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Vietnam anti-China activists mark Spratly island battle

Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)

Activists chanted anti-China slogans in the Vietnamese capital on Monday to mark the anniversary of a 1988 battle in the Spratly Islands, a rare act of protest ...

China to establish international maritime judicial centre

Mar 13, 2016 (AFP)

China will establish an international maritime judicial centre, a report from the country's top court said Sunday, as it seeks to shore up territorial claims to...

China gets go-ahead for contentious Sri Lanka port city

Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)

Sri Lanka on Thursday granted permission for China to build a vast "port city" in the island's capital, despite concerns the ambitious project could be an envir...

Rising Tensions: US Deploys Three B-2 Strategic Bombers to Asia Pacific

Mar 10, 2016 (Sputnik)

The United States has deployed three B-2 Spirit strategic bombers to the Asia Pacific on Tuesday, US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) announced in a Wednesday press...

Beijing accuses Tokyo over patrol planes for Philippines

Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)

Beijing on Thursday accused Tokyo of interfering in the South China Sea after Manila said it would lease five Japanese military plans to patrol areas it claims ...

Philippines to lease Japan planes to patrol disputed waters

Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)

Manila will lease five military planes from Japan to patrol Philippine-claimed waters and outcrops in the disputed South China Sea, President Benigno Aquino ann...

US in talks to base long-range bombers in Australia

Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)

Washington is in talks to station its strike bombers in Australia, according to a US general, amid concern about China's military expansion in the South China S...

China raises 2016 defence spending by 7.6 percent: budget

Mar 05, 2016 (AFP)

China will raise its defence spending by 7.6 percent this year, a budget report to the country's Communist-controlled parliament showed on Saturday. It was the ...

Trump backtracks on torture, targeted killings

Mar 04, 2016 (AFP)

Donald Trump abruptly backtracked Friday on vows to torture terror suspects and kill their families, saying he would not order the US military to break internat...

Lithuania jails army paramedic for spying for Belarus

Mar 04, 2016 (AFP)

Lithuania on Friday sentenced a former military paramedic to three years in jail for spying for neighbouring Belarus, the second such case in just four months a...

Philippines borrowing planes from Japan to patrol South China Sea

Mar 03, 2016 (UPI)

Japan is lending five surplus TC-90 training planes to the Philippine Navy for surveillance and patrol operations in the South China Sea. The Philippines and ot...

US presses Xi on South China Sea non-militarization

Feb 27, 2016 (AFP)

The White House pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to expand his non-militarization pledge to cover the entire South China Sea, despite Beijing's re...

China's Pacific actions galvanize neighbors against it: Pentagon chief

Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)

China's efforts to reclaim land in the South China Sea and build up its navy are increasingly spurring regional neighbors to oppose Beijing, US Defense Secretar...

China to secure 'de facto' control of S. China Sea: US admiral

Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)

China is on its way to securing "de facto" control of the South China Sea, a top US admiral warned Thursday, amid growing unease over Beijing's continued milita...

Ex-military chiefs say Britain is 'stronger' in EU

Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)

Twelve former senior military officers insisted Britain should stay in the European Union Wednesday, saying the country was "stronger" as a member of the 28-nat...

China deploys fighter jets to contested island in S. China Sea

Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)

China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles, US officials said. Citing...

US Navy to sail more in contested parts of S. China Sea

Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)

The US Navy plans to increase "freedom of navigation" operations in the South China Sea as Beijing continues its military buildup in the contested waterway, a U...

'Day will come' for woman to lead UN: UNDP boss Helen Clark

Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)

Women are breaking glass ceilings worldwide and the next one to be shattered may well be at the United Nations, the world body's top-ranking woman says. Helen C...

Beijing building radar in South China Sea: think tank

Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)

Beijing is installing radar facilities on its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, an American think tank has said, in a move analysts warned wou...

China's foreign minister to visit US: Beijing

Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)

China's foreign minister Wang Yi will visit the US from Tuesday, his ministry said, as the two powers grapple over weapons systems on the Korean peninsula and i...