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Turkish officers cry foul over failed asylum bids in Greece
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Turkish military officers who fled to Greece following the failed July coup claimed Tuesday to be the victims of politics after Greek authorities turned down th...
S. Korea vows armed crackdown on Chinese fishing ships
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
South Korea's coastguard warned Tuesday of a "more aggressive" firearms policy towards Chinese fishing boats illegally operating in its waters, following a clas...
Philippines' Duterte to visit China
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would soon visit China and hoped also to travel to Russia, as he again criticised longtime ally the United ...
China raps US interventions in Asia at regional forum
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Beijing rapped Washington Tuesday for its interventions in Asia, as tensions grow between the two powers over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and ho...
Gorbachev says world at 'dangerous' point as US-Russia tensions soar
Oct 10, 2016 (AFP)
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Monday that the world had reached a "dangerous point" as tensions between Russia and the United States have spi...
Philippines tells US no more joint sea patrols
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
The Philippines announced Friday it had officially informed the United States that joint patrols in the South China Sea patrols had been suspended, following or...
Finland, Estonia accuse Russia of airspace violations
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
Finland and Estonia accused Russia on Friday of violating their airspace, as Nordic and Baltic defence chiefs met their US counterpart to discuss growing securi...
Indonesia holds military drill at South China Sea islands
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
The Indonesian air force Thursday held a major exercise around its islands in the South China Sea where there have been clashes with Chinese vessels in waters c...
Putin appoints former PM to key Kremlin post
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday appointed former prime minister and long-term nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko to the key position of deputy head of his pre...
Turkey suspends over 500 military staff over coup bid
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
Turkey has suspended more than 500 military personnel, mostly officers, from the air force and navy for suspected ties to the US-based Islamic preacher Fethulla...
Chinese rank US as 'top threat': survey
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese people believe the United States is the "top threat" facing their country, a poll showed Wednesday, with most suspecting the world's number one economy ...
Germany and France to share military facilities, aircraft
Oct 04, 2016 (AFP)
Germany and France announced plans Tuesday to share an air base and transport planes as part of a military shake-up in the wake of Britain's vote to quit the Eu...
Philippines, US hold war games after Duterte tirades
Oct 03, 2016 (AFP)
The Philippines and the United States launch war games on Tuesday against the unusual threat of American forces being ejected from the Southeast Asian nation as...
Philippine leader's Hitler remarks 'troubling' for Pentagon chief
Oct 01, 2016 (AFP)
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Friday criticized the "deeply troubling" remarks by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in which he likened his deadly war on ...
US-Philippines military alliance 'ironclad': Pentagon chief
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday said America's alliance with the Philippines remains "ironclad" even though the Asian ally's leader has vowed to ...
Sweden to join NATO strategic comms centre: director
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
Non-aligned Sweden will join NATO's Strategic Communications Centre based in nearby Latvia amid heightened tensions with Russia in the Baltic Sea region, the ce...
Pentagon chief reassures ASEAN ministers over future US commitments
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter met Friday with Southeast Asian defense ministers to discuss regional security issues and reassure them America's "rebalance" to As...
China warns Japan not to 'play with fire' in S. China Sea
Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)
China on Thursday warned Japan against "playing with fire" in the contested waters of the South China Sea, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US ...
Philippines' Duterte vows to end joint US military drills
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he will soon end joint military exercises with the United States, a move that could further dampen relation...
Sweden to reintroduce military service
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
Sweden said Wednesday it would reintroduce compulsory military service from 2018, eight years after it was abolished. The Scandinavian nation, which has not see...
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