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China to name Xi Jinping as new president

Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)

China's parliament is to name Xi Jinping as the country's new president Thursday, formalising his leadership of the world's most populous nation four months aft...

Outside View: Hidden in plain sight

Mar 13, 2013 (UPI)

As U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration begin a second term, they face powerfully transformed political landscapes at home and abroad. Regarding t...

Japan seeks defence ties with ASEAN amid China rows

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Japan on Wednesday called for stronger security ties with Southeast Asia as Tokyo looks to boost alliances at a time of growing territorial tensions with China....

Russian, British ministers hold talks in London

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Russia's foreign and defence ministers visited Britain for high-level talks on Wednesday in a further thawing of ties once frozen by the murder of dissident Ale...

Obama to raise maritime tussles at Asia summits

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to bring up maritime disputes boiling between China and its neighbors at the US-ASEAN and East Asia summits in Brunei ...

Walker's World: Putin as carnivore

Mar 12, 2013 (UPI)

The unfolding Ukraine crisis has become a classic example of the complex nature of power in the modern age. Military, economic, diplomatic forms of power intert...

Outside View: The man who would be king

Mar 12, 2013 (UPI)

A deadly bacteria superbug has been plaguing U.S. health facilities. The seriousness of this "nightmare bacteria" has prompted the Centers for Disease Control a...

Defector's brother given top China post

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

A senior Chinese politician whose brother defected to the US in a major spy scandal was on Monday elected as chairman of the country's highest-profile advisory ...

China to unify marine bodies amid disputes

Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)

China will bring its maritime law enforcement bodies under a single organisation, a top official said Sunday, with the country embroiled in a bitter row with Ja...

China looks to Russia, Africa after transition

Mar 09, 2013 (AFP)

China's new president will pay a state visit to Russia and three African countries, the foreign minister said Saturday, with Beijing looking to step up diplomac...

Russia will continue building up its defenses

Mar 07, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Russia will continue to build up its own defense capabilities according to foreseeable threats stated President Vladimir Putin at a meeting at the Defense Minis...

Chinese fishermen on front line of marine dispute

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

The tropical waters of the South China Sea are among the most contested on Earth, but Chinese fishermen who sail in them shrug off the dangers of navigating bet...

Japan arrests China boat captain amid island row

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's coastguard arrested the captain of a Chinese boat on suspicion of illegal fishing in its exclusive economic zone on Tuesday, officials said, amid a terr...

China parliament targets growth, graft, well-being

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

China Tuesday targeted 2013 economic growth of 7.5 percent and vowed to tackle corruption and improve the quality of life as an annual parliamentary session to ...

British troops to leave Germany by 2019

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

British troops will leave Germany by 2019 -- a year earlier than planned -- ending one of the enduring legacies of World War II, Defence Secretary Philip Hammon...

Triumph and regret as China's Wen bows out

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gave his last major political speech on Tuesday after overseeing a decade of blistering economic growth, but failing to close a yawni...

Walker's World: Putin's gamble

Mar 05, 2013 (UPI)

Russian President Vladimir Putin may think he's won the current battle of Ukraine but he's likely to lose the war. The Kremlin's own opinion pollster finds fewe...

China announces 10.7% increase in defence spending

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

China announced a further double-digit rise in its defence spending Tuesday, underlining its military ambitions as Beijing's new leadership pushes its claims in...

China legislature declines to reveal defence spending

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

China's national legislature declined to announce the country's 2013 defence budget at a press conference Monday, in a departure from normal practice the day be...

China enlists Jackie Chan to kick off political meeting

Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)

Film star Jackie Chan joined other celebrities Sunday at a meeting of China's highest-profile advisory body, a move seen by analysts as an attempt by the ruling...