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NATO faces 'moment of truth' on alliance's future: France

Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)

Sebastien Lecornu said NATO allies needed to think long-term and beef up their defence industries as Washington demands that Europe take security into its own h...

Strike on Kyiv shows Putin 'not preparing for peace says Zelensky as UK says ''irreversible path to NATO'

Feb 12, 2025 (AFP)

AFP journalists in the capital heard a volley of explosions ring out over the city and saw the body of one person killed covered in a black plastic sheet on a s...

Beijing declines to confirm Trump's claim of call with Xi

Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)

Concerns about a heightened trade war between the world's two largest economies are mounting and observers have been closely watching for signs of relief that c...

Poland's Tusk aims high for Warsaw role in EU

Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)

In recent days, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced a giant wind farm in the Baltic Sea and plans to send a Polish astronaut into space -- all while consta...

China slams US 'Cold War mentality' in SAmerica: China appoints 'wolf warrior' to European affairs post

Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)

Since winning the US election in November, President Donald Trump has refused to rule out the use of force to seize the Panama Canal, built by Washington over a...

Trump will cry wolf once too often

Feb 06, 2025 (UPI)

Threatening high tariffs against Columbia, our neighbors to the north and south and China may lead to positive diplomatic gains. And proposing to shut down the ...

Japan's 'geeky' PM Ishiba to navigate Trump relations

Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)

Japan's current, bookish Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is not expected to be able to replicate that storied alliance as he meets the mercurial US president in W...

US-Japan summit: what to expect

Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)

Here are some issues that the leaders could discuss at their summit on Friday: - Security commitments - Ishiba said in a recent speech that Tokyo must "continue...

'Wolf warrior' Chinese ambassador appointed to European affairs post

Feb 06, 2025 (AFP)

Lu Shaye was a prominent "Wolf Warrior" diplomat -- a nickname given to those who respond vehemently to critics perceived as hostile to China. He caused outrage...

Trump in 'no rush' to speak with China's Xi despite tariff battle

Feb 05, 2025 (AFP)

Beijing said it was imposing levies on imports of US energy, vehicles and equipment in a return salvo minutes after Trump's threatened tariffs on Chinese goods ...

US VP Vance to attend security meet in Munich

Feb 05, 2025 (AFP)

"The American vice president is expected in Germany for the Munich Security Conference" held on February 14-16, said Chancellor Olaf Scholz's spokesman Steffen ...

Trump trade threats overshadow European defence meet

Feb 03, 2025 (AFP)

The EU's 27 leaders, Britain's prime minister and the head of NATO were in Brussels to brainstorm ways to ramp up European defence spending -- a key demand that...

Eyeing Trump and Putin, EU, UK, NATO leaders talk defence

Feb 03, 2025 (AFP)

The gathering in Brussels is billed as a "triple first": the first time the European Union's 27 leaders meet since the US president's inauguration, their first-...

Starmer to urge Europe to 'bear down' on Putin at landmark talks

Feb 03, 2025 (AFP)

Starmer said during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday that he was "very much looking forward" to attending Monday's informal EU leaders' re...

Japan, US ministers express 'firm intent' to reinforce defence alliance

Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)

Hegseth -- a former infantryman and Fox News personality -- was sworn in last weekend, having narrowly won Senate confirmation despite allegations of alcohol ab...

Google Maps to show 'Gulf of America' to US users

Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)

"We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources," a spokesman for the search and tech giant...

Hegseth sworn in as US defense secretary

Jan 25, 2025 (AFP)

Pledging to "restore the warrior ethos" in the Pentagon, Hegseth in brief remarks thanked President Donald Trump for selecting him and Vice President JD Vance f...

Putin says Russia 'ready for negotiations' with Donald Trump on Ukraine

Jan 25, 2025 (UPI)

Putin made the comments earlier in the week during an interview on Russian state television. "We believe the current president's statements about his readiness ...

Pandas, like Trump, are back in Washington

Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)

Bao Li and Qing Bao rambled around their enclosure, played in the snow and munched on bamboo at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in the US capital. The pair, who ...

US envoy tells NATO chief allies must pay 'fair share' before expansion

Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)

"You're going to run into a big buzzsaw in America if we have the NATO secretary general talking about adding Ukraine to NATO," US envoy Richard Grenell said by...