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Saudi Arabia sees China rise as stabilising
Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)
The rise of China will be a source of global stability not conflict, major oil supplier Saudi Arabia said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. "As C...
Cambodia says China not behind scrapped US military drill
Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)
Cambodia has cancelled upcoming military exercises with the United States, the defence ministry said Tuesday, denying the decision was made to appease regional ...
NATO obsolete says Trump as he suggests Russia nuclear deal
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
President-elect Donald Trump, in remarks published on Sunday, described NATO as "obsolete" and suggested a deal with Russia that would reduce nuclear arsenals a...
US Marines land in Norway for contested deployment
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
Some 300 US Marines arrived in Norway on Monday for a rotational deployment in the Scandinavian country, to neighbouring Russia's dismay amid rising tensions wi...
Lithuania to build fence on border with Russian exclave
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
Lithuania said Monday it plans to use EU funds to build a fence on the border with Russia's highly militarised Kaliningrad exclave to boost security and prevent...
NATO, Russia, Merkel, Brexit: Trump unleashes broadsides on Europe
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
NATO is "obsolete", Germany's Angela Merkel made a "catastrophic mistake" on refugees, Brexit will be "great" and the US could cut a deal with Russia: Donald Tr...
EU 'has no need for outside advice,' France's Hollande says of Trump
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande replied bluntly on Monday to Donald Trump's criticism of the European Union, saying the EU "has no need for outside advice" o...
Europe hits back at Trump over 'obsolete' NATO
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
Angela Merkel led a sharp European response to US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday after he branded the NATO alliance "obsolete" and criticised the German...
Indonesia, Japan to deepen defence ties amid China challenge
Jan 15, 2017 (AFP)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate on maritime security and deepen defence ...
Swiss police detain Tibet protesters as Xi arrives
Jan 15, 2017 (AFP)
Swiss police on Sunday detained 32 people protesting conditions in Tibet as Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit in the wealthy Alpine nation. A sta...
Poles welcome US troops as NATO eyes Russia
Jan 14, 2017 (AFP)
Polish authorities and ordinary Poles welcomed Saturday US troops who arrived this week as part of an unprecedented deployment to NATO's eastern flank aimed at ...
Trump says cabinet picks free to express own ideas
Jan 13, 2017 (AFP)
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday shrugged off the strikingly divergent positions his cabinet picks have taken on Russia, torture, and a host of other i...
Tillerson shows readiness to oppose Trump on multiple fronts
Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)
Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state signaled Wednesday he is prepared to diverge from the US president-elect on numerous key issues, notably nuclear n...
China muted after Tillerson vows islands blockade
Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)
China offered a muted response Thursday after Donald Trump's secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson warned the US would stop it from using its artificial islands...
Trump's Pentagon pick takes aim at Russia
Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)
James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for US defense secretary, on Thursday accused Russia of trying to break up NATO and said the United States nee...
US troops arriving in Poland draw Russian ire
Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)
US troops and tanks began streaming into Poland Thursday as part of one of the largest deployments of US forces in Europe since the Cold War, an operation that ...
Poland's senate approves defense budget hike
Jan 11, 2017 (UPI)
Poland's Senate National Defense Commission formally endorsed the country's defense spending budget for 2017. The $9 billion plan represents a 3.4 percent year-...
Libyan strongman visits Russian aircraft carrier
Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday visited a Russian aircraft carrier off the coast of the North African nation in the latest sign of growing...
Hong Kong anger over China museum project
Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)
Plans to boost Hong Kong's cultural credentials by building a new branch of China's most famous museum in the city have sparked protests against what critics sa...
China ship enters strait, Taiwan warns against 'panic'
Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)
China's only aircraft carrier has entered the Taiwan Strait in a highly symbolic show of strength, but Taiwan insisted Wednesday there was no need for panic eve...
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