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U.S., Poland complete enhanced defense agreement
Aug 03, 2020 (UPI)
The EDCA "provides the required legal framework, infrastructure and equitable burden-sharing essential to deepening our defense cooperation," the embassy statem...
U.S. Navy, Air Force hold unannounced exercise in Black Sea
Aug 03, 2020 (UPI)
The training mission was conducted in international waters and airspace within the Black Sea as an opportunity for U.S. forces to integrate, operate and communi...
Poland says US to deploy troops on eastern border
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday the Pentagon will be sending home about 6,400 military personnel from Germany, and move nearly 5,600 to other ...
Russia jails US ex-marine for 9 years over police assault
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Reed, a 29-year-old student and former marine from Texas, allegedly attacked police after attending a party in Moscow. He appeared wearing a facemask in a cage ...
Hong Kong row has 'poisoned' ties with UK: China ambassador
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Liu Xiaoming also accused Western powers and media of spreading "the lies of the century" in their reporting of the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China. "China...
In pulling troops, Trump doesn't hide spite for Merkel
Jul 29, 2020 (AFP)
Trump has clashed with plenty of US allies but he has appeared to have special enmity for Merkel, whose liberal, technocratic approach on issues from the corona...
US to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from Germany
Jul 29, 2020 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the Pentagon will be sending home about 6,400 of its military personnel in Germany, and move nearly 5,600 to other NAT...
Pentagon to reposition forces in Europe after EUCOM posture review
Jul 29, 2020 (UPI)
Speaking at the Pentagon, Esper announced the start of plans for repositioning U.S. forces in Europe, known as the European Command or EUCOM. The plan includes ...
China foreign minister slams US 'reckless provocation'
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
Wang Yi warned in a call with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian that China-US relations could "fall into the abyss of confrontation", according to a tra...
US, Australia open talks focused on China
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper welcomed to Washington their Australian counterparts, Marise Payne and Linda Reynolds, for tw...
Beijing says troops disengaged on most of China-India border
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
Tensions soared between the world's two most populous nations in June after the deadliest fighting in decades erupted between Indian and Chinese troops on the H...
US, Australia seek new military cooperation in face of China
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
Going ahead in Washington with annual talks despite the coronavirus pandemic, Australia's foreign and defense ministers offered clear, if more mildly stated, su...
U.S. 7th Army prepares for 'Saber Junction 20' exercise
Jul 27, 2020 (UPI)
The annual event is conducted by the 7th Army Training Command and directed by U.S. Army Europe. It is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd...
Chinese authorities takeover closed US consulate in Chengdu
Jul 27, 2020 (AFP)
Relations have deteriorated in recent weeks in an intensifying standoff between Washington and Beijing, with the Chengdu mission ordered to shut in retaliation ...
US to unveil plans soon for repositioning forces in Europe: officials
Jul 27, 2020 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump approved plans in late June to withdraw 9,500 American troops from Germany, and was to present them first to the US Congress and then ...
Half century on, US hawks revive criticism of China normalization
Jul 27, 2020 (AFP)
US hawks have now revived an alternative view -- that normalization was a mistake that, in the view of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, set the stage for an aggr...
US consulate in China readies for closure as diplomatic row rages
Jul 25, 2020 (AFP)
The Chengdu mission was ordered shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston, Texas, with both sides alleging the other had enda...
US-China ties fray as Beijing's Houston consulate is closed
Jul 25, 2020 (AFP)
Chinese officials were seen loading large sacks of objects and documents onto U-Haul trucks and tossing more into dumpster bins at the country's large mission i...
Australia rejects Beijing's South China Sea claims, backing US
Jul 25, 2020 (AFP)
In a statement filed on Thursday, Australia said there was "no legal basis" to several disputed Chinese claims in the sea including those related to the constru...
China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
Jul 24, 2020 (AFP)
The announcement of the closure followed a torrent of warnings from top American officials about the "tyranny" of China, and Chinese nationals being indicted in...
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