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Japan, China talks end with friendship vows but no breakthrough
Jan 28, 2018 (AFP)
The world's second and third largest economies have a fraught relationship, held back by longstanding disputes over maritime claims and Japan's wartime legacy. ...
Moscow says UK defence minister worthy 'of Monty Python'
Jan 26, 2018 (AFP)
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson made the unusually alarmist comments in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, in which he also said Russia was spying on the...
Trump touts 'America First' to sceptical Davos elite
Jan 26, 2018 (AFP)
A year after taking office, Trump joined the World Economic Forum in Davos with foreign exchange markets in turmoil and Washington's trading partners in uproar....
South Korea demands Japan close museum on disputed islands
Jan 25, 2018 (AFP)
The museum, run by the Japanese government, displays documents and photographs defending Japan's claims over the islands. Japan has a longstanding dispute with ...
NATO takes Russian meddling in polls 'very seriously'
Jan 25, 2018 (AFP)
"We have seen that there has been a significant increase in different attempts to try to interfere by different means in domestic political crises," Stoltenberg...
Clamour of calls for more UK military funds amid Russia, cyber threat
Jan 23, 2018 (AFP)
Fallon, speaking at the Defence and Security Forum in his first speech since resigning from the Cabinet over a sexual harassment scandal in November, argued for...
Egypt military accuses Sisi presidential rival of committing crimes
Jan 23, 2018 (AFP)
The general command of the Egyptian armed forces made the allegations against General Sami Anan in a video posted on the armed forces spokesman's Facebook page....
UK not keeping up with Russia threat, head of army to warn
Jan 22, 2018 (AFP)
In a rare public speech, Chief of the General Staff Nick Carter is expected to say that Russia is building increasingly aggressive and expeditionary forces whil...
Exiled Maldives leader warns over China, radical Islam
Jan 22, 2018 (AFP)
Nasheed, on a visit to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo where his Maldivian Democratic Party activists are based, also warned of the rise of radical Islamists in ...
Mattis heads to Asia to draw a contrast with assertive China
Jan 21, 2018 (AFP)
"We share the Pacific -- it's an ocean named for peace -- we would like to see it remain peaceful, so all the nations that use it and live here are prosperous,"...
Former armed forces chief to challenge Egypt's Sisi
Jan 20, 2018 (AFP)
General Sami Anan's announcement came just hours after Sisi publicly confirmed he would seek a second term in the March 26-28 election, the third since the 2011...
China says US warship 'violated' its sovereignty
Jan 20, 2018 (AFP)
The USS Hopper sailed within 12 nautical miles of Huangyan Island on the night of January 17 without alerting Beijing, the foreign ministry said, referring to t...
After year of Trump, world order strained but not broken
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
He ended his first year still contemplating a strike on North Korea, angrily cancelling a planned visit to old ally Britain and reportedly using a vulgar term t...
Britain's May, France's Macron shore up defense commitment
Jan 19, 2018 (UPI)
After the meeting on Thursday at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Britain's military college, a British government statement said France will increase its supp...
Russian FM calls US defense strategy 'confrontational'
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected US suggestions that China and Russia were undermining international efforts to strengthen global security. "It is regret...
In Greece, nationalists seek momentum amid Macedonia talks
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
Athens argues that its neighbour's name -- adopted after the Balkan country won independence in 1991 -- suggests that Skopje also has territorial claims to the ...
Mattis warns of 'growing threats' from Russia, China
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis's assessment came as he unveiled the Pentagon's vision for the future detailed in a document called the national defense strategy. "We face growing threa...
Greek, Turkish patrol ships collide near disputed islets
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
"It was probably owing to an error on the part of the Turkish vessel," a Greek navy source told AFP. "The vessels' sides came together. There was no damage and ...
China's aircraft carrier sails by Taiwan as tensions grow
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
It comes weeks after Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen warned against what she called China's "military expansion" -- the increase of air and naval drills around ...
EU 'hearts still open' to Brexit reversal
Jan 16, 2018 (AFP)
The comments by EU President Donald Tusk, European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and others weighed into a debate in Britain about holding a second Brexit refe...
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