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Greece not planning soldier exchange with Turkey
Mar 03, 2018 (AFP)
"This is pure fantasy. We are not at war with Turkey to conduct an exchange of prisoners," junior minister Yiorgos Katrougalos told reporters on Saturday, addin...
US accuses Russia of breaching treaties with 'invincible' weapons
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
Putin unveiled the new arsenal Thursday in a state of the nation address, challenging Washington to a new arms race ahead of a March 18 presidential election th...
Ukraine welcomes sale of US anti-tank missiles
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
The sale of the missiles is likely to anger Russia, which this week unveiled a range of new generation weapons which President Vladimir Putin said would counter...
NATO condemns 'threatening' Russia after weapons show
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
With ties between Russia and the West at post-Cold War lows over the Syria and Ukraine conflicts, Putin stoked fears of a new arms race with the announcement on...
US planning military parade around November 11
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
"We are looking towards November 11th, around Veterans Day," spokesperson Dana White said. White added the parade could be "in conjunction with the World War I ...
Putin sets course for new US arms race with 'invincible' weapons
Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)
Putin praised Russia's new hypersonic missiles and cutting-edge submarines during a state of the nation address that also touched on economic and social policy ...
US approves sale of anti-tank missiles to Ukraine
Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Ukraine has asked President Donald Trump's US administration for permission to buy 210 missiles and 37 launchers at...
US sees Russia as most significant threat, N Korea as most uncertain - STRATCOM
Mar 01, 2018 (Sputnik)
"I think Russia is the most significant threat just because they propose the only existential threat to the country right now," Hyten said. "I think Korea is th...
Economists see stability in Xi supremacy, Chinese eye exit
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
The Communist Party's move to scrap presidential term limits is the latest indication Xi is returning the country to strongman rule, undermining the consensus o...
World braces for blowback from Xi lifetime power play in China
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
The Communist Party's move to lift presidential term limits will allow Xi to reign supreme as he pushes through an ambitious agenda to turn China into a militar...
Trump yet to order spies to retaliate against Russia: NSA chief
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
"We have not opted to engage in some of the same behaviors we are seeing," said Admiral Michael Rogers, who heads both the NSA -- the leading US electronic eave...
Russia is 'arsonist and firefighter' in Syria: US general
Feb 27, 2018 (AFP)
General Joe Votel, who heads the US military's Central Command (Centcom), blasted Moscow for its role in Syria's seven-year-old war that in recent weeks has mor...
China drowns out critics of lifetime Xi presidency
Feb 27, 2018 (AFP)
The party has shocked many observers by proposing a constitutional amendment to end the two-term limit for president, giving Xi a clear path to rule the world's...
'Emperor Xi'? -- China gambles on return to lifetime rule
Feb 26, 2018 (AFP)
Xi, who has concentrated power, accumulated titles and purged potential rivals since becoming head of state in 2013, could remain president for life after the p...
China Communist Party proposes removing presidential term limits
Feb 25, 2018 (AFP)
The party's Central Committee has proposed deleting from the constitution the stipulation that a president "shall serve no more than two consecutive terms" of f...
EU's Tusk warns Poland against 'anti-semitic excesses'
Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)
Tusk, a former Polish premier, said he had told Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels that negative opinions abo...
Baltic presidents to visit Trump on April 3
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
The presidents of fellow NATO members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- Kersti Kaljulaid, Raimonds Vejonis and Dalia Grybauskaite -- last met with Trump in Warsa...
Merkel warns against China's influence in Balkans
Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)
"I have no objections to the fact that China wants to trade ... and to invest," Merkel said at a Berlin joint press conference with Macedonian Prime Minister Zo...
Slovenian army fails NATO combat readiness test
Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)
Army spokesman Simon Korez said in a statement that the 800-strong 72nd brigade had been assessed as "not combat ready" after a series of NATO tests. "We have b...
German army facing 'big gaps' as spending cuts bite
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
"The army's readiness to deploy has not improved in recent years, but instead has got even worse," parliamentary armed forces commissioner Hans-Peter Bartels sa...
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