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Ukraine on 'combat alert' as rebels gain ground
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
Ukraine's armed forces are on "full combat alert" against a possible Russian invasion, Kiev said Wednesday, as authorities admitted they were "helpless" to prev...
Chinese dissident freed after nine years: reports
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese activist who has spent nearly half his life in detention has been freed from prison, reports said Wednesday, in a rare move amid clampdowns on other d...
Former top China provincial leader removed from Party
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
A top Chinese provincial official reportedly linked to former senior party leader Zhou Yongkang has been expelled from the Communist Party, the organisation's i...
Geopolitical Drift
Apr 29, 2014 (UPI)
"Putin is a master strategist and a chess champion who excels in domains where we settle for the role of innocents, incapable of retaining the lessons of histor...
Obama ignites Chinese anger as he warns against force
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
Barack Obama ended an Asian tour Tuesday with a warning to China against using force in territorial disputes, as Chinese authorities accused the US president of...
US ups support for Baltics as Ukraine crisis deepens
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
The Pentagon is looking at additional support measures for its eastern European NATO allies increasingly worried over Russia's military actions in Ukraine, a sp...
'Russian Zuckerberg' rules out return without reforms
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
The maverick founder of Russia's top social network said Monday that he would not return to the country until a series of sweeping reforms is enacted. Pavel Dur...
US, EU slap sanctions on Russia as violence surges in Ukraine
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
The United States and Europe Monday hit Russia with fresh sanctions for failing to stop soaring tensions in Ukraine, where a pro-Moscow mayor was shot and badly...
Obama seeks to soothe China while boosting ties with Philippines
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama said Monday he had no desire to contain or counter China despite clinching a defence pact with the Philippines which will inject US force...
Britain, France deploy jets to boost Baltic patrols
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Britain and France deployed eight fighter jets on Monday to reinforce NATO air patrols over the Baltics as tensions rise with Russia over Ukraine. Four British ...
Obama says US goal is not to counter or contain China
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama said Monday the US goal in Asia was not to contain or counter China, hours after his administration signed a new defence agreement with t...
Moscow assures US it will not invade Ukraine: Pentagon
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Russia has assured the United States that it will not invade Ukraine, the Defense Department said Monday. "Secretary of Defense (Chuck) Hagel spoke today by pho...
Philippines, US to sign defence pact
Apr 27, 2014 (AFP)
The Philippines and the United States announced they would sign an agreement on Monday to allow a greater US military presence on Filipino soil for the next dec...
Sanctions to target Russia's defense industry, others: US
Apr 27, 2014 (AFP)
The next round of US sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine will target Russia's defense industry as well as individuals and companies close to President Vladimi...
Ukraine vs. Russia: military mismatch, but does that mean no contest?
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Russia has the world's second-ranked military after former Cold War foe the United States. The armed forces in Ukraine, a former republic in the ex-Soviet Union...
World's first Tiananmen museum opens in Hong Kong
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
The world's first museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square crackdown opened in Hong Kong Saturday with an emotive ceremony and protests from pro-China demonstra...
Russia vows to help free OSCE men held as 'NATO spies' in Ukraine
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Russia pledged Saturday to help free a group of international OSCE observers held hostage by pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine who accuse them of being "NAT...
Chinese ships return to disputed waters after Obama visit to Tokyo
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Two Chinese coastguard ships sailed into waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea Saturday, the Japanese coastguard said, two days after US Presiden...
Ecuador expels US officers, cancels military program
Apr 25, 2014 (AFP)
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has ordered all US military officers to leave the country by the end of month and canceled a security cooperation program with...
West threatens new Russia sanctions as Kiev warns of 'world war'
Apr 25, 2014 (AFP)
Western powers led by US President Barack Obama warned Friday that Russia faced fresh sanctions over Ukraine as Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a "thi...
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