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Poland's defence chief to hold talks in Paris on Wednesday
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The visit followed an invitation from the French defence minister, the Polish ministry said late Tuesday, adding that the two would discuss cooperation and othe...
Turkey signs landmark Russian weapons deal
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The purchase of the surface-to-air missile defence batteries, Ankara's most significant deal with a non-NATO supplier, comes with Turkey in the throes of a cris...
Joint military drills begin in Ukraine as Russian war games loom
Sep 11, 2017 (AFP)
The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, taking place in the western Ukrainian city of Yavoriv until September 23, involve an "unprecedented" number of 2,50...
German MPs in Turkey for soldier visit amid tensions
Sep 08, 2017 (AFP)
Some 20-30 German troops have remained at Konya under an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACs) mission, part of the US-led coalition's campaign against th...
Row in Moldova over US military drills in Ukraine
Sep 08, 2017 (AFP)
President Igor Dodon said 57 soldiers had left Thursday to join the Rapid Trident exercises spearheaded by US Army Europe, in defiance of a presidential decree ...
NATO on guard ahead of major Russian war games
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
Similar drills in the past included a simulated invasion of Poland by tens of thousands of Russian troops culminating in a nuclear strike on Warsaw, and the com...
India's army chief says China 'testing limits' after stand-off
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
General Bipin Rawat said India could not afford to be complacent and should be prepared for the possibility of an all-out war. "As far as our northern adversary...
Russia tells NATO not to worry over war games
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
The Russian defence ministry said Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov told Petr Pavel, chairman of NATO's Military Committee that the joint exercises wi...
NATO chief sees no 'imminent threat' in Russia war games
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
The Zapad event, which Moscow says will involve some 12,700 troops, has caused unease in Poland and the Baltic states, with Lithuania and Estonia saying as many...
Vietnam slams China over military drills in disputed sea
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
China and Vietnam have long traded barbs over the strategic and resource-rich South China Sea, which Beijing claims most of. Tensions have flared in recent mont...
Russia-linked Facebook accounts stoked US divisions
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
The review triggered by concerns about organized efforts to deceptively use the leading social network to influence US politics uncovered accounts that may have...
China holds military drill as North Korea tensions rise
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
The defence battalion simulated warding off a "low-altitude, surprise" attack off China's east coast, and practised defending against "nuclear and biological we...
Xi tells Modi 'healthy, stable' China-India ties needed: Xinhua
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
The exchange, mentioned in brief dispatches and tweets by China's official Xinhua news agency, apparently occurred on the sidelines of the just-concluded summit...
Russia, China Note Rapprochement of Positions in Space, Aviation Cooperation
Sep 05, 2017 (Sputnik)
On Monday, Rogozin met with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang in Volgograd to hold intergovernmental negotiations. "During the first hours of talks in Volgograd, R...
Russia may reduce US diplomatic personnel by 155: Putin
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
"We reserve the right to make a decision on how many American diplomats there are in Moscow. But we will not do that for the moment," Putin told a press confere...
Putin backs sending force to protect Ukraine monitors
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
"I consider the presence of peacekeepers -- one could call them not peacekeepers, but people who ensure the safety of the OSCE mission -- to be completely appro...
Putin wants force sent to 'ensure safety' of Ukraine monitors
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
"I consider the presence of peacekeepers -- one could call them not peacekeepers, but people who ensure the safety of the OSCE mission -- to be completely appro...
Putin denies Kremlin trying to silence top director
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
Top theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov was charged last month with defrauding the state of over $1.1 million (900,000 euros) in arts funding and con...
China's Xi urges 'healthy' India ties after border spat: Xinhua
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
The exchange occurred on the sidelines of the just-ended summit of BRICS emerging economies hosted by Xi in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen. Xi told Mod...
BRICS leaders 'strongly deplore' N.Korea nuclear blast
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
Their joint statement from the summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen added to world condemnation of North Korea, which announced Sunday it had detonated a powerf...
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