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China, Beijing's ties with Russia main threats to US: intel report

Mar 26, 2025 (AFP)

China's rise in all areas of power has been identified for years by the US as its main threat, and was behind Barack Obama's strategic Asia-Pacific pivot. But B...

NATO says response to attack on allies would be 'devastating'

Mar 26, 2025 (AFP)

During a visit to Poland, Rutte also emphasised the importance of the transatlantic bond, saying the global security challenges were "too great" for either Euro...

China says seeking to deepen ties with France in 'turbulent' world

Mar 24, 2025 (AFP)

France and China have sought to strengthen ties in recent years, but Paris has also pressed Beijing on its ties with Moscow, which have strengthened since the i...

UK-French defence chiefs discuss plans to guarantee potential Ukraine truce

Mar 24, 2025 (AFP)

The meeting was the third of its kind since Starmer earlier this month announced he would work to bring together nations who could guarantee any cessation of ho...

Japan, China in new spat after three-way talks

Mar 24, 2025 (AFP)

The discussions in Tokyo were billed as a chance to improve historically frosty relations against a backdrop of US trade tariffs, North Korea's missile activiti...

Sri Lanka to host India PM Modi next month

Mar 24, 2025 (AFP)

A member of leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's office said Modi will be the first foreign head of government to visit the island nation under the new ...

Hegseth to make first Asia trip as Pentagon chief

Mar 21, 2025 (AFP)

The trip "comes as the United States builds on unprecedented cooperation with like-minded countries to strengthen regional security," Pentagon spokesman Sean Pa...

Japan stresses US alliance after Trump cost-cutting reports

Mar 21, 2025 (AFP)

The United States has around 54,000 military personnel in Japan who currently report back to Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii. But the countries are planning to u...

Europe shifts gears for the Trump era

Mar 20, 2025 (AFP)

By the time the pair spoke again this week, a whirlwind of diplomacy had seen Europe juggle alliances and rewrite long-held rules -- with a show of assertivenes...

Russia threatens the entire EU, bloc's chief tells AFP

Mar 19, 2025 (AFP)

"Naturally, Russia's neighbours are most concerned by Russia -- that goes without saying," Costa said in an interview. "But what is essential is for everyone to...

China, Russia eager to fill void as Trump axes US-funded media

Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)

The targeting of VOA, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia not only freezes some of the most dogged reporting on countries with heavily restricted media, but i...

South Korea, Japan, China top diplomats to meet in Tokyo

Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said the three "important neighbours have a great influence on, and responsibility for, the peace and prosperity of the ...

Trump and Putin likely to discuss Ukraine war cease-fire this week

Mar 16, 2025 (UPI)

White House envoy Steve Witkoff also said that he met with Putin for four hours to discuss terms of the deal, and called it "positive" and "solutions-based." "T...

NATO's 'Trump whisperer' treads carefully on Greenland and defense

Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)

The former Dutch prime minister visited the White House seeking to convince a skeptical Donald Trump to maintain US commitment to the transatlantic alliance and...

Trump, NATO secretary-general hold closed-door meeting at White House

Mar 13, 2025 (UPI)

The meeting occurred during a closed-door strategic luncheon that began at 12:35 p.m. EDT at the White House as Rutte seeks to keep the United States as an acti...

In show of support and confidence, Putin makes surprise visit to Kursk

Mar 13, 2025 (UPI)

Putin, donning military fatigues, spoke with Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the Kremlin's top military officer, at a command post in Kursk where Kremlin forces have bee...

Army colonel joins Swiss govt after defence minister quits

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

Pfister will replace the outgoing defence minister Viola Amherd on April 1. The government will now meet and quickly decide which of them will take over the def...

'Very broad consensus' emerging among Europeans on Ukraine: France

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

The defence ministers of France, Britain, Germany, Italy and Poland addressed reporters after meeting for talks in Paris. They acknowledged the challenges posed...

Prince William to visit UK troops in Estonia

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

The eldest son and heir of the UK's head of state, King Charles III, will meet members of the Mercian Regiment at the Tapa base to "learn about how they are bol...

US envoys head to Moscow for Ukraine ceasefire talks

Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)

The Kremlin said it was awaiting details of a US-Ukrainian proposal agreed this week, and gave no indication of its readiness to stop fighting that has left ten...