SUPERPOWERS - AFRICA DAILY

MH17 probe 'biased', Moscow 'disappointed': foreign ministry

Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)

Moscow on Wednesday described as "biased" and "politically motivated" the Dutch-led inquiry into the downing of Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, which conclude...

Sun rises 'beautifully' on Philippines ties: China envoy

Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)

Relations between China and the Philippines are improving "beautifully" under President Rodrigo Duterte, Beijing's envoy has said as Duterte warms to China and ...

Britain 'will oppose any idea of an EU army': defence minister

Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)

Britain will oppose all EU plans for increased military cooperation that could interfere with NATO, despite being about to leave the union, Defence Minister Mic...

Russian bombers flying too close to airliners: Iceland

Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)

Iceland complained Monday that Russian air force bombers have been flying too close to civil airliners, the most recent incident involving a flight from Reykjav...

China flies military planes over strait near Japan

Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)

China has sent fighter planes for the first time over a strait near Japan, the two governments said Monday, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US...

Lithuania eyes Norway air defence deal amid Russia fears

Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)

Lithuania said Monday it is in talks to buy Norwegian anti-aircraft missile systems to address the defence gap on NATO's eastern flank, amid concerns over Russi...

Turkey arrests top journalist day after release

Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)

A Turkish court on Friday put a prominent journalist under arrest just a day after he was released over accusations related to the failed July coup, in a case t...

India needs more than Rafale to match China: experts

Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)

India may have just spent billions of dollars on hi-tech French fighter jets, but experts say it needs to do a lot more if it is going to face up to an increasi...

Britain sends jets to intercept Russian bombers

Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)

Britain scrambled fighter jets from an airbase in Scotland to intercept two Russian bombers approaching UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday. The ...

China PM comes to Canada looking for extradition treaty

Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang landed in Ottawa late Wednesday to meet with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and press for an extradition treaty. But even be...

Turkey opposition journalists on trial again over 'Gulen links'

Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)

Two Turkish opposition journalists who were handed jail sentences in a hugely-controversial espionage case earlier this year went on trial again Wednesday over ...

Ukraine, rebels agree troop pullbacks in three areas: OSCE

Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)

Negotiators sent by Kiev and pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday for the first time agreed to pull back troops from three areas along the battered frontline in east...

Obama hits at populist strongmen in last UN address

Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)

President Barack Obama used his farewell UN address Tuesday to castigate strongmen and populists, taking aim at Vladimir Putin's Soviet nostalgia and Donald Tru...

China lashes out at Japan's South China Sea plans

Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)

China is "disappointed to the point of despair" with Japan's conduct in the South China Sea, it said Monday, after Tokyo announced it may set up training patrol...

Back to school in Turkey after post-coup teacher purge

Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)

Turkish schools reopened Monday for the first time since July's attempted coup, following a summer which saw tens of thousands of teachers sacked or suspended o...

Ex-Pentagon chief Gates: Trump is 'unfit,' 'beyond repair'

Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)

Former US defense secretary Robert Gates issued a sharp critique of both presidential candidates in the Wall Street Journal, but blasted Donald Trump as being "...

China releases alleged Canadian spy

Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)

A Canadian man arrested in China two years ago on charges of spying and stealing state secrets has been freed and is back home in Canada, his family said Thursd...

Canada to send 450 troops to Latvia

Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)

Canada will send more than 450 troops to Latvia from around May 2017 as part of NATO's efforts to reinforce its presence in the Baltics in the face of a resurge...

Hollande says France 'cannot be alone' on EU defence

Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)

France can take the lead in European defence cooperation, but cannot do it all on its own, French President Francois Hollande said Friday as EU leaders held cru...

German, French FMs push peace bid in war-torn Ukraine

Sep 15, 2016 (AFP)

The German and French foreign ministers made their first visit to Ukraine's war-torn east on Thursday, saying they wanted to push a new bid for peace after a re...