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Turkey rejects 'unrealistic' demands to shut Qatar base: reports
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the presence of Turkish troops in the gas-rich Gulf country was not connected to the ongoing crisis between the Arab coun...
U.S., Japan start biennial Keen Sword military exercise
Oct 30, 2018 (UPI)
The biennial event -- which includes a total of 57,000 personnel -- kicks off Wednesday and runs through Nov. 9, and allows the U.S. military to train with the ...
Russia to respond to NATO exercises with missile tests
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
"We were notified last week about the planned Russian missile tests outside the coast here," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in western N...
Australia spooks emerge from shadows with tweets, China warning
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
The Australian Signals Directorate, a sister agency to Britain's GCHQ or America's NSA, took to the social network as part of what they said was a new, more pub...
Japan, India agree new defence and economic projects
Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)
The plans were announced as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi rounded out a three-day trip to Tokyo for talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, senio...
China's defence minister to visit Washington: Mattis
Oct 27, 2018 (AFP)
"I would just point out that (our) strategic competition does not imply hostility," Mattis said at a Middle East security conference in Bahrain, in response to ...
Japan's Okinawa to hold referendum on US base move
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
The decision, by local politicians, comes a month after residents elected a new governor who opposes plans to move the US Marines' Futenma Air Station from an u...
Japan PM Abe welcomed near Tiananmen Square in rare China visit
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Premier Li Keqiang greeted Abe as Japan's flag flew outside the opulent Great Hall of the People across from Tiananmen Square, and they reviewed an honour guard...
Japan, China strike deals during Abe visit as ties improve
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Abe met Chinese President Xi Jinping after a full day of activities that included talks with Premier Li Keqiang and an honour guard with Japan's flag raised out...
NATO displays military might to Russia in giant Norway exercises
Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)
Some 50,000 soldiers, 10,000 vehicles, 65 ships and 250 aircraft from 31 countries were taking part in Trident Juncture 18, which is aimed at training the Atlan...
Largest NATO exercise since Cold War gets underway in Norway
Oct 25, 2018 (UPI)
Exercise Trident Juncture 18, which runs from Oct. 25 to Nov.7, tests and evaluates logistics capabilities of all NATO members. It is expected to involve more t...
Japan's Abe to make rare China visit as relations thaw
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
Abe and Chinese president Xi Jinping are expected to discuss how to improve economic cooperation as the world's second and third largest economies prepare to we...
Former US Europe commander warns of likely 'war with China'
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
"I think in 15 years, it's not inevitable, but it is a very strong likelihood that we will be at war with China," recently retired US Lieutenant General Ben Hod...
NATO to show military muscle in massive Norway exercises
Oct 23, 2018 (AFP)
Trident Juncture 18, which runs until November 7, is aimed at training the Alliance to mobilise quickly to defend an ally under attack. The head of NATO's Allie...
China, ASEAN start inaugural joint maritime drills
Oct 22, 2018 (AFP)
Eight warships set sail from the port of Zhanjiang, in China's southern Guangdong province, with 1,200 military personnel taking part in the event, according to...
EU urges US, Russia talks to preserve nuclear treaty
Oct 22, 2018 (AFP)
The Commission, the 28-nation European Union executive, stressed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) has been a mainstay of European defence for ...
US, China back military air rules to avoid mishaps
Oct 20, 2018 (AFP)
Risks of chance encounters between military aircraft spiralling out of control have risen in recent years as Beijing becomes ever more assertive in the South Ch...
France to send aircraft carrier to Indian Ocean next year
Oct 19, 2018 (AFP)
The Charles de Gaulle, currently in the southern French port of Toulon undergoing renovation, should be ready to sail to the Indian Ocean early next year, Defen...
China, SE Asia to hold maritime drill to ease tensions
Oct 19, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing's expansive claims to the South China Sea have long been a source of friction with rival claimants in Southeast Asia, as well as Washington which has tr...
Monitor suggests arms transferred from Russia to rebel-held east Ukraine
Oct 18, 2018 (AFP)
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said it had observed convoys of cargo trucks moving across the border under the cover of night. A drone ...
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