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Five key events that shaped Abe's career
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
Here are five key events that have defined Abe's career. - Blue blood, bad bowels - Abe is a third-generation politician groomed from birth for the job by his e...
Chinese ships sail near disputed islands with Japan
Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)
The four ships entered the waters surrounding the island chain, controlled by Japan and known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in China, at around 10:00 am (01...
US defence chief in India to boost military ties
Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)
The Pentagon chief arrived Monday for a 48-hour trip -- the first to India by any member of President Donald Trump's cabinet. "This is a historic opportunity fo...
General's 'intervention' comment raises eyebrows in Brazil
Sep 24, 2017 (AFP)
The top Brazilian army commander, Eduardo Villas Boas, repeated earlier assurances Friday that the military "is committed to the consolidation of democracy." Bu...
Slovakia plans to meet NATO defence budget target by 2024
Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)
The NATO and EU member state of 5.4 million people currently allocates 1.16 percent of its GDP to defence. Slovakia "expects to increase the budget of the defen...
NATO chief backs UN peacekeepers across east Ukraine
Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia, which has proposed a limi...
Facebook to give Russian ads to Congress, boost transparency
Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)
News of the decision came with word that Facebook is cracking down on efforts to use the leading social network to meddle with elections in the US or elsewhere....
Turkey hosts NATO naval exercises amid tensions
Sep 20, 2017 (AFP)
The NATO exercises, focused on submarine rescue operations and called "Dynamic Monarch", were taking place in Turkish waters in the Mediterranean Sea off the re...
China jabs back at Trump's barb over South China Sea
Sep 20, 2017 (AFP)
In his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump decried "threats to sovereignty" in Ukraine and the resource-rich South China Sea, without explicitly...
France's Macron at UN defends Iran, climate deals
Sep 19, 2017 (AFP)
Macron, like the US president, was appearing for the first time at the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders, but struck a different tone. Trump devo...
Japan to fund Marine Corps facilities on Guam pending Okinawa move
Sep 19, 2017 (UPI)
The contract will help pay for the infrastructure necessary to move U.S. Marines from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam, as previously determined. "For the Marines to eff...
Trump eyes military parade for July 4 celebrations
Sep 18, 2017 (AFP)
"We're actually thinking about Fourth of July, Pennsylvania Avenue, having a really great parade to show our military strength," Trump said at the start of a me...
Israel gets first joint US military base
Sep 18, 2017 (AFP)
The new facility, at an undisclosed location in southern Israel, was announced as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to meet US President Donald ...
Turkish military starts drill near Iraqi border
Sep 18, 2017 (AFP)
Despite opposition from Turkey, Iran and the United States, the Kurdistan Regional Government's leaders have said they will hold the non-binding independence vo...
US halts arms sales to Erdogan bodyguards: Congress
Sep 18, 2017 (AFP)
Senators Patrick Leahy and Chris Van Hollen said the move came after they proposed their own legislation to halt any sales to the Turkish Presidential Protectio...
Trump's generals look to provide a steady hand
Sep 15, 2017 (AFP)
The trio -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster -- have spent the summer cleaning up...
Russia launches war games on NATO's eastern flank
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
Named Zapad-2017 (West-2017), the manoeuvres, scheduled to last until September 20, are taking place on the territory of Moscow's closest ally Belarus, in Russi...
Trump plans to visit China, Japan, S. Korea in November
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
Trump said aboard Air Force One that a US delegation would likely make the trip in November, adding that he will "possibly" go to the APEC summit in Vietnam at ...
Russia launches massive war games on NATO's eastern flank
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
Named Zapad-2017 (West-2017), the manoeuvres are scheduled to last until September 20. They are being conducted on the territory of Moscow's closest ally Belaru...
Juncker says 'wind is back in Europe's sails'
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
In his annual State of the Union speech, Juncker said the bloc had become more united following a series of crises including Britain's vote to leave, and insist...
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