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Moscow apparently has forces at base in Egypt
Mar 14, 2017 (AFP)
Moscow has apparently deployed military forces to a base in western Egypt, a US official said Tuesday, a sign Russia could be increasing its involvement in near...
NATO head says more defence spending 'essential' to US ties
Mar 13, 2017 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday told allies to boost defence spending, as demanded by US President Donald Trump, if they want to preserve crucial transatl...
Chinese ships allowed to survey Philippine territory: Duterte
Mar 13, 2017 (AFP)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he had agreed to allow Chinese surveillance ships into Filipino waters, contradicting his defence minister who ...
Tensions stoked up in the Balkans
Mar 12, 2017 (AFP)
The devastating wars in the Balkans ended almost two decades ago but tensions have spiked throughout the region, where a battle for influence is playing out bet...
Japan, US navies drill in East China Sea
Mar 10, 2017 (AFP)
The US and Japanese navies said Friday they completed a four-day joint exercise in the East China Sea, as tension intensifies in the region following North Kore...
Putin, Erdogan hail mended ties
Mar 10, 2017 (AFP)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced the "normalisation" of ties between their nations, damage...
Chinese ships enter Philippine waters; Sri Lanka scales back China port
Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese survey ships have been entering waters recognised by the United Nations as Philippine territory, Manila's defence secretary said Thursday, in a move he ...
China slams US election 'farce' in annual rights report
Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing on Thursday accused American politicians of corruption and hypocrisy in its yearly rebuttal to US criticisms of China's human rights record, saving an e...
Putin pardons woman jailed over 'treasonous' text message
Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday issued a rare pardon to a woman sentenced to seven years in jail for treason over a text message about movements of ...
EU approves new military HQ
Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)
The European Union on Monday approved plans for a military headquarters to coordinate overseas security operations, foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said...
China defense budget rises at slowest pace in decades
Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)
China's defence budget will rise seven percent to $151 billion this year, the slowest annual percentage increase since 1991 and roughly in line with deceleratin...
Canada extends Ukraine troop training mission to 2019
Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)
Canada will continue to provide weapons, tactical and survival training to Ukrainian troops through March 2019, officials announced Monday. "We will continue to...
'Disloyal' Polish rival to Tusk loses EU party job
Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)
The EU Parliament's biggest party Monday stripped Poland's last-minute candidate to replace Donald Tusk of a senior post, saying it regretted his "disloyalty" f...
China's premier rules out Taiwan, Hong Kong independence
Mar 05, 2017 (AFP)
China will firmly oppose Taiwan "separatism", Premier Li Keqiang declared Sunday, following tension with US President Donald Trump over the island, and said Hon...
China defence spending to rise 7 percent
Mar 04, 2017 (AFP)
China will raise defence spending "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its disputed regional territorial claims, a top of...
Philippine defence chief visits US carrier in S. China Sea
Mar 04, 2017 (AFP)
The Philippines' defence secretary on Saturday visited a US aircraft carrier patrolling the South China Sea, hailing the "strong relationship" with Washington d...
China to outline national priorities as Congress opens
Mar 04, 2017 (AFP)
China's rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the government's 2017 growth target for the world's ...
Russia, NATO in first high-level military talks since freeze
Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)
Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defenc...
EU military headquarters to open soon: sources
Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)
A controversial European Union military headquarters to coordinate the bloc's overseas security operations will open in the coming months, EU diplomatic sources...
BBC reporters attacked in China, forced to 'confess'
Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)
A crew of BBC reporters in China was attacked by a mob and later forced to sign a police confession for attempting an "illegal interview", the British broadcast...
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