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India, China trade blame over border tensions after ministers meet
Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe released rival statements accusing each other of inflaming the showdown af...
Palau invites US military to build bases as China seeks regional clout
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited the island nation last week and accused Beijing of "ongoing destabilising activities" in the Pacific. Palau President To...
Serbia, Kosovo strike economic pact at White House
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
The two sides signed statement in the White House Oval Office committing to a raft of measures to improve transport infrastructure and border crossings, cut tra...
Canadian aircraft arrive in Romania for NATO air policing mission
Sep 04, 2020 (UPI)
Six CF-18 Hornet planes and about 135 personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces Task Force-Romania received readiness certification in a ceremony Thursday at the M...
China threatens to retaliate after US tightens leash on Beijing diplomats
Sep 03, 2020 (AFP)
America's top diplomat Mike Pompeo introduced the restrictions on Wednesday, including mandating Chinese diplomats to seek approval to visit universities or mee...
US expands limitations on Chinese diplomats
Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China had limited US diplomats' movement and ability to meet with Chinese people for years with rules "far beyond diplomatic...
Philippines will not follow US in blacklisting China firms: official
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
Washington last week announced sanctions against 24 Chinese state-owned companies -- including subsidiaries of China Communications Construction Co, which is in...
Denmark summons Russian envoy over airspace violation
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
"I take very seriously Russia's unacceptable violation of Danish airspace. It is absolutely essential that everybody -- including Russia -- respects the ground ...
Indian special forces member killed in China border showdown
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
The death is the first reported from two incidents in 48 hours on the border which has heightened tensions between the giant nations just two months after a bat...
India, China in new border standoff
Aug 31, 2020 (AFP)
Accusations flew between the world's two most populous nations just two months after high-altitude hand-to-hand combat between their troops that left at least 2...
India accuses China of new 'provocative' border action
Aug 31, 2020 (AFP)
A defence ministry statement said the incidents happened in eastern Ladakh on Saturday night but did not indicate whether there was a new clash. Chinese People'...
Russian Su-27s intercept U.S. B-52s over Black Sea
Aug 29, 2020 (UPI)
A press release issued by the service Saturday said the Russian pilots "flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner" while crossing within 100 feet of the B-52,...
US warship sails near disputed islands in tense South China Sea
Aug 28, 2020 (AFP)
The Thursday operation came a day after China fired ballistic missiles into the sea as part of ongoing live-fire exercises, inflaming already high tensions betw...
NORAD intercepts three groups of Russian planes near Alaska
Aug 28, 2020 (UPI)
The Russian Tu-142 planes entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends outward from North America, late Thursday and came "within 50 nauti...
NATO chief urges Russia not to meddle in Belarus crisis
Aug 27, 2020 (AFP)
"Belarus is a sovereign and independent state. And nobody, including Russia, should interfere there," Stoltenberg was quoted as telling Germany's bestselling Bi...
US 'walking on thin ice' with spy plane flight
Aug 27, 2020 (XNA)
On Tuesday, a Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft trespassed into the no-fly zone that is hosting a live fire drill by the People's Liberation Ar...
SOUTHCOM, South American defense leaders look to strengthen partnerships
Aug 27, 2020 (UPI)
SOUTHCOM invited chiefs of defense from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Perú, Paraguay, Suriname and Uruguay to the annual confer...
Champagne tells China 'coercive diplomacy' won't work on Canada
Aug 27, 2020 (AFP)
Champagne said in a conference call after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Rome this week, "I was very clear (with him) that coercive diplomacy i...
US blacklists Chinese individuals, firms for South China Sea work
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
The 24 state-owned firms include subsidiaries of construction giant China Communications Construction Co., telecommunications firms and a unit of the China Ship...
Kremlin says Navalny not poisoned as West urges probe
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
The 44-year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner remains in a medically-induced coma in a Berlin hospital, where doctors said tests have shown he was poiso...
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