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Ashton Carter likely next Pentagon chief: reports
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
The former number-two ranking official at the Pentagon, Ashton Carter, will likely be named as the next US defense secretary, American media reported Tuesday. P...
Romania to seek EU-IMF permission to boost defence budget
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Romania will seek permission from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union to increase its defence budget next year in view of the separatist rebe...
Vietnam arrests anti-China blogger for posting 'bad content'
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Vietnamese police said they had arrested a blogger for posting "bad content" about the government, as part of a long-running crackdown on online dissent in the ...
Moscow accuses NATO of 'destabilising' northern Europe
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Russia lashed out at NATO on Monday, saying its military drills in the Baltics could destroy northern Europe's stability and warning against Ukraine's membershi...
China leader vows to protect territorial interests
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a key foreign policy speech that the rising Asian nation would protect its sovereign territory, the Xinhua news agency repo...
From shoe banging to Ukraine, archives comb Khrushchev past
Nov 29, 2014 (AFP)
Why did Moscow hand Crimea to Soviet Ukraine in 1954? Was the "red phone" hotline linking the Kremlin and Washington after the Cuban missile crisis an actual te...
China says in talks with Russia over 2015 military drills
Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)
China's defence ministry said Thursday that it was in talks with Russian counterparts about joint military exercises next year, after Moscow announced drills we...
China has no overseas bases: defence ministry
Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)
China's defence ministry said Thursday that the country has no military bases overseas, despite speculation that its armed forces seek to eventually establish f...
Philippines refuses to free convicted Chinese fishermen
Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)
Senior Philippine officials on Thursday insisted the government will not release nine Chinese fishermen who were convicted of poaching in disputed waters, defyi...
NATO 'very concerned' by Russian military build-up in Crimea
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
NATO's top military commander warned Wednesday that Russia's "militarisation" of the annexed Crimea region could be used by Moscow to exert control across the w...
Song swooning over presidential couple goes viral in China
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
Christmas appears to have come early for China's ruling Communist party after a video literally singing the praises of President Xi Jinping and his wife went vi...
China calls for release of fishermen convicted in Philippines
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
China called on the Philippines Tuesday to release nine Chinese fisherman convicted of poaching after they were detained while in disputed waters, saying the in...
Top contender for Pentagon job bows out: source
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
A former senior US defense official touted as the most likely candidate to succeed Chuck Hagel as Pentagon chief has taken herself out of the running, a source ...
Ukraine's NATO hopes still a long way off
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
For the first time, a majority of Ukrainians support the idea of joining NATO and the president this week spoke of putting the idea to a popular vote, but exper...
China Military Advance in South China Sea to Test US Outreach
Nov 25, 2014 (Sputnik)
China has allegedly boosted its military presence in the disputed area of Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by building an artificial island spacious enoug...
China ships pay first post-Japan summit visit to disputed isles
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese ships returned to territorial waters around islands at the centre of a dispute with Japan on Tuesday, the coastguard said, the first incursion since a S...
China blasts 'irresponsible' US comments on island project
Nov 24, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing on Monday dismissed as "irresponsible" US criticism of its construction of an artificial island reportedly large enough for an airstrip in a disputed se...
Frontrunners emerge for top Pentagon job
Nov 24, 2014 (AFP)
A pair of frontrunners have emerged to take charge at the Pentagon after President Barack Obama announced the departure of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. If for...
US troops to stay in Poland, Baltics through 2015: general
Nov 23, 2014 (AFP)
US troops will remain in Poland and the Baltic states through 2015 "to deter Russian aggression", the top US commander for Europe said on Sunday. "There are goi...
Global conundrum
Nov 23, 2014 (UPI)
Global disarray coupled with the decline of superpower USA are flip sides of the same coin. The Republican victory in the mid-term elections was not a resoundin...
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