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India-China generals to meet over frontier dispute
Jun 06, 2020 (AFP)
Ahead of the talks, here are the key points that have led to the dispute and the pitfalls as the two nations, who fought a 1962 border war and have clashed many...
US accuses China of using Floyd death for propaganda
Jun 06, 2020 (AFP)
"As with dictatorships throughout history, no lie is too obscene, so long as it serves the Party's lust for power," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a sta...
US planning to slash troops in Germany: As Conservatives criticize plan
Jun 05, 2020 (AFP)
The newspaper said the Defense Department would cut the number of military personnel by 9,500 from the current 34,500 permanently assigned to Germany postings. ...
EU-China video summit planned this month
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
The virtual meeting between the heads of the EU institutions and top Chinese officials will be used to prepare a future physical summit. A planned gathering of ...
India, Australia strengthen defence ties as China tensions loom
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
In a virtual summit held online as the coronavirus pandemic restricts international travel, the two leaders signed a Mutual Logistics Support Arrangement as the...
Trump trying to 'divide' America: ex-Pentagon chief Mattis
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
Mattis, who resigned in December 2018 over Trump's ordering of a full troop withdrawal from Syria, also voiced support for the demonstrators whose anti-racism r...
UK banking giants back China's Hong Kong security law
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing announced plans last month to bypass Hong Kong's legislature and impose the law, following seven straight months of huge and often violent pro-democracy...
Trump's relations with military veer toward breakdown
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
Esper's announcement Wednesday that he opposed deploying active military to quell nationwide protests over police brutality was an extraordinary pushback to the...
China warns Britain interfering in Hong Kong will 'backfire'
Jun 03, 2020 (AFP)
The United States and Britain have enraged Beijing with their criticism of planned national security legislation that critics fear would destroy the semi-autono...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper invited to Moscow Victory Day parade
Jun 03, 2020 (UPI)
The counterparts spoke Tuesday, exchanging views on controlling the COVID-19 virus, regional security, arms control and other topics, the Russian Defense Minist...
China sea security issues pushed Philippine U-turn on US troop pact
Jun 03, 2020 (AFP)
The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Tuesday it had suspended plans to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), a deal that is im...
Pentagon chief opposes using active duty troops to quell protests
Jun 03, 2020 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of demonstrators had defied night-time curfews in several US cities going into a ninth day of unrest to voice anger over the death of George F...
September's EU-China summit cancelled due to virus
Jun 03, 2020 (AFP)
In phone calls between Merkel, European Council president Charles Michel and China's President Xi Jinping, the leaders agreed "that the meeting could not take p...
Philippine exit from key US military pact 'suspended'
Jun 02, 2020 (AFP)
Duterte in February gave notice to Washington he was axing the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) after accusing the US of interference in his internationally cond...
Trump's incongruous day of astronauts and race riots
May 31, 2020 (AFP)
As Trump witnessed the successful launch of American astronauts into space from US soil for the first time in nine years, the anger aroused by the death of an u...
Growing US-China rivalry seen fueling UN paralysis amid virus crisis
May 31, 2020 (AFP)
As recently as 2017, an understanding between Washington and Beijing allowed the United Nations on three occasions -- involving separate sets of economic sancti...
Chinese media use race clashes to criticise US over Hong Kong
May 31, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing has long been infuriated by criticism from Western capitals, especially Washington, over its handling of the pro-democracy protests that shook Hong Kong...
India's 'pride' will be defended in new China border flareup: minister
May 31, 2020 (AFP)
Singh also said in a television interview late Saturday that India has turned down a mediation offer by US President Donald Trump. Hundreds of Indian and Chines...
China slams 'senseless' US move at UN over Hong Kong
May 29, 2020 (AFP)
The US, Britain, Canada and Australia led criticism of the planned law, which would punish secession, subversion of state power, terrorism and acts that endange...
Caution on China from EU, West's 'soft underbelly'
May 29, 2020 (AFP)
After a video conference with 27 foreign ministers, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed "grave concern" but he could threaten no sanctions and said ...
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