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Merkel says honesty, generosity key in postwar reconciliation

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waded into the fraught area of wartime forgiveness during a visit to Japan on Monday, saying that "facing history squarely" and ...

Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable ballistic missile

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Monday, the military said, less than a week after the first high-level talks with arch-rivals India f...

Abe welcome to China war parade if 'sincere': Beijing

Mar 08, 2015 (AFP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will only be welcome at Beijing's commemorations of the end of the Second World War if he is "sincere" about history, China's...

China vows cooperation with Russia despite West's sanctions

Mar 08, 2015 (AFP)

China vowed Sunday to plough ahead on economic and diplomatic cooperation with Russia despite Western sanctions against Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine, str...

Commission chief Juncker calls for EU army

Mar 08, 2015 (AFP)

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday called for the creation of an EU army in the wake of rising tensions with Russia. Juncker said the force...

China asserts its clout as diplomatic heavyweight

Mar 08, 2015 (AFP)

China asserted its place on the global diplomatic stage Sunday, pledging to steadfastly support Russia in the face of Western sanctions, scolding regional rival...

Poland will host training of Ukrainian troops: government

Mar 06, 2015 (AFP)

NATO member Poland will train Ukrainian military instructors as it has better facilities than those of its non-allied eastern neighbour, a Polish government spo...

China extends military splurge with 10.1% budget increase

Mar 05, 2015 (AFP)

China unveiled a fresh double-digit spending boost for its military on Thursday with a 10.1 percent increase in 2015, as it is embroiled in a series of territor...

Russia denies US claim of 'thousands' of troops in Ukraine

Mar 05, 2015 (AFP)

Russian officials on Thursday dismissed a claim by the United States that Moscow has sent "thousands" of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Uk...

China says Nobel chairman's demotion won't warm Norway ties

Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)

The demotion of the Nobel Peace Prize committee's chairman will not thaw Sino-Norway ties, Beijing said Wednesday amid a diplomatic deep freeze imposed by China...

Vietnam on the Tigris and Euphrates?

Mar 04, 2015 (UPI)

For those of us old enough to recall the Vietnam War, fact and reality were obscured and mangled by successive White Houses anxious to reach the delusional "lig...

'Thousands' of Russian troops in east Ukraine: US envoy

Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)

The United States' senior envoy to Europe alleged Wednesday that Russia had deployed "thousands and thousands" of troops to neighboring Ukraine. Speaking to a c...

Top US military officer backs arming Ukraine

Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)

The US military's top-ranking officer on Tuesday added to a growing clamor for Washington to arm Ukraine in its battle with pro-Russian forces, saying he favors...

Nemtsov assassination 'heavy blow' to Russia

Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)

A Chinese newspaper with close ties to the ruling Communist Party on Monday condemned the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, saying it se...

China's wealthiest to take part in key political meetings

Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)

Five of the 10 wealthiest people in Communist-ruled China are due to take part in two major political meetings starting this week, government websites show, hig...

Arms removal... or relocation? Ukraine ceasefire observers in the dark

Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)

Government forces in Ukraine and the pro-Russian separatists they have been battling for 10 months insist they are withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline,...

US flies advanced spy plane over disputed sea: officials

Feb 27, 2015 (AFP)

The United States has flown its most advanced surveillance plane from a military base in the Philippines over flashpoint areas of the South China Sea, Filipino ...

Russian jets to hold drills over Barents sea

Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)

Russia's airforce started exercises that will involve jets striking back against a "supposed enemy" over the Barents Sea that borders Norway, the military said ...

US spy chief predicts spring attack on Ukraine port

Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)

Russia wants to secure a land corridor in eastern Ukraine that could include Mariupol but pro-Moscow rebels may wait until the spring to attack the strategic po...

Russia could target Moldova: NATO commander

Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)

Russia could set its sights on Moldova to prevent it from "leaning to the West," following the conflict with Ukraine, the top NATO commander warned Wednesday. S...