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Obama calls Putin to discuss Iran deal: White House
Jul 15, 2015 (AFP)
President Barack Obama spoke by phone Wednesday with Vladimir Putin, thanking his Russian counterpart for his role in reaching a deal on Iran's nuclear program....
Japan's top security envoy to visit China
Jul 15, 2015 (AFP)
Japan said Wednesday its top security diplomat will tour China and Mongolia in a trip seen as a potential precursor to another summit between Tokyo and Beijing....
Dark mystique of French Foreign Legion keeps drawing foreigners
Jul 13, 2015 (AFP)
It's the stuff of legends. An elite force that takes in people from all over the world, erases their troubled pasts and asks them to fight tooth and nail for a ...
Greece bailout deal important for 'security': NATO
Jul 13, 2015 (AFP)
NATO on Monday welcomed a bailout deal reached between its "staunch ally" Greece and EU leaders, saying the nation's economic stability was also vital for the "...
Japanese envoy to visit China ahead of possible summit: reports
Jul 12, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's top security diplomat could visit China as early as this week ahead of a possible visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to repair strained ties between the...
Dozens of Russian troops 'flee unit, fearing Ukraine deployment'
Jul 11, 2015 (AFP)
Dozens of Russian soldiers are facing trial for fleeing their unit, fearing deployment to Ukraine, a news site and a lawyer for five of the men said Saturday. T...
Russia poses 'greatest threat' to US national security: Dunford
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
Russia now poses the greatest threat to US national security and its behavior is "nothing short of alarming," Marine General Joseph Dunford, the nominee to be t...
History will prove me right over security bills: Japan PM
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed Thursday his push to beef up Japan's military in the face of public and parliamentary opposition would be vindicated by histor...
US to cut 40,000 soldiers from Army: official
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
The US Army is to cut 40,000 soldiers from its ranks over the next two years at home and abroad, a defense official said Tuesday, in a move that will raise doub...
Georgia launches joint drills with five NATO countries
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
Georgian troops on Wednesday launched joint military exercises with United States marines and soldiers from four Eastern European NATO members, the pro-Western ...
Philippines warns China flouting UN maritime laws
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippines has appealed to an international tribunal to declare China's claims to most of the South China Sea illegal, warning the integrity of United Nati...
Britain commits to NATO defence spending target
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
Britain's Conservative government said Wednesday it would meet a NATO target of spending two percent of GDP on defence until 2020, a move immediately welcomed b...
Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders on Wednesday including China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of ...
Manila starts South China Sea case at Hague tribunal
Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippines opened its case against China before an international arbitration tribunal Tuesday, which it hopes will rule in its favour in an increasingly fr...
IS in Afghanistan on Xi, Putin's summit agenda: China
Jul 06, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders will discuss the threat the Islamic State group poses in Afghanistan at a Euras...
China's influence grows as Russian crisis rocks Central Asia
Jul 05, 2015 (AFP)
At a bazaar in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, once a far-flung outpost of the Soviet Union, cheap goods from neighbouring China are helping offset the pain caus...
China has nearly finished runway on artifical island in South China Sea
Jul 05, 2015 (Sputnik)
According to new satellite photos, an airstrip being constructed by the Chinese government atop the Fiery Cross Reef could be completed even sooner than expecte...
Japan joins US-Australia war games amid China tensions
Jul 05, 2015 (AFP)
The United States and Australia kicked off a massive joint biennial military exercise on Sunday, with Japan taking part for the first time as tensions with Chin...
Files reveal UK 'plan' to move HK residents to N.Ireland
Jul 03, 2015 (AFP)
Weighed down by the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, British officials jokily discussed the possible benefits of relocating the entire population of Hong...
EU leaders 'unlikely' to attend China military parade: ambassador
Jul 03, 2015 (AFP)
China's huge military parade to mark the World War II victory over Japan risks stirring resentment, the European Union's ambassador to Beijing said Friday, addi...
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