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China's Xi says ties with Russia became stronger in 2023
Dec 31, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing and Moscow are staunch allies and have strengthened their relationship even as Western countries have turned their backs on Russia over its military inv...
China names navy ex-chief as new defence minister
Dec 29, 2023 (AFP)
Dong's promotion comes at a sensitive time as Beijing ups military pressure on the self-ruled island of Taiwan ahead of presidential elections next month. It al...
US marks five years since Russian detention of ex-Marine Whelan
Dec 28, 2023 (AFP)
In an interview published last week, the 53-year-old Whelan told the BBC that he feels "abandoned" and betrayed by his country after being imprisoned in Russia ...
Turkish Parliament unlikely to vote on Sweden's NATO bid for weeks
Dec 28, 2023 (AFP)
Sweden's accession to the US-led Western alliance was approved by the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday, bringing an end in sight to a 19-month standoff that...
Sweden one step closer to NATO entry after approval vote in Turkish parliament
Dec 27, 2023 (UPI)
After Tuesday's vote, the measure faces final approval by the Turkish general assembly before Sweden would attain full NATO membership, however, no specific dat...
Turkey's parliament set to debate Sweden NATO bid
Dec 26, 2023 (AFP)
Sweden and Finland dropped decades of military non-alignment and sought to join the US-led defence organisation after Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Their bi...
Turkey parliament committee approves Sweden's NATO bid
Dec 26, 2023 (AFP)
Sweden's NATO bid had been stalled for months amid opposition from Turkey and Hungary and recently it was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdog...
Turkish parliament resumes debate Tuesday on Sweden NATO bid
Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)
Sweden and Finland dropped decades of military non-alignment and sought the nuclear protection afforded by the US-led defence organisation in response to Russia...
Top US, China military officers speak for first time in a year
Dec 21, 2023 (AFP)
China stopped the talks in late 2022 to express its displeasure over a visit by then-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, but leaders of the two countries a...
Ex-US Marine says he feels abandoned in Russian prison
Dec 20, 2023 (AFP)
Whelan, 53, has been behind bars since 2018 and is serving a 16-year sentence for spying, a charge the US government says is without merit. His is currently in ...
China's Xi says strong Russia ties a 'strategic choice'
Dec 20, 2023 (AFP)
The strong relationship between the two nations, which has endured despite Russia's military invasion of its neighbour Ukraine in early 2022, has faced pointed ...
Denmark to bolster US military ties
Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)
The agreement between the two NATO allies followed similar deals recently struck between the US and Nordic neighbours Sweden and Finland. "We are now strengthen...
Russian PM to visit China from Tuesday
Dec 18, 2023 (AFP)
China and Russia have ramped up economic and diplomatic cooperation in recent years, with ties growing closer since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine despite Beijing...
Germany to finish deploying brigade to Lithuania in 2027
Dec 18, 2023 (AFP)
"In just three years, at the end of 2027, the brigade will reach its full operational capacity," German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said during a visit to ...
Putin warns of 'problems' for Finland for joining NATO
Dec 17, 2023 (UPI)
The move, in addition to potentially heightening security tensions in Northern Europe and the alliance's 830 mile border with Russia Northern Europe, it is a bl...
Japan, ASEAN to boost security ties with eye on China
Dec 16, 2023 (AFP)
China claims almost the entire waterway, a vital trade corridor, and its increasingly aggressive behaviour in disputed areas has riled nations across the region...
United States to gain access to 15 military bases in Finland
Dec 15, 2023 (AFP)
"The Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is to be signed in Washington DC" on Monday by Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
EU leaders agree to open membership talks with Ukraine, Moldova
Dec 14, 2023 (UPI)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on X he was glad to receive news of the EU's decision at the Brussels summit and congratulated Moldovan Pr...
'Real risk' Putin won't stop warns NATO chief; Putin claims over 600,000 troops deployed
Dec 14, 2023 (AFP)
That prospect is why Ukraine's NATO allies must continue supporting Kyiv militarily, Stoltenberg stressed. "If Putin wins in Ukraine, there is real risk that hi...
Ukraine forces say shot down eight Kyiv-bound missiles
Dec 11, 2023 (AFP)
Kyiv has said that Russia has again prepared a campaign to pummel the country's energy infrastructure as freezing temperatures have hit. Officials in Kyiv said ...
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