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HK demos throw Beijing propaganda machine into overdrive

Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)

Fearful of comparisons to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, Beijing has launched a dual effort to suppress news of swelling pro-democracy protests in Hong Ko...

Hong Kong protest leader threatens to step up mass action

Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)

A student leader threatened Wednesday to step up Hong Kong's huge pro-democracy protests -- including a possible occupation of government offices -- unless the ...

Polish weekend warriors up in arms over Russian threat

Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)

Commandos sneak up on a fortress in southern Poland. Camouflaged behind sandbags, they fire their Kalashnikov rifles to free the hostages. But the fortress is r...

'CY' Leung: Hong Kong's embattled leader

Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)

Facing calls for his resignation, embattled Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying has become a lightning rod for public anger as the city of seven million f...

Modi makes White House debut

Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)

India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the White House Tuesday, on the latest stop in his headline-grabbing debut tour of the world stage after his...

Philippines, US launch joint exercises near China-claimed waters

Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)

Thousands of Philippine and US marines on Monday began military exercises close to flashpoints in the South China Sea, where Beijing is involved in bitter terri...

Japan PM Abe presses campaign for meeting with China's Xi

Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pressed on with a diplomatic offensive aimed at securing his first-ever summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. A...

New NATO chief Stoltenberg brings Russia ties to job

Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)

Norway's Jens Stoltenberg brings close Russia ties to his new job as NATO chief, equipping him with a potentially key asset as tensions with the Kremlin hover a...

Stoltenberg takes helm at pumped-up NATO but challenges loom

Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)

Former Norwegian premier Jens Stoltenberg will on Wednesday take charge of a revitalised NATO which less than a year ago looked like a Cold War dinosaur in a fa...

India-China border stand-off resolved: minister

Sep 26, 2014 (AFP)

A military stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops that lasted nearly two weeks and overshadowed a key summit in New Delhi has ended, India's foreign minist...

Abe makes fresh call for Japan-China summit

Sep 26, 2014 (AFP)

Long-frosty ties between Tokyo and Beijing were showing signs of a slight thaw Friday after a meeting between their two foreign ministers and as Japanese Prime ...

Russia behaving like Islamic State group: Lithuania

Sep 25, 2014 (AFP)

Russia is acting like a "terrorist" in Ukraine and in its intimidation of other neighbours, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite said in an interview releas...

China, US stepping up pace of military confidence-building

Sep 25, 2014 (AFP)

China's defence ministry said Thursday that Chinese and US officials agreed earlier this month to quicken the pace of efforts to build mutual confidence between...

China and Japan resume maritime talks: Xinhua

Sep 24, 2014 (AFP)

China and Japan have resumed talks on maritime affairs, Chinese state media said Wednesday, a tentative sign that frosty relations may be beginning to thaw. Yi ...

Chinese warships in first call at an Iran port: media

Sep 21, 2014 (AFP)

Two Chinese destroyers have arrived at Iran's Gulf port of Bandar Abbas, in an unprecedented visit attesting to a new rapprochement between the two countries, I...

NATO says Russian forces 'still inside Ukraine'

Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)

NATO's top military commander on Saturday said Russian forces were still operating in Ukraine and that a ceasefire was not working, but he expressed hope a new ...

State media urges China to say if Iceland envoy was spy

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

A Chinese state-run newspaper Thursday urged Beijing to say whether its ambassador to Iceland was a spy following reports he had been held for leaking intellige...

Ukraine says Russia masses troops on Ukraine border

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

The Ukrainian government accused Russia on Thursday of massing around 4,000 troops on the border of Russian-annexed Crimea and Ukraine, as multiple Crimean resi...

Twin crises could shape Obama's twilight years in office

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

With voters souring on his statesmanship as never before, President Barack Obama has a sudden chance to use two sudden world crises to recast his final two year...

India says Modi raised China border incursions with Xi

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of incursions by Chinese troops on the disputed border during talks with visiting President Xi Jinping, the...