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Trump writes to NATO allies on defence spending
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
Trump has repeatedly criticised NATO allies for failing to meet a 2014 commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defence by 2024, accusing them of leaving the U...
Australia passes foreign meddling laws amid China tensions
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
Canberra last year announced plans to introduce sweeping reforms to espionage and foreign interference laws, with China singled out as a focus of concern. Austr...
Trump told G7 allies 'NATO is as bad as NAFTA'
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
The comment, which will increase concerns that the Atlantic allies are headed for a bust up at their summit next month, was reported Thursday by US news site Ax...
US, Chinese defence chiefs talk cooperation despite tensions
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
On his first ever visit to China, the Pentagon chief was greeted at the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army by an honour guard and marching band playin...
Xi refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US defense chief
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
The two sides held firm to their stances on a hot-button issue which has added to broader tensions between the rival superpowers, but US officials said it did n...
Pentagon chief Mattis reduced to carrying out orders he dislikes
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
US media say that the retired Marine general has been demoted in Washington's power circles by the arrival of former CIA chief Mike Pompeo as secretary of state...
Having more allies may decrease a country's power
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
The scientists published their results in the July issue of IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (JAS), a joint publication of the Institute of Electrical and ...
US defence chief visits China as tensions simmer
Jun 26, 2018 (AFP)
With Washington and Beijing locked in an escalating trade war, and the Pentagon alarmed over China's placement of weapons on disputed islands in the South China...
Nine EU countries sign up for European military intervention plan
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
The idea is for the so-called European Intervention Iniative to be able to lead humanitarian crisis efforts and evacuation operations as well as take on convent...
NATO chief congratulates Erdogan on Turkey election win
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
Erdogan won another five years in office in Sunday's vote and immediately pledged to implement changes that boost his authority, which opponents fear will give ...
European countries to formalise EU defence force plan
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
The force, known as the European Intervention Initiative and championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, is intended to be able to deploy rapidly to deal wi...
Ahead of NATO summit, Trump urges Canada to up defense spending
Jun 23, 2018 (AFP)
In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dated June 19, the US president said there is "growing frustration in the US that key Allies like Canada have not s...
Despite rows, EU-US defence ties still strong: NATO chief
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
"These disagreements are real. It is not written in stone that the transatlantic bond will survive forever. But I believe we will preserve it," Stoltenberg said...
US 'committed to NATO': senior Army commander
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
Rotterdam harbour on Wednesday saw the offloading of some 60 US Army Black Hawk and Chinook troop transport helicopters, belonging to the 4th Combat Aviation Br...
NATO will show unity despite differences: Stoltenberg
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has called on fellow members to shoulder a bigger share of the NATO budget. The US leader has also complained that the transatlantic d...
Germany, France and eurozone reform ideas
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
While there is large agreement on the questions of immigration and defence, the two are still at odds over eurozone issues. Here's an outline of the various ref...
Erdogan takes 'crazy projects' to new level with Canal Istanbul dream
Jun 15, 2018 (AFP)
But if President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins the June 24 presidential elections and succeeds in implementing one of his most controversial plans, this arcadian sc...
Mattis blasts Putin for trying to 'shatter' NATO
Jun 15, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis's remarks came just hours after President Donald Trump repeated his assertion that Russia should be invited back into the G7 group of industrialized nati...
China, US trade barbs on trade, territorial claim
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
The top American diplomat made a flying visit to Beijing to brief China's leadership on Tuesday's historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North K...
Moscow slams Norway plans to double US troop presence
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
The plans "cause us serious concern," Russia's embassy in Norway wrote on its Facebook page. Before joining NATO in 1949, Norway allayed Russian fears by pledgi...
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