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Head of Russian army holds telephone call with US counterpart: ministry
Oct 24, 2022 (AFP)
The defence ministry in a statement said that Russia's army chief Valery Gerasimov held a conversation with General Mark Milley and said that: "During the conve...
Russia discusses Ukraine in string of calls with defence chiefs
Oct 23, 2022 (AFP)
"The situation in Ukraine, which has a steady tendency towards further, uncontrolled escalation, was discussed," by Shoigu and French Defence Minister Sebastien...
NATO chief looks forward to working with Italy PM Meloni
Oct 22, 2022 (AFP)
Meloni, the 45-year-old leader of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, took office on Saturday after promising to keep her country "fully, and with its hea...
Japanese, Australia PMs eye new security pact
Oct 22, 2022 (AFP)
Kishida met Anthony Albanese for talks to finalise an agreement to share more sensitive intelligence and deepen military cooperation. "The Japan and Australian ...
Spain to bolster NATO's eastern flank with 14 jets
Oct 22, 2022 (AFP)
Madrid will send six Eurofighter jets and 130 soldiers to Bulgaria between mid-November and early December to train local forces, the Spanish defence ministry s...
Vatican renews 2018 deal with China allowing Beijing to choose bishops
Oct 22, 2022 (AFP)
It said the deal had, as widely expected, been renewed for two years. "After appropriate consultation and assessment, the Holy See and the People's Republic of ...
Erdogan to discuss NATO bid with Swedish PM in Turkey: report
Oct 21, 2022 (AFP)
Sweden and Finland earlier this year tore up their long-standing policies of non-alignment after Russia invaded Ukraine and launched their bids to join the US-l...
China's assertive foreign policy under President Xi
Oct 21, 2022 (AFP)
Bolstered by China's economic and military rise over the past decade, Xi -- who is expected to secure a norm-breaking third term after this week's Communist Par...
US, Russian defence ministers hold rare call as Ukraine advances
Oct 21, 2022 (AFP)
Few details emerged of the conversation between Russia's Sergei Shoigu and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, but both sides confirmed they had discussed Ukrain...
Swedish PM says ready to visit Turkey to unblock NATO bid
Oct 20, 2022 (AFP)
"I have already sent a signal to the Turkish government that we are prepared to go to Ankara immediately," Kristersson said, as he arrived for an EU leaders' su...
China's Xi doubles down in triumphalist Congress speech
Oct 17, 2022 (AFP)
Since coming to office, Xi has transformed China by personalising and centralising power, cracking down on corruption and dissent, pushing a more assertive fore...
US extends battalion in Lithuania as Russia fears persist
Oct 14, 2022 (AFP)
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said that the battalion, in the town of Pabrade since 2019, will stay at least until the start of 2026. In a stat...
Russia's Ukraine strikes 'sign of weakness': NATO chief
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
"I think what we saw yesterday (Monday) is actually a sign of weakness, because the reality is that they are not able to make progress on the battlefield. Russi...
France to step up military deployments in eastern Europe
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
The decision, by President Emmanuel Macron, "to bolster our defensive position on Europe's eastern flank" will be made as part of France's NATO committment, Lec...
Russian, US troops in Syria share 'rare moment' of congeniality
Oct 10, 2022 (AFP)
Both Washington and Moscow have troops on the ground in Syria backing opposing sides of the war that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country since 2011. Russia's...
Putin 'in a corner' with options narrowing
Oct 08, 2022 (AFP)
The question of Putin's "off-ramp" -- or decisions that allow him to end the fighting without admitting defeat -- has exercised Western policymakers and foreign...
Nobel-winning Ukraine NGO chief says Putin should face 'tribunal'
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
To "give the hundreds of thousands of victims of war crimes a chance to see justice... it is necessary to create an international tribunal and bring Putin, (Bel...
Hong Kong to not enforce sanctions on megayacht linked to Putin ally
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
The vessel, named Nord, is reportedly tied to billionaire Alexei Mordashov, one of the many oligarchs close to Russian President Vladimir Putin who have been sa...
Russian elite voice growing anger as losses mount in Ukraine
Oct 06, 2022 (AFP)
Before September saw a series of battlefield reversals, public criticism of the army was rare. The offensive had been presented as a sacred, patriotic mission a...
'Inevitable': Views on US bases shift in Japan's Okinawa
Oct 05, 2022 (AFP)
The bases are often seen as a disproportionate burden for Japan's sub-tropical southernmost region. Okinawa comprises 0.6 percent of the Japanese archipelago's ...
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