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China to hold Catholic conference after six-year hiatus
Dec 26, 2016 (AFP)
China said Monday it will restart a conference of local Catholics, ending a years-long hiatus, as it expressed goodwill towards the Vatican after six decades of...
China and Sao Tome restore diplomatic ties in snub to Taiwan
Dec 26, 2016 (AFP)
China signed an agreement to restore diplomatic relations with Sao Tome and Principe Monday, just days after the small African nation announced it had cut ties ...
After Hiroshima, Abe and Obama to pay respects at Pearl Harbor
Dec 25, 2016 (AFP)
Seven months after President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima, the city where World War II all but ended, his Japanese counterpart is paying his respects at the s...
Japan cabinet approves biggest defence budget
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet on Thursday approved Japan's biggest annual defence budget in the face of North Korea's nuclear and missile threats and a te...
European populists link Berlin attack to Merkel policies
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
Populists across Europe have seized on the truck attack in Berlin as a way to criticise Germany's immigration policy but key players have held back on jumping t...
China offers guns worth $14 mn for drug war: Philippines
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
China has offered the Philippines guns and equipment worth $14 million to wage its war on drugs and combat terrorism, Manila's defence minister said Tuesday, as...
China returns seized US naval sea drone
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
China on Tuesday returned a US underwater probe it seized in the South China Sea, the Pentagon confirmed after Beijing's capture of the craft sparked a dispute ...
Japan's top court backs Tokyo in bid to relocate Okinawa base
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
Japan's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favour of the central government in its bid to relocate a US airbase on Okinawa, dealing a significant blow to the plan's...
China rejects Trump claim it stole US drone
Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)
China on Monday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's claim that it had "stolen" an American research drone, as state media said his diplomatic inexperienc...
NATO urges Russia to prod Ukraine rebels to honour truce
Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)
NATO on Monday urged Russia to use its clout with insurgents in eastern Ukraine to make a troubled truce stick, as the two sides held talks to defuse the worst ...
Missing Chinese activist 'handed over state secrets':
Dec 17, 2016 (AFP)
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who had been missing for almost a month was held in police custody and "confessed" to handing over state secrets, offici...
India names new military, spy chiefs; China protests Dalai Lama meeting
Dec 17, 2016 (AFP)
India Saturday announced the names of the new army and airforce chief along with the heads of the country's spy agencies. Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat will ta...
China to return naval probe; Obama cautions Trump over Taiwan
Dec 17, 2016 (AFP)
China said Saturday it would return a US naval probe seized in international waters, as it slammed the "hyping" of the incident as "inappropriate and unhelpful"...
China, Philippine coast guards meet despite sea row
Dec 16, 2016 (AFP)
The Chinese and Philippine coast guards met for the first time on Friday and agreed to move forward on maritime cooperation, officials said, as relations betwee...
US, Baltic states eye military pacts before Trump inauguration
Dec 16, 2016 (AFP)
The United States and the three Baltic states neighboring Russia are trying to strike defense cooperation agreements before President Barack Obama leaves office...
China says weapons in S. China Sea not militarisation
Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)
China said Thursday that the deployment of weapons in the South China Sea had "nothing to do with militarisation", calling the construction of defensive facilit...
China says S. China Sea military overflights 'routine'
Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)
Beijing dismissed concerns Thursday over recent reports of Chinese military aircraft manoeuvres near Japanese territory and in the South China Sea, state media ...
NATO to hold talks with Russia Monday: Stoltenberg
Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)
NATO will hold a fresh round of formal talks with Russia on Monday to discuss European security and the Ukraine conflict, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said. "...
Sri Lanka to sell loss-making port to China
Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)
Sri Lanka hopes to sell part of its loss-making $1.4 billion harbour to a Chinese company in January to help pay off crippling debts, the ports minister said We...
China pledges funds to decongest Philippine jail: gov't
Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)
China has pledged funds for a new detention facility in the Philippines as part of its support for President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, the Philippine jail chi...
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