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Mattis accuses China of S. China Sea 'intimidation and coercion'
Jun 02, 2018 (AFP)
His broadside at a security summit in Singapore drew a sharp rebuke from a Chinese general, who lashed out at "irresponsible comments" on the contested sea and ...
Mattis, Modi in Singapore for security summit
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
But the issue the Pentagon chief may well be faced with most often is one he would prefer not to weigh in on: what on Earth will happen between North Korean lea...
Modi calls for 'equal access' to shared maritime area
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
In a speech at the start of a security summit in Singapore, Modi described his vision of nations across the Asia-Pacific region forging closer security and econ...
NATO tells Russia to stop meddling, in first talks since Skripal case
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
The 29 members of the US-led alliance delivered a "strong, unified message" to Russia, US Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison said, to end its interference ...
China rejects US accusations it seeks hegemony in Asia
May 31, 2018 (AFP)
Outgoing US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, set to become Washington's ambassador in South Korea, had said Wednesday that while North Korea posed the most imminent t...
In nod to India, US military renames its Pacific Command
May 30, 2018 (AFP)
From now on, the storied US Pacific Command, or PACOM, which was formed after World War II, will be known as the Indo-Pacific Command. The name change is largel...
Philippines could go to war over South China Sea: Duterte aide
May 30, 2018 (AFP)
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon made the comments as Duterte's administration pushed back against criticism its response to Chinese activities in t...
Poland proposes to help fund US troops in country: ministry
May 29, 2018 (AFP)
Pawel Soloch, head of the office of national security at the Polish presidency, had revealed in a television interview that a defence ministry "information docu...
Russia not into American regional games
May 29, 2018 (UPI)
Speaking at the start of the year, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said he was expecting more U.S. troops in a country on the edge of the Russian sph...
Russia comes under fire at UN over MH17 downing
May 29, 2018 (AFP)
At a Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok called on Moscow to accept the findings that the airliner was shot down by a Russian-...
Latvia convicts ex-railway worker of spying for Russia
May 29, 2018 (AFP)
Aleksandrs Krasnopjorovs, an ethnic Russian and former Soviet Red Army soldier who served in Afghanistan during the 1980s, worked for Latvian state railways and...
US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis
May 29, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis's remarks came after Beijing voiced "strong dissatisfaction" Sunday after two US warships sailed by an island in the disputed Paracel Island chain. "You'...
NATO to focus on deterrence, 'managing' Russia ties at summit
May 28, 2018 (AFP)
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told lawmakers at the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Warsaw that the summit will also focus on projecti...
NATO, Russia to hold first talks since Skripal attack
May 28, 2018 (AFP)
Tensions between the transatlantic alliance and Russia have hit post-Cold War highs in recent years over Moscow's annexation of Crimea and more recently the att...
Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea
May 28, 2018 (AFP)
The foreign ministry issued a statement expressing "resolute opposition" to the US sail-by of the territory in the disputed Paracel Island chain on Sunday. The ...
NATO should adopt hybrid warfare trigger: special rapporteur
May 27, 2018 (AFP)
NATO allies have accused Russia of using "hybrid warfare" techniques, including subversion, propaganda and cyber warfare, to undermine the West without triggeri...
Colombia to become first Latin American NATO 'global partner'
May 26, 2018 (AFP)
Santos, who won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a half-century of armed conflict with the former rebel movement FARC, said the move would impr...
The rising tensions between China, US
May 25, 2018 (AFP)
This week, the Pentagon pulled its invitation for China to participate in maritime exercises in the Pacific, then Trump on Thursday scrapped a summit with North...
Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill
May 25, 2018 (AFP)
Taiwan's defence ministry said it had dispatched fighter jets to monitor two Chinese H-6 bombers that were flying over the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan and the...
French, British air chiefs say Western dominance slipping
May 25, 2018 (AFP)
Head of the Royal Air Force, Stephen Hillier, referred to the development of new sophisticated surface-to-air missiles and fifth-generation fighter jets by Russ...
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