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China hails new US ambassador's 'positive role'
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying expressed hope that Branstad will help the relationship "develop in a sound and steady way" after assuming his...
NATO and EU wonder which Trump will turn up
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
The trepidation in Brussels, a city Trump once dubbed a dangerous "hellhole," is palpable as he has up-ended one long-held certainty about US ties after another...
China flexes muscle in spy games against US
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
It is a graphic reminder of a struggle usually waged in the shadows, and a sign of the Chinese government's intensifying campaign against espionage. The poster'...
Russia to lift some Turkey sanctions, tomato ban stays
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
An accord on the lifting of the sanctions was signed on the sidelines of a summit of Black Sea regional leaders in Istanbul by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Meh...
China backs security services after spy deaths report
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Beijing had systematically dismantled CIA spying operations in China beginning in late 2010, in one of the worst US i...
China sidesteps Duterte claim of war threat over sea row
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
Duterte, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing last week, said Friday the leaders had raised conflict as an option to reso...
Six more Japanese detained in China
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
Relations between the two nations have been marred by several irritants, including a maritime territorial dispute and lingering tensions over Tokyo's history of...
Beijing's new weapon in economic war: Chinese tourists
May 21, 2017 (AFP)
But Beijing has shown that it can also hurt others by cutting a lucrative Chinese export: tourists who normally flock to South Korea or Taiwan. China's recent b...
China killed or jailed up to 20 US spies in 2010-12: report
May 20, 2017 (AFP)
The Times, quoting 10 current and former American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decade...
Beijing denies 'unprofessional' intercept of US plane
May 20, 2017 (AFP)
"Related remarks from the US side are inconsistent with fact," the Chinese Ministry of Defense said in a statement posted to its website late Friday. "On May 17...
Japan scrambles jets after China allegedly flies drone
May 19, 2017 (AFP)
The two countries are at odds over a group of small uninhabited islands in the East China Sea administered as the Senkakus by Japan but claimed as the Diaoyus b...
Philippines' Duterte: China threatened 'war' over sea row
May 19, 2017 (AFP)
Duterte, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing this week, said he was making the threat public in response to domestic cri...
NATO chief says 'trusts all allies' on intelligence sharing
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
Trump is due in Brussels next week to meet EU and NATO leaders on his first foreign trip since taking office in January on a promise to force allies to take on ...
China, ASEAN agree on draft framework for S China Sea code of conduct
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
The competing claims to the sea, which is believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits, have for decades made it one of Asia's potential military flashpoints....
Turkey says will 'not beg' Germany to stay at NATO base
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
Ankara and Berlin are locked in another spat over Turkey's refusal to allow German lawmakers to visit the Incirlik base near Syria, which is used by the interna...
EU's Mogherini sees military HQ 'within days'
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
Diplomatic sources said previously that British objections to any suggestion the headquarters could have an operational military role had held up agreement but ...
'No disruption' in ally relationships: Mattis
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
"We always have safeguarded information from our allies and there's nothing that has caused them to, we've received no questions at all," Mattis said. "We maint...
Britain 'confident' EU will approve military hub plan; Trump 'pleased' with NATO cost moves
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
"We support the MPCC," the spokeswoman said on Wednesday in reference to a Military Planning Conduct and Capability facility for the bloc. "We are all confident...
Philippines' Duterte open to South China Sea deals
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
Duterte also emphasised he had no immediate plans to pressure China over an international tribunal's ruling last year that its sweeping claims to most of the se...
EU's Mogherini sees way past UK spat over military HQ
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also downplayed differences over plans for a EU military headquarters after reports suggested London opposed any suggest...
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