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China boosts defenses on S.China Sea islets: US experts

Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)

New satellite imagery shows China has apparently installed "significant" defensive weapons on a series of artificial islands it built in the South China Sea, a ...

China warns Taiwan over independence after Trump call

Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)

China warned Taiwan that declaring independence would be a "dead end", state media said Wednesday, after the island's democratically elected president phoned Do...

China warns Trump of 'crushing his own toes' on Taiwan

Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)

China offered its sternest rebuke yet to Donald Trump, saying anyone who challenges Beijing's interests in Taiwan will "lift a rock only to crush his own toes"....

China offers Philippines weapons for drug war

Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)

China is ready to give the Philippines weapons to help President Rodrigo Duterte wage his controversial war on drugs which has claimed over 5,000 lives, the Chi...

Putin calls for peace treaty with Japan ahead of visit

Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)

President Vladimir Putin said Russia would strive to reach an elusive deal on a territorial dispute and normalise relations with Japan ahead of his visit to the...

Rex Tillerson, oilman with Putin ties, to lead State Dept

Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)

Rex Tillerson, the ExxonMobil chief picked to head the US State Department, has built close ties with leaders around the globe, but most notably -- and controve...

John Kelly, the Marine General to head Homeland Security

Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)

John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general picked Monday by Donald Trump to be Homeland Security secretary, will take the lead in the new administration's pro...

Trump puts Chinese ties at risk while wooing Russia

Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)

With a few apparently off-the-cuff comments, US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened Washington's cautious understanding with China while touting an unli...

Indonesia, India pledge closer maritime ties

Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)

The leaders of Indonesia and India pledged greater maritime cooperation Monday, as Asia's two largest democracies sought to counter China's rising influence in ...

Beijing warns Trump over One China policy

Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)

Beijing issued its first clear warning Monday over Donald Trump's fiery rhetoric, as state media said the Asian giant could back "forces hostile to the US" if t...

China slams Japan after jets targeted with 'decoy flares'

Dec 11, 2016 (AFP)

China has slammed Tokyo for targeting its military aircraft with "decoy flares" over a waterway near Japan, calling the actions "dangerous and unprofessional". ...

Sri Lanka navy breaks up dock worker strike

Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)

Sri Lankan security forces fired warning shots Saturday to disperse striking dock workers who have prevented a Japanese vessel from leaving the port for four da...

New film explores Russian society through dashcams

Dec 09, 2016 (AFP)

Drivers keep their cool as they plunge into a river, race through a forest fire or see a falling meteorite in a new documentary made from Russian dashcam footag...

Satellite images appear to show Vietnam dredging on disputed reefl

Dec 09, 2016 (AFP)

Vietnam has started dredging work on a reef in the South China Sea, fresh satellite images appear to show, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most o...

China's Xi calls for stricter party control of universities

Dec 09, 2016 (AFP)

China's president Xi Jinping has called for the Communist Party to exert greater ideological control over universities, state media reported Friday, amid a broa...

Trump taps China ambassador, consults Obama

Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday selected a political ally with close ties to China as ambassador to Beijing, stressed his determination to create US j...

Trump stacks top government posts with retired generals

Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)

He's not yet finished picking, but President-elect Donald Trump already has named three retired generals to top posts, raising questions as to why there will be...

Book describes new Pearl Harbor attack, this time by China

Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)

A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor has captivated Pentagon brass in recent months. Not the infamous Japanese assault of 1941, but rather a fictional account that...

Sri Lanka starts fresh probe into $700 mn China deal

Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)

Sri Lanka's government Wednesday launched an investigation into a $700 million river diversion deal that had been finalised with a Chinese company weeks before ...

NATO urges continued sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)

Damaging EU economic sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis must be kept in place to force Moscow to meet its Minsk ceasefire commitments, NATO hea...