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Beijing's Largest Island in Disputed South China Sea Island Has 400 Buildings
May 25, 2018 (Sputnik)
Earthrise Media, a nonprofit that specializes in using satellite imagery to present viewers with the "Earthrise" effect, or sense of perspective that astronauts...
Top Greek court grants refugee status to two Turkish officers
May 24, 2018 (AFP)
The pair -- whom Ankara wants to extradite as "terrorists" -- had been told they were allowed to stay by asylum authorities, although the Greek state contested ...
Macron hails 'frank' talks with Putin in Russia
May 24, 2018 (AFP)
In a press conference following the leaders' wide-ranging first meeting in Russia, Putin also said he regretted US President Donald Trump calling off his plans ...
U.S. sanctions could be seen as treasonous, Russia says
May 23, 2018 (UPI)
Andrei Isayev, the head of legislation in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, said discussions were under way to consider counter-sanctions measures ...
Chinese-Australian political donor 'linked to UN bribery scandal'
May 23, 2018 (AFP)
Andrew Hastie, who chairs Canberra's intelligence and security committee, used the legal protection of parliamentary privilege to say that Chinese-Australian Ch...
Pentagon pulls China's invite to Pacific naval exercises
May 23, 2018 (AFP)
China hit back at the decision, calling it "very non-constructive" and saying it was taken without due reflection. Personnel from more than two dozen countries ...
Beijing's South China Sea bombers fly in the face of protests
May 22, 2018 (AFP)
China attracted diplomatic protests after long-range H-6K bombers carried out landing and takeoff drills at an unidentified island airstrip on Friday. But Beiji...
Sweden puts out emergency war pamphlet amid Russia fears
May 21, 2018 (AFP)
Entitled "If Crisis or War Comes", the brochure is published in 13 languages at the request of the government and gives advice on how to take shelter, what food...
Beijing denies 'militarisation' of South China Sea
May 21, 2018 (AFP)
China on Friday for the first time landed several combat aircraft -- including the long-range, nuclear strike-capable H-6K -- at an island airfield in the sea, ...
Chinese bombers make debut landing on disputed South China Sea runway
May 19, 2018 (AFP)
Several bombers of various types -- including the long-range, nuclear strike capable H-6K -- carried out landing and take off drills at an unidentified island a...
Chinese bank sells Trump dinner tickets for $150,000: report
May 18, 2018 (AFP)
A Chinese-language invitation to the event seen by AFP, which did not include the hefty price tag, said the chair and finance chairman of the Republican Nationa...
NATO 'condemns' Russia bridge to Moscow-annexed Crimea
May 16, 2018 (AFP)
The Atlantic alliance echoed the European Union's earlier condemnation of the bridge, which Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a truck over on Tuesday. "NAT...
Turkish 'coup' officers 'afraid' to stay in Greece: lawyers
May 16, 2018 (AFP)
"They are afraid of staying in Greece" because of possible capture by Turkish state agents, law professor Nikos Alivizatos, a member of the defence team, told a...
EU's Tusk hits out at Trump's 'capricious assertiveness'
May 16, 2018 (AFP)
"Looking at the latest decisions of President Trump, someone could even think with friends like that who needs enemies," Tusk told reporters in the Bulgarian ca...
Chinese tourists spark ire in Vietnam with controversial shirts
May 15, 2018 (AFP)
The shirts featured a map of China and its so-called nine-dash line -- the sea boundary found on some 1940s-era maps which Beijing says proves its claim to most...
Lithuania wants to jail ex-Soviet defence minister over crackdown
May 15, 2018 (AFP)
In a move that threatens to further strain bilateral ties, prosecutors said the former Soviet officials, including 93-year-old former defence minister Dmitry Ya...
Clinton warns Australia on Chinese 'influence peddling'
May 14, 2018 (AFP)
The former US secretary of state, beaten by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election marred by allegations of meddling by Moscow, said it was a concern fo...
EU meets Balkan leaders under shadow of Trump
May 13, 2018 (AFP)
The meeting of European leaders with six Balkan counterparts on Thursday in Bulgaria comes as Brussels tries to counter growing Russian influence in the region ...
US jets intercept Russian bombers off Alaskan coast
May 12, 2018 (AFP)
The long-range Tupelev Tu-95 bombers were "intercepted and visually identified" Friday morning by a pair of F-22 Raptors as the Russian aircraft flew just north...
India's Modi visits Nepal in bid to counter China influence
May 11, 2018 (AFP)
Modi and his Nepali counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli laid the foundation stone of the $1.4 billion India-backed Arun Three hydropower plant, a long-mooted project th...
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