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Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)

A girl aged five or six tries out a rifle in an Aurora gunshop, oblivious to Friday's massacre in this Colorado town. "Honey, it's too big for you, we will find...

Frenchman returns to China 'to help Bo Xilai probe'

Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)

A French architect believed to have close ties to disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has returned to China to help the probe into the country's biggest polit...

China cracks down ahead of leadership change

Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)

China is ramping up internal security ahead of a once-in-a-decade leadership change and warned it will swiftly stamp down on social unrest, its powerful top pol...

British army 'capable' US ally despite cuts: minister

Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)

British defense minister Philip Hammond assured the United States on Wednesday that Britain's army would remain a trusted ally, despite severe austerity measure...

Clinton lands in Israel on last-leg of world tour

Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Israel late on Sunday for top-level talks with Israeli officials expected to focus on Iran's nuclear programme ...

Japan offers glimpse of history in MacArthur's office

Jul 15, 2012 (AFP)

For six years US General Douglas MacArthur was lord of all he surveyed as supreme commander of the Allied forces in occupied Japan, gazing over Tokyo from a bui...

China state media accuses Clinton of 'meddling'

Jul 14, 2012 (AFP)

China's official Xinhua news agency on Saturday accused US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of "meddling" in the South China Sea territorial disputes. Rival c...

Outside View: Outsourcing demagoguery

Jul 13, 2012 (UPI)

No issue is more misunderstood, or been more purposefully confused by the Romney and Obama campaigns, than outsourcing. Outsourcing is merely the importing side...

Outside View: State Dept. must have spine

Jul 13, 2012 (UPI)

The fate of 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq must not be a bargaining chip to appease the Iranian regime and their Iraqi agents. Recently some media and U.S. St...

Clinton to walk tightrope with China amid rows

Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet her Chinese counterpart in Cambodia on Thursday, keen to avoid souring ties amid a fraught background of rows be...

US, China seek to play down rivalry

Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi pledged Thursday to work more closely together after talks designed to smooth thei...

US, Russia discuss Syria, missile defense at Pentagon

Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)

The top US military officer met Thursday with his Russian counterpart, discussing missile defense and the Syria crisis, amid tensions between Washington and Mos...

US, Russia hold talks at Pentagon

Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)

Top US general Martin Dempsey on Thursday met with his Russian counterpart, giving him the red carpet treatment despite diplomatic tensions over Syria between W...

China becoming 'more aggressive': Philippines

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

China is growing "more aggressive" in dealing with rival territorial claims, the Philippines said Wednesday, after a fresh spat erupted between Tokyo and Beijin...

Clinton to make landmark visit to Laos

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

Hillary Clinton will Wednesday become the first US secretary of state to visit communist-run Laos in 57 years on a brief trip focusing on the legacy of the Viet...

China, Japan in new spat over disputed islands

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

China told Japan Wednesday to respect its "indisputable sovereignty" over islands claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, in the latest territorial row...

Clinton on landmark visit to Laos

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

Hillary Clinton Wednesday became the first US secretary of state to visit Laos for 57 years, on a trip focused on the damaging legacy of the Vietnam War and a c...

Ashton heads for EU-China talks in Beijing

Jul 08, 2012 (AFP)

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton left Sunday for Beijing where she will hold talks on foreign affairs and security issues on the first leg of a five-day...

Obama raps China, Romney in debut campaign bus tour

Jul 05, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama Thursday heralded his first re-election campaign bus tour with a new trade blast at China and fresh accusations his White House foe Mitt ...

Britain details major cutbacks to army

Jul 05, 2012 (AFP)

Britain gave details Thursday of major army cuts which will see it lose 20,000 regular soldiers by 2020, taking force levels to their lowest since the early 19t...