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NATO aims to 'destabilise' Caucasus with Georgia drills: Moscow
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Russian foreign ministry on Friday accused NATO of seeking to destabilise the Caucasus region with upcoming joint exercises in Georgia, where US soldiers will t...
China to join US-led naval exercise: US official
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
China will take part in a regular US-led naval exercise starting next month, a top US commander said Friday, despite tensions over Beijing's territorial claims ...
Top Chinese singer tours disputed South China Sea islands
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
One of China's top folk singers is rocking her away across disputed territory in the South China Sea, serenading hundreds of troops and construction workers sta...
New NATO supreme commander vows tough line on Russia
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
NATO's new supreme commander US General Curtis Scaparrotti said on Wednesday that he would "strengthen" the alliance's stance in eastern Europe against a resurg...
Russia says bolstering forces to counter NATO
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
Russia's defence minister said Wednesday that Moscow will set up three new divisions in the west and south of the country by the end of the year to counter NATO...
Japan agrees to lease military aircraft to Philippines
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
Japan will lease military aircraft to the Philippines in another sign of deepening security ties between the two former foes to counter Beijing's increasing reg...
Russian jets regularly violate Estonian airspace
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
Russian military planes regularly violate Estonian airspace, the former Soviet state's defence minister said Tuesday, describing such behaviour as "incredibly r...
US Navy chief hopes for 'normalization' with Russia in Baltic
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Admiral John Richardson, the US Navy's top officer, said Monday he hopes for a "normalization" of relations with Moscow in the Baltic Sea, where Russian jets ha...
China wants 'cooperation, not confrontation' with Japan
Apr 30, 2016 (AFP)
Beijing wants to establish a relationship with Japan based on "cooperation, not confrontation", China's foreign minister told his Japanese counterpart Saturday....
China rejects Hong Kong port call by US carrier: Pentagon
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
China has denied the US aircraft carrier USS Stennis and accompanying naval vessels permission to make a port call in Hong Kong, a Pentagon spokesman said Frida...
Finland risks 'serious crisis' with Russia if it joins NATO: study
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
If Finland joined NATO it would provoke a "serious crisis" with neighbouring Russia, an expert report commissioned by the government warned on Friday. The repor...
S Korea, US sign space cooperation agreement
Apr 29, 2016 (XNA)
South Korea and the United States on Wednesday signed an agreement on space cooperation to jointly explore and use outer space for peaceful purposes, Seoul's fo...
Merkel says Germany ready to reinforce NATO eastern flank
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that Germany was considering sending troops to Lithuania as part of a NATO mission to reinforce the alliance's eastern flan...
China warns Southeast Asia over maritime dispute
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
China urged Southeast Asian nations on Thursday to resolve territorial disputes through dialogue and repeated a warning of "negative consequences" if the Philip...
Japan warship visits Philippines as China sea row festers
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
A Japanese warship sailed into a Philippine port near disputed South China Sea waters on Tuesday in another sign of deepening security ties between the World Wa...
China to build on disputed Scarborough Shoal this year: report
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
Beijing will start construction this year on a South China Sea islet within the Philippines' claimed exclusive economic zone as it seeks to project its power in...
Obama calls on China to increase pressure on N.Korea
Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Sunday urged China to increase pressure on North Korea after another "provocative" weapons test. Speaking after a North Korean lead...
Indonesian navy impounds Chinese trawler for illegal fishing
Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)
Indonesian warships have detained a Chinese trawler allegedly operating illegally in Indonesian waters, just weeks after a confrontation between vessels from th...
Chinese state media name Xi 'commander in chief'
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese state media unveiled a new title for President Xi Jinping calling him "commander in chief" of the country's new joint forces battle command centre, as h...
Pentagon expresses 'displeasure' of Russian fighter incidents
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon has expressed its "displeasure" to counterparts in Moscow after Russian warplanes repeatedly buzzed a US destroyer and flew close to an American sp...
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