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Ex-military attache at Taiwan US mission under scrutiny
Jul 28, 2014 (AFP)
A senior Taiwanese military officer who served at the island's de facto US embassy has been placed under investigation after failing a lie detector test, the de...
Britain plans major exercises in Poland amid Ukraine crisis
Jul 28, 2014 (AFP)
Britain on Monday announced major joint manoeuvres in Poland in October, part of a string of NATO exercises in the region aimed at reassuring eastern Europe mem...
Ukraine forces take another strategic city: Kiev
Jul 25, 2014 (AFP)
Ukrainian troops have retaken the strategically-important city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, as they press on with their offensive to stamp out a pro-Russia...
China confirms flight delays caused by military drills
Jul 25, 2014 (AFP)
China's civil aviation authority has confirmed military exercises are behind widespread flight delays and cancellations this month, following days of rumours. T...
Chinese billionaires criticised for giving Harvard $15m
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese billionaire couple have faced a deluge of criticism for donating $15 million to one of the richest and most prestigious universities in the US, with I...
Naval ships from US, India and Japan to start war games
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
The United States, India and Japan are set to kick off week-long war games in the Pacific, beefing up naval ties as they warily eye an increasingly assertive Ch...
Russia firing across border on Ukraine troops: US
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday said it had evidence Russian forces are firing artillery from inside Russia on Ukrainian troops, in what officials called a "clear...
France and Britain trade hypocrisy claims over MH17 sanctions
Jul 23, 2014 (AFP)
Britain and France are trading accusations of hypocrisy over sanctions against Russia in a row that reveals deeper European divisions on how to react to the MH1...
Chinese president wields economic might on LatAm tour
Jul 23, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a nine-day Latin American tour in Cuba on Wednesday, heading home with dozens of deals underlining Beijing's growing int...
The Great War Redux
Jul 23, 2014 (UPI)
July 28 marks the centenary of the start of World War I -- also known as the "Great War" and tragically and wrongly described by President Woodrow Wilson as the...
China's Xi in Cuba on last stop of Latin America swing
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cuba late Monday, officials said, the last stop on a Latin American tour that has stressed trade and aid more than ideol...
The X-Gen Men at 1600 and Number 10
Jul 22, 2014 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron have a great deal in common. They come from the same generation born in 1961 and 1966 res...
MH17 crash puts Russia's support of rebels under scrutiny
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
The downing of the MH17 flight over rebel territory in Ukraine has put Moscow's support of the separatists under more scrutiny than ever amid allegations the pl...
Britain's Cameron urges military sanctions against Russia
Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday urged the EU to hit Russia with tougher sanctions over the downing of flight MH17, calling for a ban on military ...
Malaysia Flight 17 and the decline of the West
Jul 21, 2014 (UPI)
The downing of Malaysia Flight 17 casts new light on just how inept and decadent the United States and Europe have become. Faced with Russia's annexation of Cri...
Xi seeks energy deals in Venezuela
Jul 20, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Sunday in Venezuela, the third leg of a Latin American tour aimed at bolstering trade with the region and sealing energy de...
Russia slams US for implicating rebels in jet crash
Jul 19, 2014 (AFP)
Russia on Saturday launched a blistering attack against Washington after US President Barack Obama said that a missile fired from territory controlled by Moscow...
China to join military exercise with US, Australia
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
China's military will take part in an infantry exercise for the first time with Australian and US forces in October, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The joint ex...
High-ranking China official given life sentence for bribery
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese regional official was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for bribe-taking, a court said, the first high-ranking bureaucrat to be jailed in the...
China offers $20 billion fund for LatAm projects
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed Thursday to create a $20 billion fund to finance infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The fund was ...
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