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Obama to request hike in US military budget
Jan 29, 2015 (AFP)
President Barack Obama plans to ask for an increase in military spending in a proposed budget for 2016, with a request for $585 billion that would exceed fundin...
ASEAN ministers express concern over Chinese actions at sea
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Wednesday expressed concern at Chinese land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, as the Philippines urged them to s...
India sends foreign minister to China after Obama visit
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
India's foreign minister will travel to China this weekend, New Delhi said on Wednesday, a day after Barack Obama ended a visit aimed at renewing US ties with t...
China to hold military parade to 'frighten Japan': report
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
China will this year hold its first large-scale military parade since 2009 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, reports said Tuesday, with o...
Obama wraps India visit with pleas on religion, climate
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama urged India to promote religious tolerance and do more to combat global warming Tuesday as he wrapped up a visit aimed at forging a ne...
Modi in diplomatic balancing act as Obama visits India
Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)
Narendra Modi has trumpeted a new era of friendship with Barack Obama but experts say the Indian premier will be careful not to alienate traditional ally Russia...
Chinese conductor sees new bridges with West
Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)
China's leading conductor, Long Yu has set a goal of expanding his orchestra's exposure to the world. But as he spends time in the West, he has also found anoth...
Ukraine's 'Russian Woodpecker' takes stab at Putin
Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was ordered deliberately by Moscow, as a coverup to distract attention from a failed weapons project. That's the seemingly wild-e...
China facing 'unprecedented' security risks, says Party
Jan 23, 2015 (AFP)
China is facing "unprecedented national security risks", the ruling Communist Party's top leaders said Friday after a monthly meeting led by General Secretary X...
Philippines slams China island building as Beijing hits back
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippines' foreign minister on Thursday slammed China's attempts to build islands in the disputed South China Sea, prompting Beijing to accuse Manila of m...
China has never asked Huawei to spy: CEO
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
China's controversial telecommunications equipment maker Huawei supports the ruling Communist Party and loves the country, its CEO said Thursday, but stressed B...
Ukraine troops abandon airport in bloody day of conflict
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Ukrainian forces on Thursday abandoned their defence of a long-disputed airport in the country's separatist east and vowed a response to Russia's escalating "ag...
Russia-US Space Cooperation May Fall Victim to Politics
Jan 22, 2015 (Sputnik)
Tensions between power-brokers in Washington and Moscow could discourage cooperation between the two nations in space exploration and the development of new tec...
US should deploy troops to Baltics: Brzezinski
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
The United States and its allies should deploy troops to Baltic states to deter Russia from staging a possible incursion in those countries, former presidential...
NATO says Russia has increased equipment flows into Ukraine
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday Russia had recently increased the flow of heavy arms and equipment into eastern Ukraine but he declined to comment on ...
US-Cuba relations: Tense ties take new turn
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Relations between the United States and Cuba, more strained than neighborly over the past century, have seen US occupations, Cold War enmity, and even the brink...
Pope Francis leaves door open to Dalai Lama meeting
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Pope Francis left the door open on Monday to a meeting with the Dalai Lama, denying that he refused to receive the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader in December o...
China planning naval base in Namibia: report
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Namibia and China are discussing plans for a Chinese naval base in the southwest African country, the Namibian newspaper reported Tuesday, prompting an immediat...
China's Xi gets 62 percent pay rise: report
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and the other six members of the Communist Party's elite Politburo Standing Committee have been given 62 percent pay rises, state-r...
'Russian forces' attack Ukraine troops in separatist east
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republic's separatist east. "In violation o...
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