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Japan's PM warns China on use of force as jets scrambled

Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's leader warned China on Sunday against forcibly changing the regional balance of power, as reports said Tokyo had scrambled fighter jets in response to C...

Russia to expand Kyrgyzstan military base: official

Oct 26, 2013 (AFP)

Russia will expand its airbase in Kyrgyzstan at the end of the year ahead of the shutdown of a US base in the country, a senior commander said Saturday. The num...

Arrogance led to Bo downfall: China state media

Oct 26, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese state media laid into Bo Xilai on Saturday, saying "arrogance" led to his demise, a day after a court rejected the fallen politician's appeal against hi...

Britain complains of Spain boat off Gibraltar

Oct 25, 2013 (AFP)

Britain said Friday it would complain to Spain about a Spanish research boat that it said unlawfully entered disputed waters off Gibraltar, reviving a simmering...

US 'pivot' to Asia gaining strength: admiral

Oct 25, 2013 (AFP)

The United States has significantly increased its warships and aircraft deployed in Asia despite Washington's budget woes, adding punch to its "pivot" to the re...

Russia not interested in tensions between West and Muslim world

Oct 25, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Voices of Russian Muslim figures should sound louder on an international level as well as in the global Muslim community, Putin said at a meeting of the Council...

Miscalculation: NATO not yet ready for cooperation with CSTO

Oct 25, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

NATO has again announced that it is not yet ready for cooperation with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Experts believe that NATO's unwilling...

Gibraltar sidesteps Spanish ban on rock imports

Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)

The tiny British outpost of Gibraltar imported a shipment of 2,700 tonnes of rock from Portugal by sea Thursday, sidestepping a block on construction materials ...

Japan readies island war games amid YouTube PR push

Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)

Destroyers, fighter jets and 34,000 troops will take part in a huge exercise aimed at bolstering Japan's ability to protect its remote islands, the government s...

China, India sign border defence agreement

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

China and India signed an agreement Wednesday on border defence cooperation after a stand-off along their disputed frontier in April fuelled fears of conflict b...

Outside View: Mourning for America

Oct 23, 2013 (UPI)

Three decades ago, U.S. President Ronald Reagan could proudly proclaim "It is morning in America." The meaning was clear. With Reagan at the helm, the United St...

India PM leaves for Russia, China

Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left Sunday for a four-day trip to Russia and China aimed at strengthening trade ties and addressing a festering border dis...

Kremlin hits back at 'golden pistols' corruption claim

Oct 19, 2013 (AFP)

Russia's deputy prime minister on Saturday demanded an apology from protest leader and top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after he alleged massive corruption in ...

'Secret' Japan-China talks held over island row: reports

Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)

A senior Chinese government official has secretly visited Japan for talks with Japanese officials aimed at improving bilateral relations damaged by an ongoing t...

Japan PM hints at amending pacifist constitution

Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's prime minister hinted Tuesday he was moving towards amending the country's pacifist constitution at the opening of a new parliamentary session expected ...

'De-Americanised' world needed after US Shutdown: China media

Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)

While US politicians grapple with how to reopen their shuttered government and avoid a potentially disastrous default on their debt, the world should consider '...

Outside View: U.S. shutdown costs longer-term relations with Asia

Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)

No good has come from the political deadlock plaguing Washington. But the U.S. government shutdown and looming fears about the nation's debt levels have hurt th...

Pentagon's No.2 official stepping down: Hagel

Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)

The Pentagon's number-two ranking official is stepping down from his post, officials said Thursday amid reports of strains between him and his boss, US Defense ...

China extends olive branch to wary SE Asia at summit

Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)

China offered an olive branch Wednesday to Southeast Asian nations wary of Beijing's territorial claims, keeping its growing clout on display at yet another sum...

Outside View: A broke and broken U.S. government

Oct 09, 2013 (UPI)

The great American and Oklahoman humorist Will Rogers had a toxic view of the U.S. Congress 80 or so years ago and long before Congress bashing became a contact...