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G7 foreign ministers look to progress on Ukraine, Iran
Apr 14, 2015 (AFP)
G7 foreign ministers met in Germany on Tuesday looking to build on recent progress on the Ukraine crisis and Iran's nuclear programme, host Frank-Walter Steinme...
World should fear China's actions in South China Sea
Apr 14, 2015 (AFP)
China's efforts to stake its claim to most of the South China Sea should spark fear around the world, with military conflict possible, Philippine President Beni...
China welcomes Japan official who apologised
Apr 14, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday praised the former Japanese government official who issued a landmark apology over the wartime sexual slavery of Asian wom...
Taiwan rejected as founding member of AIIB: Beijing
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's bid to become a founding member of China's new regional development bank has been rejected, Beijing said Monday, dashing the island's hopes of having a...
Philippines says Chinese reclamation damaged reefs
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
China has wrought widespread environmental damage in the South China Sea with its construction of artificial islands on disputed reefs, the Philippines said Mon...
China, Russia and eastern Europe boost defence spending: study
Apr 12, 2015 (AFP)
Military spending increased sharply in 2014 in China and Russia and the Ukraine conflict prompted eastern European countries to boost their defence programmes, ...
Russia supplying weapons, troops to Ukraine separatists
Apr 11, 2015 (AFP)
NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. "We have notic...
China blasts Obama over military 'muscle' in South China Sea
Apr 10, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing hit back Friday at US President Barack Obama's criticism of Chinese construction in the disputed South China Sea, arguing that it is Washington that has...
NATO tests rapid reaction forces in Czech, Dutch drills
Apr 09, 2015 (AFP)
NATO tested its newly forged rapid reaction forces for the first time Thursday with drills in both the Czech Republic and the Netherlands involving some 1,500 t...
China defends land reclamation on disputed islands
Apr 09, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing reaffirmed its right to build on disputed islands in the South China Sea on Thursday after satellite imagery emerged of construction operations turning ...
China turns Nationalist veterans from outcasts to propaganda heroes
Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)
For decades after World War II Nationalist soldier Zeng Hui was ostracised by China's Communist authorities, despite having fought against arch-enemy Japan. But...
US, Japan trust each other but both wary of China: poll
Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)
Over seven decades after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and dragged the United States into a global war, Americans and Japanese overwhelmingly trust each other an...
Japan rebuffs international outcry over new history textbooks
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
Japan on Tuesday rebuffed neighbouring countries' protests about newly-approved textbooks after complaints about references to disputed territory and their bitt...
Czech leader, US ambassador clash over Moscow visit
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
Czech President Milos Zeman and the US ambassador to Prague have clashed over the leader's plan to travel to Moscow for a World War II victory anniversary, an e...
US 'concerned' by China but not adversary: Pentagon chief
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
The United States is "deeply concerned" by some of China's behavior but the top world powers do not need to be adversaries, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter s...
Poland to build watch towers at Russia's Kaliningrad border
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
Poland will build six watchtowers to survey its 200-kilometre-long border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, the police said Monday. The six towers will b...
China official to visit Japan in sign of hastening thaw
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
A senior official from China's National People's Congress will be in Tokyo this week, Japan's lower house said Monday, the highest-profile Chinese visitor since...
US, Philippines set to hold expanded war games
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
The United States and the Philippines will double the size of their annual war games this month, with some exercises to be staged close to a South China Sea fla...
Tokyo, Okinawa remain apart in US base row
Apr 05, 2015 (AFP)
Shinzo Abe's right-hand man and the governor of Okinawa remained apart in a lingering row over the construction of a US air base at a meeting Sunday ahead of th...
China former security chief charged with bribery, abuse of power
Apr 03, 2015 (AFP)
China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang was charged Friday with bribery, abuse of power and disclosing state secrets, authorities said, making him the most ...
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