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Summits fuel questions about Trump's embrace of autocrats
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
The backslapping, smiles and handshakes in Singapore on Tuesday stood in conspicuous contrast to the furrowed brows and piercing looks of a summit just days bef...
Norway wants to double US troops and deploy them closer to Russia
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement came after nine nations along NATO's eastern flank called Friday for the alliance to bolster its presence in their region. Since last year, 330...
Netanyahu quizzed as submarine graft probe witness
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
Netanyahu is the subject of several corruption investigations, but he is not under suspicion in the submarine affair, known as Case 3000. "The prime minister ga...
France challenges Beijing in South China Sea
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
In late May, the French assault ship Dixmude and a frigate sailed through the disputed Spratly Islands and around a group of reefs that China has turned into is...
Trump's vow to end US-SKorea drills catches Pentagon off guard
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
Following the unprecedented meeting in Singapore, Trump stunned observers when he said continuing the exercises routinely held between the US and South Korea wo...
Trump's G7 bust-up shows risks for North Korea summit
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
Many analysts suggest Trump is perversely more at ease with traditional foes -- contrasting his treatment of the likes of Canada's Justin Trudeau to the red-car...
Tariffs not denting military relations with US allies: Mattis
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
President Donald Trump has recently blasted several nations, including Canada, over what he has called unfair tariffs on US goods. Trump refused to sign a joint...
Philippines demands China stop taking fishermen's catch
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
The remarks by President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman were a rare public rebuke from Manila, which has taken a non-confrontational approach with Beijing over the...
Kim's wingman: Air China flight shows Beijing's influence
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
Kim had never flown so far from Pyongyang since coming to power in December 2011, and having China give him a lift shows that the Cold War-era allies still need...
Putin says ready to meet Trump 'as soon as' Washington is ready
Jun 10, 2018 (AFP)
"As soon as the American side is ready this meeting would take place depending on my working schedule of course," Putin told reporters in the Chinese city of Qi...
As G7 feuds, Xi and Putin play up their own club
Jun 10, 2018 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping gave the leaders of Pakistan and India a "special welcome" to their first summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in the eas...
Moscow students make rare protest against World Cup
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
The row pits students at Moscow State University against a recently re-elected President Vladimir Putin whose administration does not easily brook dissent and h...
Top US, Russian military brass to meet in Helsinki
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joe Dunford, will meet his Russian counterpart General Valery Gerasimov at an undisclosed location in the ...
NATO chief hails German defence spending boost
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly lashed European allies for failing to meet a commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defence by 2024, with economic p...
India's Modi to meet China's Xi for second talks in weeks
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
The leaders of the world's two most populous nations will hold a bilateral meeting in the Chinese city of Qingdao on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation O...
Sweden marks national day with major military exercise
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
A total of 40 battalions are carrying out nationwide snap drill manoeuvres to ramp up military security at a time when once cordial post-Cold War relations with...
Trump appeals court ruling he can't block Twitter critics
Jun 05, 2018 (AFP)
The appeal notice, filed Monday before the US appellate court in New York, refers to the May 23 ruling by Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald. She ruled that the blockin...
US sanctions won't impact India-Russia defence ties: minister
Jun 05, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump in August signed a law threatening sanctions on any country doing business with Russia's defence and intelligence sectors. The sanctio...
US sets up task force on diplomats sick in Cuba, China
Jun 05, 2018 (AFP)
The State Department has previously said brain injuries suffered by 24 US officials and family members posted in Havana could have been the result of a "health ...
US Army launches war games on NATO's eastern flank
Jun 03, 2018 (AFP)
The eighth Saber Strike manoeuvres, which run until June 15, come after it was revealed Poland is considering a proposal to welcome a permanent deployment of US...
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