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India, Russia to hold first 'tri-service' war games
Oct 16, 2017 (AFP)
The two countries have held annual naval exercises since 2003 but this is the first occasion that both will combine all military services. They come on the back...
Trump puts America first, but more and more alone
Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)
And in doing so the US president has underlined the risk that his "America First" foreign policy will translate to one of "America Alone" as he confronts future...
Trump and the dismantling of Obama's legacy
Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)
Climate, free trade, health care, immigration, foreign policy -- the 45th US president has set about undoing just about everything done by the 44th. All new pre...
Moscow accuses US of 'quietly' adding troops in Eastern Europe
Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)
A set of US troops were sent to replace another group of soldiers in Poland but the original squadron never left, Moscow said in a statement which accused the E...
US, Turkish military relations good amid spat: Mattis
Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)
"We maintain a very close collaboration, very close communication, the military-to-military interaction and integration has not been affected by this," Mattis t...
Ex-NATO chief urges allies to boost help for Ukraine
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said NATO nations should supply defensive equipment to Ukrainian forces battling Russian-backed insurgents in the country's east in a conf...
China protests to US over sail-by in disputed waters
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
The US Navy missile destroyer Chafee entered into China's territorial waters near the Sansha islands on Tuesday, according to Beijing's foreign ministry. China ...
Lithuania hikes defence budget to meet NATO target
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
The government of the Baltic state formally endorsed a rise from the current 1.8 percent of GDP to 2.006 percent for 2018. "In the light of the current global s...
Trump makes cryptic 'calm before the storm' remark
Oct 06, 2017 (AFP)
Trump made the remark during a photo opportunity at the White House as he and First Lady Melania prepared to have dinner with military leaders and their spouses...
Philippines hails US as top ally, welcomes war games
Oct 05, 2017 (AFP)
Duterte last week vowed to be "friendly" with the United States, signalling an end to relentless criticism that included a vow to end all joint military exercis...
Trump hails 'very strong' ties with Thailand
Oct 02, 2017 (AFP)
Describing Prayut's visit as a "great honor," Trump offered a symbolic show of unity with the man behind a 2014 takeover that resulted in Washington cutting aid...
40,000 troops in Russian war games: US general
Oct 02, 2017 (AFP)
General Ben Hodges, commander of US ground forces in Europe, said Russia split up the Zapad-2017 (West-2017) drills into smaller events to flout international a...
Trump accepts Duterte's ASEAN summit invite after all
Sep 29, 2017 (AFP)
In a statement Friday, the White House said that Trump will visit Manila as part of a bumper November 3-14 tour of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the US...
Hong Kong lawmaker guilty of desecrating Chinese flag
Sep 29, 2017 (AFP)
Cheng Chung-tai upended small Chinese and Hong Kong flags that some pro-Beijing legislators had displayed on their desks in the legislative assembly last Octobe...
Seesaw US-China ties on an upswing as Trump plans trip
Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)
Washington, and in particular US President Donald Trump, have until very recently been critical of Beijing's cautious approach to its belligerent and nuclear-ar...
Japan opposition unites in election bid to topple Abe
Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)
The move capped a stunning few days on Japan's sleepy political scene that has seen the calling of a snap election, the creation of Koike's dynamic new "Party o...
Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria
Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)
Despite a regional rivalry that goes back to the Ottoman Empire and the Romanov dynasty, Russia and Turkey have been working closely since a 2016 reconciliation...
Thousands flee huge 'sabotage' explosion at Ukraine arms depot
Sep 27, 2017 (AFP)
It was the second major incident affecting a large Ukrainian weapons warehouse this year. The Ukraine military prosecutor's office said it had opened an investi...
China conducts first military drills in Djibouti
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
State television CCTV showed armoured vehicles moving on a desert track, groups of soldiers firing automatic weapons and cannon pointing towards the horizon. Do...
Lithuania says Russian war games simulated attack on Baltic states
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
The Zapad-2017 exercises were conducted on September 14-20 in western Russia, as well as in Belarus, Moscow's closest ally. "There was a simulation of an attack...
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