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U.S. praises U.K. deal to cede archipelago to Mauritius, retain control of military base
Oct 03, 2024 (UPI)
In a joint statement issued Thursday by the British and Mauritian governments, the two sides said sovereignty over the Chagos island chain will be transferred t...
China's Xi tells Putin ready to 'expand' ties: state media
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
Xi said China was "ready to join Putin to constantly expand all-round pragmatic cooperation between (our) two countries", state news agency Xinhua said. "Perman...
'Teflon Mark' Rutte to stick to his guns as NATO chief
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
Often pictured cycling to work, the 57-year-old starts as NATO Secretary General on October 1, charged with steering the 32-nation alliance through a period of ...
Defence 'geek' Ishiba becomes Japan PM in 'severe' security environment
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
Ishiba, 67, says he intends to call a general election for October 27. He won a tight race on Friday to lead the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has gover...
Rutte takes reins at NATO as US vote looms
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
The straight-talking 57-year-old replaces Jens Stoltenberg, whose decade at the helm has seen NATO grapple with Russia's war on Ukraine, China's rising might --...
Trump to Putin: the key challenges facing Rutte at NATO
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
With Russia's war in Ukraine raging through a third year, its leading power the United States set for a crunch election, and China rising, NATO is grappling wit...
NATO gets a new chief - but don't expect a revolution
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
But even if the former Dutch prime minister wanted to shake things up after taking over from Jens Stoltenberg, he probably couldn't. The reality of the NATO job...
Spiralling Middle East crisis sidelines diplomats
Sep 28, 2024 (AFP)
Israeli bombings in Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket launches have crescendoed even as world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly appealed for c...
China says wants better ties with Japan after ruling party picks new leader
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
"The long-term, sound and steady development of China-Japan relations serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian ...
Finland to place NATO base near Russian border
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
Finland became a NATO member last year, dropping decades of military non-alignment after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Defence Minister Antti H...
Top US and Chinese diplomats meet as tensions ease
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at China's mission, a US official said, with ...
Germany vows to become 'central pillar' of Europe's defence
Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)
The move is aimed at deterring potential Russian aggression on NATO's eastern flank, where tensions have mounted since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. "Th...
Mexico excludes Spanish king from president's swearing-in ceremony
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
Mexico's outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in 2019 sent a letter to the king asking that he "publicly and officially" acknowledge the "damage" caus...
Belgian child abuse scandals to dominate papal visit
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
After showing astonishing resilience throughout a fast-paced 12 days in four countries in Asia and Oceania earlier this month, Francis, 87, cancelled his audien...
Biden says China 'testing us,' in hot mic remarks to Quad allies
Sep 21, 2024 (AFP)
The comments came as Biden opened a farewell summit in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fu...
Departing NATO chief warns US against 'isolationism'
Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)
"We have heard voices on both sides of the Atlantic calling for America and Europe to part ways," Stoltenberg said, ahead of wrapping up his decade in charge on...
China the top challenge in US history: senior diplomat
Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, a key architect of a 15-year push for the United States to reorient its foreign policy toward Asia, also urged greater ...
Eastern Europe's Russia hawks flex muscles in top EU team
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
As Moscow's war on Ukraine grinds on through a third year, some of Kyiv's staunchest supporters have risen up the pecking order as Brussels has reshuffled its d...
Lithuania's Kubilius gets new EU defence commissioner role
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
As commissioner for defence and space, the former Lithuanian prime minister "will work on developing the European defence union and boosting our investment in i...
EU to name new defence tsar - but is the job a dud?
Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)
The message is meant to be clear: Europe is serious about rearming. But while the position was originally billed as central to the EU's ambitions, there are now...
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