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Putin tells Xi he wants to ramp up military cooperation
Dec 30, 2022 (AFP)
Battered by unprecedented Western sanctions over Moscow's assault against Ukraine, Putin wants to strengthen political, economic and military ties with China. B...
Putin oversees launch of new warships, submarines
Dec 29, 2022 (AFP)
Putin, who has largely avoided public engagements since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, gave the green light for Russian flags to be hoisted on the new v...
Philippines, China move to avoid 'miscalculation' in disputed sea
Dec 29, 2022 (AFP)
The deal will be signed next week during Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos's visit to Beijing where he will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, a ...
US, Chinese jets in close encounter over South China Sea
Dec 29, 2022 (AFP)
In the December 21 incident, a Chinese Navy J-11 fighter pilot "performed an unsafe maneuver during an intercept of a US Air Force RC-135 aircraft," the US Indo...
Turkey praises Sweden but says more needed for NATO membership
Dec 22, 2022 (AFP)
Sweden and Finland broke with decades of military non-alignment and applied to join the US-led defence alliance in response to Russia's February invasion of Ukr...
Philippines boosts military in disputed sea after Chinese 'encroachment'
Dec 22, 2022 (AFP)
It comes two days after media reported that Beijing has begun reclaiming more land in the contested Spratly Islands, a major archipelago in the South China Sea ...
Australia FM says raised human rights, detained citizens in China talks
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
The trip is a sign of thawing relations between China and Australia after years of tension over multiple issues, notably Chinese influence operations overseas, ...
Philippines 'concerned' over China land reclamation in disputed sea
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing satellite images from US officials, that new land formations have emerged around the contested Spratly Islands in the sea, wh...
Turkey fumes at Sweden in NATO membership dispute
Dec 20, 2022 (AFP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Sweden to return dozens of people that he suspects either of involvement in a failed 2016 coup or of membership of a banned...
Australia's top diplomat makes first China trip in years
Dec 19, 2022 (AFP)
Canberra said Penny Wong would visit Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and meet Chinese state councillor and minister of foreign affa...
Sweden blocks extradition of journalist sought by Erdogan
Dec 19, 2022 (AFP)
There were "several hindrances" to sending back the former editor-in-chief of the Zaman daily, who Turkey accuses of being involved in a 2016 attempt to topple ...
NATO general says able to ensure security in Kosovo
Dec 16, 2022 (AFP)
Serbia's defence minister had earlier called for 1,000 of his troops and police officers to be allowed into Kosovo amid mounting tensions in the north of the fo...
Putin 'planning for a long war' in Ukraine: NATO chief
Dec 16, 2022 (AFP)
Almost 10 months into Moscow's invasion, Kyiv's forces have inflicted a succession of defeats on the Kremlin that have seen swathes of territory liberated. But ...
Japan approves major defence overhaul, warning of China threats
Dec 16, 2022 (AFP)
In its largest defence shake-up in decades, Japan vowed to increase security spending to two percent of GDP by 2027, reshape its military command, and acquire n...
Key points of Japan's new defence strategy
Dec 14, 2022 (AFP)
Here are some of the key changes expected: - Counterstrike capacity - Defence spending will be ramped up to reach the NATO standard of two percent of GDP by 202...
India accuses China of trying to 'change status quo' on border
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
The incident is thought to be the most serious on the nuclear-armed Asian giants' disputed frontier since 2020, when 20 Indian troops and four Chinese soldiers ...
China military says India troops 'illegally' crossed border
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
The December 9 incident is thought to be the most serious on the nuclear-armed Asian giants' disputed frontier since 2020, when 20 Indian troops and four Chines...
Chinese, Indian troops injured in fresh border 'face-off'
Dec 12, 2022 (AFP)
Relations have been at rock-bottom between the nuclear-armed Asian giants since a clash that left 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops dead on th...
High-level US envoys to visit China in effort to repair ties
Dec 11, 2022 (AFP)
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will join National Security Council Senior Director for China and Taiwan Laur...
Two Chinese 'police stations' uncovered in Germany
Dec 09, 2022 (AFP)
The German set-ups do not have fixed offices and are overseen by private individuals from the Chinese diaspora, according to the interior ministry. "Chinese aut...
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