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China trumpets Xi's 'Four Comprehensives' theory

Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)

Chinese state-run media gave wall-to-wall coverage Wednesday to President Xi Jinping's newly declared "Four Comprehensives" political theory as he consolidates ...

Russian paratroopers in drills on border with Estonia, Latvia

Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)

Up to 2,000 Russian soldiers took part in drills in the country's west on Wednesday as Moscow conducted an inspection of its paratrooper units in the latest sho...

Estonia shows off NATO ties at celebrations on Russian border

Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)

Estonia marked its independence day Tuesday with a military parade featuring NATO hardware and troops on its eastern border with Russia amid heightened east-wes...

Britain will not send arms to Ukraine: minister

Feb 22, 2015 (AFP)

A senior British minister ruled out sending arms to Ukraine Sunday as the United States and European nations sought ways to pressure Russia over the conflict in...

China protests after India PM visits frontier region

Feb 22, 2015 (AFP)

China has expressed "strong dissatisfaction and staunch opposition" after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a frontier area controlled by New Delhi bu...

Japan, China to resume security talks: report

Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)

Japan and China plan to resume security talks as early as April after a four-year hiatus amid simmering tensions over territorial disputes, a report said Thursd...

Serbia hires ex-foe Blair as advisor

Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)

Serbia has hired Tony Blair to work for Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who once served in the same regime that was targeted by NATO air strikes advocated by t...

Ukraine calls for peacekeepers after rebels take key town

Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)

Ukrainian President Poroshenko on Wednesday called for European peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine after a flashpoint strategic ...

NATO urges Russia to 'withdraw all its forces' from eastern Ukraine

Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)

NATO on Wednesday urged Russia to withdraw all forces from eastern Ukraine and to end its support for the pro-Moscow separatists as a ceasefire appeared to unra...

Patriotism and fear as Ukraine draftees train for front

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

Vitaliy Karpunets crawls under barbed wire before jumping over a smoking bonfire into a trench as he fires off his Kalashnikov at an imaginary enemy. At a milit...

Suppose America retrenches: A thought experiment

Feb 17, 2015 (UPI)

Critics accuse President Barack Obama of being a foreign policy minimalist seeking to do the least harm -- or no stupid "stuff" -- rather than choosing more eff...

Ukraine rebels say no arms pull-back until 'full ceasefire'

Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)

Pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine said Monday they will only start pulling back weapons from the frontline under a peace deal once there is a "full ceasefire"....

'No question at the moment' of Ukraine pulling back heavy weapons

Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)

Ukraine's army is not planning to pull its heavy weapons back from the frontline late Monday, as it is meant to do under a nascent truce, because of continued a...

A journalist's journalist - Arnaud de Borchgrave

Feb 15, 2015 (UPI)

This morning, a legend and giant in journalism died. There will be no more like him. Arnaud de Borchgrave would have been 89 this fall. His career was the stuff...

Poland to spend billions on defence amid rumblings of war in Europe

Feb 15, 2015 (AFP)

Looking east to the bloody conflict gripping Ukraine, NATO-member Poland has kicked off an unprecedented military spending spree worth billions to overhaul its ...

Main stumbling blocks for Ukraine peace plan

Feb 14, 2015 (AFP)

A ceasefire signed by Kiev and pro-Russian rebels after marathon talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France comes into force Sunday, the f...

Putin says rebels want encircled Ukraine troops to surrender

Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that pro-Russian rebels had encircled up to 8,000 Ukrainian troops and expected them to surrender ahead of a ...

Pope asks cardinals to back Vatican reform

Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)

Pope Francis on Thursday urged Catholic cardinals to back his plans to reform the scandal-hit Vatican bureaucracy in order to help the Church reach out to belie...

Japan calls for laws to be obeyed in sea dispute with China

Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)

Japan called Thursday for international laws to be respected in territorial disputes, as it hosted a symposium in the latest bid to corral global opinion over i...

In Denmark, Dalai Lama has 'nothing to ask' politicians

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the Danish government's reluctance to meet him during a visit to Denmark was "logical" since his retirement meant he had "not...