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Indonesian president warns ASEAN 'can't be proxy' of any country

Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)

Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc have gathered in Jakarta for talks about regional issues, from the disputed South China Sea, which Beijing claim...

Top US, Chinese diplomats meet at ASEAN talks as tensions risk flaring

Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Wang Yi, China's top foreign policy official, saw each other on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations...

China's top diplomat says Beijing, Moscow to deepen ties

Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)

Beijing says it is a neutral party in the war but its refusal to condemn the invasion has led many of Kyiv's allies to accuse it of favouring Russia after emerg...

Biden authorizes military to order up reservists for active duty in Europe

Jul 13, 2023 (UPI)

Biden specifically said in an executive order that the move was being made to increase "the effective conduct of Operation Atlantic Resolve in and around the Un...

Ukraine NATO membership would worsen global tensions: Putin

Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)

"I am sure that this will not increase the security of Ukraine itself, and in general will make the world much more vulnerable and lead to additional tension in...

Biden had to be an Erdogan whisperer. But then came Zelensky

Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)

Biden has celebrated what he calls unprecedented Western unity in support of Ukraine and NATO as one of the main achievements of his first term. And the Vilnius...

Greece seeking Turkey restart as leaders meet

Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)

"I hope and look forward to building on this positive climate and make some important steps of progress," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said to reporters T...

Biden wraps NATO summit, vows 'we will not waver' in defense of Ukraine

Jul 12, 2023 (UPI)

"We are steeled for the struggle ahead," Biden said, as he stood in front of American and Lithuanian flags before a large crowd in the courtyard of Vilnius Univ...

Biden: Putin 'bet wrong' on hope NATO would break over Ukraine invasion

Jul 12, 2023 (UPI)

Biden, who talked with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for about an hour before speaking in front of the crowd, said the Ukrainian people "remain unbroke...

Zelensky hails 'security victory' after G7 vow support

Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)

"We will not waver," US President Joe Biden said in a speech in Vilnius aimed at showing resolve to Russia's President Vladimir Putin after meeting Zelensky at ...

Turkey will not ratify Sweden's NATO bid before October: Erdogan

Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)

"There is a two-month parliament holiday. Of course, it will not be possible to end this holiday before October," Erdogan told reporters at the end of a two-day...

Long-term aid plan for Ukraine shows Russia time 'not on its side:' US

Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)

President Joe Biden and other leaders from the G7 -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States -- will join Ukrainian President Volod...

Hungary ratifying Sweden NATO bid now 'technicality': FM

Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)

Turkey agreed Monday to allow Sweden to join NATO, setting the stage for the allies to showcase their unity at a summit focused on supporting Ukraine against Ru...

NATO allies share plan on Ukraine membership; Zelensky blasts 'absurd' lack of timeline

Jul 11, 2023 (UPI)

The NATO plan includes putting Ukraine on a multi-year assistance program to facilitate the transition of the Ukrainian armed forces from Soviet-era to NATO sta...

Ukraine turns heat on allies as NATO stalls on membership bid

Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)

Zelensky, who will come to Vilnius during the two-day summit, denounced as "absurd" the reluctance of some NATO leaders to provide a clear timetable for Ukraine...

NATO can defend every inch of Baltics: Estonian PM

Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)

"I'm convinced that right now we are able to defend our territory from the first moment, from the first inch," Kallas told AFP at the start of a two-day summit ...

The state of Sweden's NATO bid after Turkey's approval

Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)

Here is the current state of Sweden's bid, which was sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. - When will Sweden join NATO? - While President Recep Tayyip Erdog...

Existential threat or bogeyman?: Russia's view on NATO

Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)

For Russia, the bloc has deliberately encroached on Moscow's doorstep and emerged as the most serious external military threat in decades. Preventing Kyiv from ...

Sweden deal crowns Erdogan's post-election shift West

Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)

Erdogan ended more than a year of wrangling and struck a deal Monday that will allow the Nordic nation to become the 32nd member of the US-led defence bloc. It ...

Biden's Joint Chiefs pick warns Tuberville that military 'will lose talent' over promotion blockade

Jul 11, 2023 (UPI)

Brown made his remarks during his confirmation hearing to become the nation's top military officer as President Joe Biden's pick for the U.S. Chairman of the Jo...