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US, China defence chiefs aim to improve strained ties
Oct 18, 2018 (AFP)
The much-anticipated meeting between the Pentagon chief and General Wei Fenghe saw the men address long-standing frictions -- including Beijing's actions in the...
Norway's Russian spy suspect held on appeal after court orders release
Oct 18, 2018 (AFP)
Mikhail Bochkarev was arrested on September 21 at Oslo airport after attending a seminar in Norway's parliament where authorities accuse him of collecting data ...
China woos Bhutan, to India's displeasure
Oct 17, 2018 (AFP)
China's annexation of Tibet in 1951 and an unresolved border dispute have long been irritants in ties with Bhutan, and India would prefer they remain estranged....
Japan protests China ships near disputed isles ahead of Abe visit
Oct 17, 2018 (AFP)
Japan's top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga called the intrusion "extremely regrettable" but said Tokyo was nonetheless hoping to "take Japan-China relation...
Beijing ready to improve soured American military ties: US
Oct 17, 2018 (AFP)
Randall Schriver, the Pentagon's assistant secretary of defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, said Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is set to meet his Chi...
US defence chief Mattis says Trump is '100 percent' with him
Oct 16, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking to reporters as he flew from Washington to Ho Chi Minh City at the start of a diplomatic tour that will take him to Vietnam and Singapore, Mattis said ...
Trump says Mattis 'could be' leaving as US defense chief
Oct 14, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis, seen as one of the steadiest but also more independent members of Trump's cabinet, has served as a low-profile counterweight to the president in his oft...
In full offensive on China, Trump gambles on end-game
Oct 13, 2018 (AFP)
In recent weeks, Trump has slapped $250 billion worth of tariffs, boosted military support for rival Taiwan, accused China of interfering in US elections, stepp...
Japan PM Abe to make rare China visit this month
Oct 12, 2018 (AFP)
Abe will visit from October 25 to 27 and mark the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two nations, said Chinese foreign ministry ...
Trump says China thinks US is 'stupid,' vows more pain
Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)
"They lived too well for too long and, frankly, I guess they think that the Americans are stupid people. Americans are not stupid people," the outspoken mogul-t...
Pence warns Central American leaders on China ties
Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)
Amid mounting tensions between the United States and China, Pence brought up ties with Beijing as he met in Washington with leaders of El Salvador, Guatemala an...
Sri Lanka says no Chinese military base at port
Oct 10, 2018 (AFP)
Sri Lanka last year granted a 99-year lease on the Hambantota deep-sea port to Beijing, after it was unable to repay Chinese loans for the $1.4-billion project....
British NATO troops to show post-Brexit 'commitment'
Oct 10, 2018 (AFP)
The contingent of some 150 soldiers on board 71 military vehicles rolled off a civilian passenger ferry in the Hook of Holland port after travelling overnight f...
Argentina protests British military exercises in Falklands
Oct 10, 2018 (AFP)
The two countries fought a war in 1982 in the South Atlantic islands ruled by Britain, and known in the Spanish-speaking world as the Malvinas. Buenos Aires has...
NATO flexes muscles in show of strength to Russia
Oct 09, 2018 (AFP)
Officially, November's Trident Juncture exercise will simulate an attack from a fictional country, but it will bring a huge force into one of Moscow's neighbour...
Interpol saga hurts China's bid to lead global bodies: analysts
Oct 09, 2018 (AFP)
The election of Meng Hongwei as head of Interpol in 2016 was a triumph for President Xi Jinping's bid to burnish China's international profile through leadershi...
China tells Pompeo US must stop 'misguided actions'
Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)
Pompeo and Foreign Minister Wang Yi highlighted the schism after the chief US diplomat arrived in Beijing on the final leg of an Asian trip focused on North Kor...
NATO chief hails Serbia partnership despite 'painful' past
Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)
In a speech kicking off the 40-nation civil emergency drills, Stoltenberg acknowledged lingering public unease over NATO, which conducted an 11-week bombing cam...
Ukraine launches large-scale air exercises with NATO countries
Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)
The "Clear Sky 2018" war games, which will run until October 19, are being held in western Ukraine. Some 700 troops are taking part, half of them from NATO memb...
Japan military officer killed during US-Philippine drill
Oct 07, 2018 (AFP)
Suguru Maehara, a 38-year-old sergeant of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, was involved in the accident on Tuesday last week, according to a GSDF spokesman who c...
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