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EU Russia hawks back Trump call to boost defence spending

Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)

The rallying cries were the latest in a slew of increasingly alarming warnings from European officials, who have been calling for a "wake-up call" on defence si...

Rubio, on first day, warns China with Asian partners

Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)

Rubio met in Washington with his counterparts from the so-called Quad a day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who has vowed to push back against...

Trump tests whether bulldozer can also be peacemaker

Jan 21, 2025 (AFP)

In an inaugural address on Monday, Trump said that his "proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and a unifier" and pointed to his support for a new ceasefi...

Xi, Putin hold video call: Chinese state media

Jan 21, 2025 (AFP)

Xi and Putin "held a video meeting at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of January 21", state broadcaster CCTV said. The broadcaster did not i...

Putin and Xi praise ties, hours after Trump sworn in

Jan 21, 2025 (AFP)

The Republican has promised to take a hard line on Washington's adversaries, threatening heavy tariffs on Beijing and warning Moscow of "big trouble" if it does...

Trump foe Milley's portrait taken down at the Pentagon

Jan 20, 2025 (AFP)

Retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are traditionally honored with portraits that hang in a corridor near the Pentagon's River Entrance, and Milley's ...

Low expectations in Beijing ahead of Trump's second coming

Jan 20, 2025 (AFP)

Trump has long blamed China for a host of American social ills and vowed a hardline approach towards Beijing after he returns to the White House. But he has als...

NATO beefs up Kosovo security ahead of tense vote

Jan 18, 2025 (AFP)

The Western military alliance said the 200 additional Italian soldiers would further buttress the NATO-led KFOR force in the coming months. "Today, Italian troo...

Polish PM vows commitment to US ties despite 'objective difficulties'

Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)

Poland, a NATO member on the alliance's eastern flank, is one of the staunchest supporters of neighbouring Ukraine, which has been struggling to fend off Russia...

Trump, Xi speak by phone, vow improved ties despite threats

Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)

Xi said he hoped for a "good start" to relations with Trump, who in turn said "it is my expectation that we will solve many problems together." Trump in the ele...

Philippines' Marcos hopeful strong alliance with US will continue

Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)

The United States has a decades-old security alliance with the Philippines that includes a mutual defence treaty and a 2014 pact which allows the US military to...

Russia PM meets Vietnam president, Xi hails 'historical opportunity' for China-Sri Lanka

Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)

Mishustin's two-day visit to Hanoi comes half a year after President Vladimir Putin travelled to the capital, where Vietnam's top leadership indicated a desire ...

Japan hosts Chinese military delegation in rare visit

Jan 14, 2025 (AFP)

Members of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army were visiting their Japanese counterparts and senior Japanese defence officials f...

Trump's Pentagon pick grilled by senators as cabinet hearings begin

Jan 14, 2025 (AFP)

Senate Republicans are keen for Trump's national security nominees to be confirmed quickly and Democrats may agree to fast-track some, but they are determined t...

Indian PM opens strategic tunnel to China border zones

Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)

The Z-Morh or Sonmarg tunnel, stretching 6.4 kilometres (four miles) beneath a treacherous mountain pass cut off by snow for between four to six months a year, ...

EU, UK, NATO leaders to hold Feb 3 defence talks

Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)

The talks will come at a crucial juncture, with key Ukraine backers Britain and the EU warily eyeing Trump's promises to put a swift end to the conflict after t...

Chinese artist cashes in on Buddha-like Trump statues

Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)

Cross-legged with his eyes half-closed in a pose evoking the Buddha, this porcelain version of America's divisive leader-in-waiting is the work of designer and ...

Outgoing US ambassador to Japan takes parting shot at China

Jan 10, 2025 (AFP)

Rahm Emanuel has been a sharp critic of China's economic and geopolitical strategies during his three years in Japan. "The world is shrinking, consolidating, an...

American leadership on Ukraine 'critical': US defence chief

Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)

Austin is to convene a meeting of dozens of Ukraine's supporters at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday, the last such talks before President-elect Don...

Xi vows to promote 'world peace' in New Year's message to Putin: state media

Dec 31, 2024 (AFP)

"No matter how the international situation changes, China will remain steadfast in further comprehensively deepening reform... and promoting world peace and dev...