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Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine

Mar 18, 2023 (AFP)

Monday marks 20 years since Blair joined US president George W. Bush in launching an invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, without a UN mandate and in defiance of ...

South Korea moves to 'normalise' military pact with Japan

Mar 18, 2023 (AFP)

At a fence-mending summit on Thursday, the neighbours agreed to turn the page on a bitter dispute over Japan's use of war-time forced labour. South Korean Presi...

China's Xi to visit Russia on first visit since Ukraine invasion

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

Xi will be in Russia from Monday to Wednesday, Beijing's foreign ministry and the Kremlin said on Friday. China's foreign ministry called Xi's trip "a visit for...

Putin, Xi to usher 'new era' in ties during Moscow visit

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

Xi will be in Russia from Monday to Wednesday, Beijing and Moscow announced, for talks with his strategic ally just over a year into Russia's military campaign ...

Brazil's Lula to visit China late March

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

"At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Federative Republic of Brazil will pay a state visit to China fro...

Sweden disappointed Turkey not acting on its NATO bid

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

"This is a development that we did not want, but that we were prepared for," Billstrom told journalists, adding that the country's priority was now securing rat...

Finland eyes Erdogan's green light for NATO

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

Finland and its neighbour Sweden ended decades of military non-alignment and decided to join the US-led defence alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukr...

Majority in neutral Switzerland back closer NATO ties

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

The Swiss military academy and the Centre for Security Studies -- both attached to ETH Zurich university -- publish an annual survey of public opinion on foreig...

White House says Xi-Zelensky talks would be a 'good thing'

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

"We think it would be a very good thing if the two of them talk," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters when asked about a Wall Street J...

Russia says it is not a threat to Finland

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

Finland and Sweden dropped decades-long policies of military non-alignment and applied to join the western alliance last May in the wake of Moscow's offensive i...

Honduras to start diplomatic ties with China, in blow to Taiwan

Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)

Castro wrote on Twitter that she had instructed Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina "to undertake the opening of official relations with the People's Republic of Chi...

Finland's president says Turkey has reached decision on NATO bid

Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)

"The Turks have hoped that I will be there to receive the answer when they announce the decision. Of course, I accepted the invitation and will go to receive hi...

Philippines, US to hold largest ever joint war games: officials

Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)

A total of 17,680 soldiers will take part in the annual drills, which for the first time will include live-fire exercises in the disputed South China Sea and a ...

'Increased' likelihood Finland joins NATO before Sweden: PM

Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)

Kristersson told reporters it had become increasingly clear in recent weeks that Turkey was ready to ratify Finland's bid, but still had reservations about Swed...

Russia says West readying for 'years of confrontation' in Asia

Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)

"The Anglo-Saxon world, with the creation of structures like AUKUS and with the advancement of NATO military infrastructures into Asia, is making a serious bet ...

Submarine deal highlights concerns over rising Chinese power

Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)

The deal -- part of an agreement known as AUKUS -- will see Australia replace its diesel-powered submarines with nuclear-powered ones that have far greater stea...

Germany replaces military chief in command shake-up

Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)

Officials at the defence ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that General Eberhard Zorn would be succeeded by Major General Carsten Breuer. Z...

China's Xi spotlights national security in congress closing speech

Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)

Xi became China's most powerful leader in generations last week when he was reanointed for another five years at the helm of the world's most populous nation, i...

Moldova facing Russian hybrid warfare: defence minister

Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)

Pro-European Moldova has repeatedly accused Moscow of plotting to violently topple its government through saboteurs disguised as anti-government protesters, cla...

China in sights as US, Australia, Britain leaders meet on subs

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will gather in the California naval hub to flesh out t...