Islamic State group a day earlier, the US leader both boasted of commanding the world's...
US defense chief quits as Trump announces Syria withdrawal
Dec 20, 2018 (AFP)
Trump steadfastly defended the withdrawal of the 2,000-strong force from Syria, vowing that the United States would no longer be the "policeman of the Middle Ea...
Third Canadian held for working in China illegally
Dec 20, 2018 (AFP)
The Canadian, a woman named Sarah McIver, faces "administrative penalties", said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying at a press briefing in Beijin...
China detains third Canadian as Huawei spat simmers
Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau however emphasized that the arrest did not seem to be linked to a former diplomat and an entrepreneur held for allegedly ...
Xi warns no one can 'dictate' China's path, 40 years on from reforms
Dec 18, 2018 (AFP)
In a speech at the grandiose Great Hall of the People, Xi vowed to press ahead with economic reforms but made clear that Beijing will not deviate from its one-p...
Russian new military barracks in disputed Kuril islands anger Japan
Dec 18, 2018 (AFP)
Moscow and Tokyo are still technically at war, with neither side historically prepared to budge on a dispute over the ownership of the islands seized by the Sov...
Kosovo says army 'irreversible' ahead of UN meeting
Dec 17, 2018 (AFP)
The Kosovo parliament's Friday vote to transform a lightly-armed emergency force into a standing army was carried out with strong support from the United States...
US urges Bosnia to stay on NATO path
Dec 17, 2018 (AFP)
Previous Bosnian governments have moved over the past decade to join NATO, which called on the Balkan country this month to present its "action plan" -- one of ...
Russia retains heightened military border presence: Ukraine leader
Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)
"The biggest part (of troops) is still there, less than 10 percent have been withdrawn," Poroshenko told a press conference. After a maritime conflict with Mosc...
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