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UK to send 'small number' of troops to Lithuania
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
The deployment to the former Soviet bloc country was being made "in the spirit of solidarity", said a defence ministry statement. It would support its intellige...
German troops begin arriving in Lithuania; As UK sends 'small number' of troops
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
A military transport plane carrying German soldiers arrived in Kaunas -- the Baltic state's second largest city -- to begin the deployment, an AFP photographer ...
Russia ready for more talks to end Ukraine standoff
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
As Western intelligence officials warned Wednesday could mark the start of an invasion, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on national television t...
Russia sees 'chance' to agree with West on security: Lavrov to Putin
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
"As head of the foreign ministry, I must say that there is always a chance" to find agreement, Lavrov told Putin during a carefully choreographed meeting when a...
Russian defence minister tells Putin some military drills 'ending'
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
"Some of these drills are ending, some will be completed in the near future," Sergei Shoigu told Putin in a meeting. He added that some of the exercises, which ...
Canada pulls some military out of Ukraine
Feb 13, 2022 (AFP)
The temporary repositioning of "elements" of its contingent assigned to the training of the Ukrainian army "does not mean the end of the mission" of the Canadia...
EU ministers to back Lithuania in China trade battle
Feb 13, 2022 (AFP)
French Trade Minister Franck Riester told AFP that his counterparts meeting in the French port city of Marseille felt strongly that the small Baltic nation was ...
'Terrible timing': Brazil's Bolsonaro to visit Russia
Feb 13, 2022 (AFP)
Brushing off pressure from traditional ally the United States and within his own cabinet, Bolsonaro decided to go ahead with meeting Russian counterpart Vladimi...
Putin tells Macron invasion claims are 'provocative speculation'
Feb 12, 2022 (AFP)
Putin and Macron discussed what Moscow called "provocative speculation related to an allegedly planned Russian 'invasion' of Ukraine," the Kremlin said after ph...
Micronesian states put break from Pacific bloc on hold
Feb 12, 2022 (AFP)
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau "have agreed to temporarily rescind their withdrawal" from the Pacific Isl...
US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy to counter Chinese influence
Feb 12, 2022 (AFP)
Blinken announced the move during a visit to nearby Fiji, where he met virtually with around 18 Pacific island leaders to stress Washington's attention to the r...
US withdraws nearly all remaining soldiers from Ukraine: Pentagon
Feb 12, 2022 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "has ordered the temporary repositioning of the 160 members of the Florida National Guard" who were in the country "advising and ...
Checking China: What is the Quad alliance?
Feb 11, 2022 (AFP)
The grouping has emerged and receded from prominence over the years but gained new traction following deadly border clashes between India and China in 2020, and...
US, Russian military chiefs speak by phone amid Ukraine tensions
Feb 11, 2022 (AFP)
Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, "discussed several security-related issues of concern," sa...
US, Asia allies meet to deepen bulwark against China
Feb 11, 2022 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison kicked off the day by highlighting the group's importance in building cooperation among democracies, while making a thi...
NATO warns of 'real risk' of war amid Russia tensions
Feb 11, 2022 (AFP)
Moscow has around 100,000 troops stationed close to Ukraine's frontier and Western leaders were preparing for telephone consultations amid fears of an invasion....
US sending 3,000 more troops to Poland, as Ukraine tension rises: senior official
Feb 11, 2022 (AFP)
These 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, the US military's main rapid reaction force, were already placed on alert in late January at the request of ...
Russia launches Belarus drills, revving up fears of Ukraine invasion
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
NATO said Russia's deployment of missiles, heavy armour and machine-gun toting soldiers marked a "dangerous moment" for Europe some three decades after the Sovi...
US, China lock horns over Ukraine at UN
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
"We would hope that the Chinese would play a role in encouraging the Russians to do the right thing," US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield in an inte...
NATO seeks new chief and women top candidates' list
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
For seven decades the powerful military coalition has been led by a series of western European men and now many observers expect the 30-strong group to choose a...
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