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After Trump tweet, Pentagon chief explains NATO funding
Mar 22, 2017 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers Wednesday that NATO does not track "past money owed," days after President Donald Trump claimed Germany has short...
France's far-right leader Le Pen visits troops in Chad
Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)
France's far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen arrived Tuesday in Chad to visit French soldiers deployed against jihadists, ignoring protests from the ...
Tillerson to skip NATO meeting next month
Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip a NATO meeting in April but travel to Russia the same month, fuelling fears about Washington's commitment to the a...
China overtakes Japan in S.Koreans' worst countries list
Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)
The row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of a US missile defence system has seen China overtake even former coloniser Japan in the ranking of South...
U.S., Polish armored forces conduct tank maneuver drills
Mar 20, 2017 (UPI)
Polish and U.S. tank operators recently began a series of tactical maneuvering exercises in preparation for an upcoming NATO training event. The exercise, condu...
NATO chief to visit US for first time since Trump elected
Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg headed for Washington on Monday for the first time since US President Donald Trump was elected, holding talks with senior officials ...
U.K. sends 120 troops to Estonia for NATO mission
Mar 20, 2017 (UPI)
Around 120 soldiers from Britain's 5th Battalion The Rifles Battlegroup arrived in Estonia as part of an effort to boost NATO's presence in the region. Accordin...
Warsaw court jails lawyer for spying for Moscow
Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)
A Polish-Russian lawyer has been sentenced to four years in prison for spying for Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, a Warsaw court said Monday. The law...
Germany hits back at Trump over NATO after icy meeting
Mar 19, 2017 (AFP)
Germany hit back on Sunday at US President Donald Trump's claims that Berlin owed "vast sums of money" to NATO, following a less than cordial meeting with Chanc...
Philippines' Duterte says can't stop China developing shoal
Mar 19, 2017 (AFP)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he could not stop China from building on a disputed shoal near his country's west coast because it was too powe...
Xi, Tillerson vow to work toward closer US-China ties
Mar 19, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pledged in talks on Sunday that the two powers would work to strengthen a relationship that...
Germany owes NATO 'vast sums': Trump
Mar 18, 2017 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump unleashed a diatribe against Germany on Saturday, saying Berlin owes NATO "vast sums of money" and must pay the United States more for...
Germany wants change to NATO two-percent budget goal
Mar 17, 2017 (AFP)
Germany's defence minister called Friday for changes to the way NATO members' commitments to budget targets are assessed, in the face of bigger demands from US ...
NATO battle group led by the British arrive in Estonia
Mar 17, 2017 (AFP)
British troops will arrive in Estonia on Friday, part of a NATO move to reinforce its eastern flank in a bid to deter a militarily resurgent Russia, the militar...
Trump, Xi eye Mar-a-Lago summit
Mar 17, 2017 (AFP)
The United States and China are finalizing plans for a summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago this April, but diplomats are struggl...
Lithuania wants NATO command headquarters on eastern flank
Mar 16, 2017 (AFP)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on Thursday urged NATO's top general to create new alliance command centres on its eastern flank to deter Russia, callin...
Israel ex-defence chief says Erdogan seeking 'neo-Ottoman empire'
Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)
Israeli ex-defence minister Moshe Yaalon accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday of seeking a "neo-Ottoman empire" while warning of growing ...
NATO urges Turkey, Austria to end spat blocking programs
Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)
NATO urged Turkey and Austria Wednesday to settle a dispute over Ankara's EU membership bid, which has led Turkey to block cooperation with the alliance's partn...
US carrier in South Korea for show of force to North
Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)
A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for joint military exercises, the US Navy said, in the latest show of force against th...
China agrees to buy $1.7 bn in Philippine products
Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)
Businessmen from China agreed to buy $1.7 billion in Philippine products this year, the Chinese embassy said Wednesday, in a one-off arrangement reflecting warm...
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