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Lithuania builds fence on border with Russia exclave
Jun 05, 2017 (AFP)
Construction of the 45-kilometre (28-mile) long, two-metre high fence will cost 3.6 million euros ($4 million) and will be finished by the end of the year, the ...
Montenegro becomes NATO's 29th member
Jun 05, 2017 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic submitted the small Balkan state's official accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in a ceremony at the US State...
Germany will have to pull its troops from key base in Turkey: Gabriel
Jun 05, 2017 (AFP)
The Incirlik base in southern Turkey, used for raids against the Islamic State group in Syria, has been at the centre of a dispute between the NATO allies since...
China rejects 'irresponsible' US remarks on S China Sea
Jun 05, 2017 (AFP)
Washington has repeatedly expressed concerns that China's development of artificial islands in the region poses a threat to freedom of navigation through its wa...
Australia's Turnbull warns against 'coercive' China
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, speaking at a regional security conference in Singapore, said it was inevitable that China play a bigger regional role to match...
EU, China grab spotlight in climate fight after US quits Paris deal
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
In a potentially dramatic shift in diplomatic roles, the European Union now aims to join heavyweight China in trying to galvanise the world into implementing th...
John McCain visits 'Big Bad John' US destroyer in Vietnam
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
The Vietnam vet toured the guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain, named after his father and grandfather, both naval officers -- in southern Cam Ranh Bay. ...
US backsliding on Paris deal a gift for China
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing appeared well aware of the opening that it was given as it vowed to uphold the deal to cut carbon emissions after President Donald Trump's withdrawal fr...
For Ai Weiwei, Trump a 'brand' for global trend toward hate
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
In an interview with AFP, Ai also expressed his passion for the cause of refugees and his criticism of his home country -- where he currently cannot return. At ...
Angry Europe vows to defend climate pact after Trump pullout
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
With France's Emmanuel Macron taking the lead, they lashed Trump's decision as misguided and vowed to defend an accord they portrayed as crucial for the planet'...
France, Germany 'certain' Trump would honour NATO pledges
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
Trump had used his first alliance summit last Thursday to lambast a majority of members for "still not paying what they should be paying" towards NATO and charg...
Activist probing Ivanka Trump supplier in China detained: NGO
May 31, 2017 (AFP)
Two other men working on the investigation have been missing since Sunday, according to China Labor Watch, a New York-based non-government-organisation. "In 17 ...
Indian PM praises Merkel's 'vision', urges climate action
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
His comments came as Merkel is emerging as the world leader most openly at odds with US President Donald Trump, saying days ago that Europe could no longer comp...
New Trump attack on Germany widens transatlantic rift
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer insisted that the leaders "get on very well" but -- as is often the case -- his warm words from the White House podium were oversh...
Trump lashes out at Germany over trade and NATO, promises 'change'
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
His censure follows a volley of criticism from Germany after the president concluded his first official tour abroad on Sunday, returning from Saudi Arabia, Isra...
China rebukes G7 over statement on seas
May 29, 2017 (AFP)
China has a dispute with Japan over small uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, while its claim to most of the South China Sea is challenged by the Philipp...
Trump has 'weakened' the West, hurt EU interests: German FM
May 29, 2017 (AFP)
The sharp words from Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came after Trump concluded his first official tour abroad which took him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels ...
Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners
May 28, 2017 (AFP)
"The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the last few days," Merkel told a crowd at an election ral...
China says fighter jets' intercept of US plane 'safe'
May 28, 2017 (AFP)
Tensions between the two economic superpowers have risen in recent years over the disputed waterway, which China claims almost in full despite counter-claims fr...
Disharmony at G7 as Trump plays his own tune
May 27, 2017 (AFP)
The Group of Seven leading democracies began the concluding day of their annual summit in discussions with leaders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, and Tun...
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