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Japan putting missiles on Pacific gateway islands
Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)
Japan is putting missiles on islands marking the gateway to the Pacific, officials said Thursday, as part of a huge military drill that has unsettled Beijing. T...
Outside View: The American Follies
Nov 06, 2013 (UPI)
It was neither inevitable nor predictable that the United States could become a global laughingstock either so quickly or near universally. The incredible inept...
Ai Weiwei sends defiant message to China at Sweden film fest
Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei sent a defiant message to the authorities in Beijing on Tuesday in an opening address to the Stockholm Film Festival where he...
S. Korea's Park says no point in Japan summit
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
President Park Geun-Hye has painted a bleak picture of South Korea's current and future ties with Japan -- a key ally in efforts to rein in North Korea's nuclea...
Kerry lands in Poland to talk trade, defence
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday arrived in Poland for talks on growing trade ties, as well as plans to base an American missile defence system there by ...
Brazil spied on US, Russia, Iran, Iraq: media
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Brazil, which hotly denounced US surveillance of its leaders, itself spied on US officials as well as on Russia, Iran and Iraq a decade ago, the Folha de Sao Pa...
Biden to visit China, Japan, S.Korea in new US push
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
US Vice President Joe Biden will visit China, Japan and South Korea next month, the White House said Monday, as it seeks to ease doubts about its commitment to ...
Japan, Russia hold first diplomatic-defence talks
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
The foreign and defence ministers of Japan and Russia agreed Saturday to cooperate in fighting terrorism and piracy as the neighbours, still at odds over territ...
China accuses Japan of 'dangerous provocation' at sea
Nov 01, 2013 (AFP)
Beijing's military accused Tokyo of a "highly dangerous provocation" by interfering in Chinese live-fire drills in the Pacific last week, warning that Japanese ...
Malaysia boosts its regional defense cooperation
Nov 01, 2013 (UPI)
Malaysia will work more closely with Vietnam to prevent naval misunderstandings on the high seas turning into military confrontation, state news agency Bernama ...
Gibraltar row creates new headache for Brussels
Nov 01, 2013 (UPI)
European Union negotiators have renewed a diplomatic initiative to mediate a worsening British-Spanish standoff over Gibraltar, the British overseas territory d...
France dissolves symbolic regiment based in Germany
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
France said Thursday it was closing down a 1,000-strong infantry regiment based in Germany that is part of a highly symbolic Franco-German brigade, a move Berli...
Japan, Russia cosy up as China dispute simmers
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
Tokyo will play host to the foreign and defence ministers of Russia from Friday, the latest stage of a burgeoning relationship that represents a rare neighbourl...
China foreign minister in 'candid' talks with Japanese delegates
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held "candid" talks last week with a visiting delegation from Tokyo, the government said Wednesday after a report that the enco...
China, Malaysia to hold joint military drills
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
China and Malaysia will hold their first-ever joint military exercises next year, the Southeast Asian nation's defence minister said Wednesday, despite their ri...
China jeopardising peace in island row: Japan
Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)
Beijing is jeopardising peace in a row with Tokyo over disputed islands, Japan's defence minister said Tuesday, days after China warned any bid to shoot down it...
Reforms eyed as China unveils Communist Party meeting
Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party will hold a key four-day gathering early next month, state media reported Tuesday, a much-anticipated meeting that could serve as...
China coastguard keeps heat on Japan in island row
Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)
China on Monday kept up the pressure on Japan over the disputed Senkaku islands, sending its coastguard to the area following Beijing's weekend mention of "war"...
Walker's World: It's now Merkel's Europe
Oct 28, 2013 (UPI)
Like the dog in Sherlock Holmes that failed to bark in the night, the significant event of the latest European summit was what didn't happen. It didn't concentr...
US and New Zealand resume military cooperation
Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)
The United States and New Zealand will resume bilateral military cooperation after a near-total 30-year interruption, the two countries' defense ministries said...
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