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Russian bombers spark NATO scramble, protest in Baltic
Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)
NATO jets were scrambled Tuesday to escort Russian fighters and nuclear-capable bombers flying near the Baltic states and Sweden with their transponders switche...
Sri Lanka's new leader heads to China after winding back ties
Mar 23, 2015 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's new president heads to Beijing this week for talks with China's leadership, seeking to smooth ruffled feathers after scuttling Chinese-funded projec...
Japan's Abe, Indonesia's Widodo to tighten defense ties
Mar 23, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo Monday to forge tighter economic and defence ties, as Tokyo works to court friends ...
Sri Lanka probes ex-envoy over alleged Ukraine arms deals
Mar 22, 2015 (AFP)
Sri Lanka is investigating its former ambassador to Russia following a media report that he helped arm pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine, the foreign minister s...
India, China to hold first talks on border row since Modi victory
Mar 22, 2015 (AFP)
Senior Indian and Chinese envoys will this week hold talks aimed at resolving a bitter border dispute, the first such discussions since Prime Minister Narendra ...
In Ukraine, some Russians take up arms against Putin
Mar 22, 2015 (AFP)
When Andrei Krasilnikov hugged his wife good-bye last week and climbed onto a bus to take him back to the frontline in eastern Ukraine, his motive was typical o...
China state media tells US to stop 'kibitzing'
Mar 21, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese state media turned to Yiddish on Saturday in the war of words over territorial disputes, criticising the United States as a "kibitzer" for what it calle...
China, Japan, S. Korea to seek leadership summit at 'the earliest'
Mar 21, 2015 (AFP)
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan pledged to set up a trilateral leadership summit at "the earliest" opportunity as they met in Seoul on Sat...
Putin stages huge military drills in game of 'brinkmanship' with West
Mar 20, 2015 (AFP)
Mammoth Russian military drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin from the Pacific to the Black Sea are designed to send a message to the West: keep your dist...
France displaces Britain as key US military ally
Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)
Once a source of irritation for the United States, France has nudged aside Britain to become the US military's key European partner. The growing ties between th...
US paratroopers to train Ukrainian national guard
Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)
Nearly 300 US paratroopers will begin training Ukrainian national guard soldiers next month, the Pentagon said Thursday. The 290 paratroopers from the 173rd Air...
Two allies of China ex-security chief face graft trials
Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)
Two senior Chinese politicians seen as allies of disgraced former security czar Zhou Yongkang were formally charged with corruption offences on Thursday, offici...
Japan, China in security talks after 4-year break
Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)
Japan and China held security talks Thursday after a four-year hiatus because of simmering territorial tensions with the two sides agreeing to hold meetings "mo...
European AIIB decisions a blow to US: Chinese media
Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese state media took a victory lap on Wednesday, gloating over the decision of major European powers to join a Beijing-backed multinational lender that the ...
NATO allies come to grips with Russia's 'hybrid warfare'
Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)
NATO allies are scrambling to protect vulnerable Baltic partners from the threat of hybrid warfare, a Russian tactic that officials and experts say is based on ...
Myanmar border conflict riles heavyweight neighbour China
Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)
Bloody conflict in a remote corner of northern Myanmar has spilled violently across the border with China, risking a rift with the mighty neighbour and threaten...
China, Japan, S. Korea to hold first FM talks in three years
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
China, Japan and South Korea will this week hold the first meeting of their foreign ministers for three years, Tokyo said Tuesday, the latest sign of a gradual ...
When Kissinger met Xi: 'entire world' a topic for China, US
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
US statesman Henry Kissinger, who spearheaded efforts to end Cold War hostility between Washington and China more than four decades ago, on Tuesday told Preside...
Germany to send 500 troops for drills in Lithuania
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
Berlin will send over 500 troops to Lithuania for military exercises this year to underscore its NATO commitments amid tensions with Russia, the Baltic state's ...
China, Japan, SKorea to hold first FM talks in three years
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
China, Japan and South Korea will this week hold the first meeting of their foreign ministers for three years, Tokyo said Tuesday, the latest sign of a gradual ...
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