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West's attitude stoking tensions in Balkans: Lavrov
Feb 19, 2018 (AFP)
Lavrov criticised the West for making Balkan states choose "either you are with the West or with Russia," in an interview with Serbia's Beta news agency. He sai...
Defying US, Paris and Berlin stand firm on EU defence pact
Feb 16, 2018 (AFP)
In opening remarks at the Munich Security Conference, French Defence Minister Florence Parly and her German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen said the EU plan po...
US naval officers at Japan base removed over 'misconduct'
Feb 16, 2018 (AFP)
The navy did not disclose the details of the February 12 incident, but the Navy Times reported that Lieutenant Commander Jason Gabbard was relieved of duty afte...
Polish PM slams NATO 'free riders' before Berlin visit
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
Without naming Germany itself, Morawiecki criticised alliance members that spend less on defence than the targeted two percent of GDP repeatedly insisted upon b...
US says NATO closing gaps in alliance unity
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
A new European Union defence pact and Turkey's offensive against US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria have put strains on a transatlantic alliance facing a more ...
China slams India PM trip to disputed region
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
Modi paid a low-key visit to the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, where he inaugurated a local convention centre, but the trip was quick...
'US presence matters' says admiral on carrier in the South China Sea
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
"US presence matters," Rear Admiral John Fuller told reporters on board the USS Carl Vinson. "I think it's very clear that we are in the South China Sea. We are...
Allies have 'much work' to share burden with US: NATO chief
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
Despite the differences, Stoltenberg said US Defense Secretary James Mattis and his fellow NATO ministers agreed to modernise its command structure in the face ...
Top US admiral warns of China's growing military might
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
Admiral Harry Harris, who heads up the military's enormous Pacific Command (PACOM), warned lawmakers they must be wary of Beijing's investments in traditional a...
Philippines complains to China about naming of undersea features
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement that "we object and do not recognise the Chinese names given to some undersea features in ...
Feng shui masters predict claws out in Year of Dog
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
Born in another dog year, 1946, United States president Donald Trump faces a run of bad luck, according to soothsayers, as his zodiac animal clashes with 2018's...
NATO chief warns EU over defence pact
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
The European Union launched the scheme with great fanfare in December, touting it as a way to get member states to work more closely post-Brexit and spend more ...
British warship to sail through disputed South China Sea
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
China claims nearly all of the resource-rich waterway and has been turning reefs and islets into islands and installing military facilities such as runways and ...
Trump's military parade plan sparks backlashl
Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)
White House and military officials confirmed preliminary planning was already underway, but said a date had not yet been decided. "I think we're all aware, in t...
Blow to Macron plans for pan-EU MEPs after Brexit
Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)
MEPs approved an overall package of reforms including a system giving the largest group in parliament the right to choose a successor to European Commission chi...
China activity on reclaimed reef has eroded trust: ASEAN
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
The ministers from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not mention China by name in their statement after a one-day meeting in Sing...
US power not in decline across Asia-Pacific: Dunford
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
General Joe Dunford's remarks came weeks after the Pentagon unveiled a new national defence strategy labelling China as a "strategic competitor" that bullies it...
Tillerson lands in Latin America with swipes at China and Venezuela
Feb 02, 2018 (AFP)
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to better define US strategy in its own hemisphere as he headed to the United States's southern neighbor, a country that...
China urges Trump to drop 'Cold War mentality'
Jan 31, 2018 (AFP)
In recent weeks, US officials have laid the groundwork for a strategic pivot that envisions a world of renewed great power competition with the likes of Russia ...
Russia doing 'absolutely nothing' to end Ukraine conflict: US envoy
Jan 29, 2018 (AFP)
Following a meeting with Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov in Dubai on Friday, special envoy Kurt Volker said he had conveyed to his Russian counterpart "a very str...
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