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Japan ministers visit controversial war shrine
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
Two Japanese ministers were among dozens of lawmakers who visited a war shrine Thursday in a move sure to anger China and South Korea, which see it as a potent ...
ASEAN vows unity on South China Sea: Thai official
Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)
Southeast Asian nations on Wednesday vowed unity in pressing China to accept a binding code of conduct for handling disputes in the South China Sea, the Thai fo...
Talks begin for more US troops in Philippines
Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines and the United States began talks on Wednesday aimed at allowing a bigger US military presence on the soil of its key Asian ally, amid tensions ...
Gibraltar row heats up as Spain, Britain make threats
Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)
The row between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar went up a notch Monday as London mulled legal action over "totally disproportionate" border checks and Madrid t...
Russia and US unified by shared responsibility for preventing world conflicts
Aug 12, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The Voice of Russia correspondent shared details of Sergei Lavrov's statement made at the opening of bilateral Russia-US talks in the 2+2 format. Lavrov said Mo...
Aging Chinese apologise for Cultural Revolution 'evil'
Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)
As a teenager radicalised by China's Cultural Revolution, Zhang Hongbing denounced his mother to the authorities. Two months later a firing squad shot her dead....
Obama: Putin's Cold War stance chills ties
Aug 10, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama complained Friday that Russia had adopted a frostier stance towards the United States since Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin, but b...
Chinese ships enter disputed waters: Japan coastguard
Aug 10, 2013 (AFP)
Four Chinese government ships entered disputed waters in the East Asia Sea at the centre of a bitter row with Tokyo on Saturday, the Japanese coastguard said. "...
High level US-Russia talks despite chilly ties
Aug 09, 2013 (AFP)
The defense and foreign ministers of Russia and the United States meet in Washington on Friday to brave the chill that has descended on ties between the former ...
Outside View: The promises of the United Nations
Aug 09, 2013 (UPI)
We have often seen failures of the United Nations in protecting refugees in danger zones. It happened in Rwanda, Bosnia and Sri Lanka with thousands of innocent...
Rajoy's troubles seen behind Gibraltar escalation
Aug 09, 2013 (UPI)
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned of further curbs on British territory Gibraltar in an escalation seen by his opposition critics as a last-ditch atte...
Japan summons China envoy over ships near disputed isles
Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)
Tokyo summoned Beijing's envoy on Thursday after Chinese government ships entered Japanese territorial waters near islands at the centre of a bitter row between...
Helicopter crash in Japan hinders relocation of U.S. base
Aug 07, 2013 (UPI)
The crash this week of a U.S. Air Force HH-60 helicopter on Okinawa could delay permission further by local politicians to allow the planned relocation of U.S. ...
Helicopter crash in Japan hinders relocation of U.S. base
Aug 07, 2013 (UPI)
The crash this week of a U.S. Air Force HH-60 helicopter on Okinawa could delay permission further by local politicians to allow the planned relocation of U.S. ...
Philippines vows intensified sea patrols
Aug 06, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines promised intensified sea patrols Tuesday as it welcomed the arrival of a second warship from the United States to bolster its defences during a ...
US, Russia foreign, defense ministers to meet Friday
Aug 06, 2013 (AFP)
The foreign and defense ministers of the United States and Russia will meet Friday in Washington, with tensions high after Moscow granted asylum to US intellige...
No-one can contain China, scholar says amid territory rows
Aug 06, 2013 (AFP)
No-one can contain China's rise, a leading Beijing foreign policy thinker said Tuesday, warning Manila and Tokyo that they had been mistakenly emboldened by Was...
India's Telangana state moves closer to reality
Aug 05, 2013 (UPI)
New Delhi's decision to split Andhra Pradesh state in two also split public opinion, with the media saying more boundary changes are likely. India's ruling Cong...
China expunges Bo's once-stellar reputation
Aug 05, 2013 (AFP)
The Dalian Modern Museum once boasted exhibits on the achievements that brought renown to the city and its former mayor Bo Xilai. Not any more, with China's pro...
Philippines acquiring French vessel for South China Sea
Aug 03, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines said Saturday it is purchasing a surplus French Navy vessel to boost its forces in the South China Sea where it has an ongoing territorial dispu...
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