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Oct 16, 2023 (SPX)

In his new book, Russo-Ukrainian War: Implications for the Asia Pacific, University of North Carolina's Professor of Economics Steven Rosefielde documents and e...

China prepares for summit under shadow of Israel-Gaza war

Oct 16, 2023 (AFP)

At the top of the invitation list to China's Belt and Road Initiative forum is Russia's President Vladimir Putin, on his first trip to a major global power sinc...

Blinken asks China to use 'influence' for Middle East calm; as China replies kind

Oct 14, 2023 (AFP)

The top US diplomat, who was visiting Saudi Arabia, had a "productive" one-hour telephone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, State Department spokesman...

Putin expected in Beijing, more dependent than ever on China

Oct 14, 2023 (AFP)

Beijing is hosting representatives of 130 countries on October 17-18 to mark a decade of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- a key geopolitical project of Pre...

China calls on US to play 'responsible role' in Israel-Gaza conflict

Oct 14, 2023 (AFP)

"The United States should practically play a constructive and responsible role, pushing the issue back on track for a political settlement as soon as possible,"...

Blinken offers 'ironclad' U.S. support to Israel in meeting with Netanyahu

Oct 12, 2023 (UPI)

Blinken shared a photo of him shaking hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he pledged U.S. support. "I met with Netanyahu in Israel today to reiterat...

Turkey 'stands by' deal on Sweden joining NATO: Stoltenberg

Oct 12, 2023 (AFP)

Ankara is facing growing pressure from its NATO counterparts to approve Stockholm's bid to join after well over a year of delay. Only Turkey and Hungary are yet...

Two senior Poland military leaders resign

Oct 10, 2023 (AFP)

The two generals did not give a reason for their departure. But Polish media said they had decided to step down after a long-running conflict with Defence Minis...

Turkey takes command of NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo

Oct 10, 2023 (AFP)

Around 30 gunmen ambushed a police patrol in the village of Banjska, near the northern border with Serbia in late September, killing a Kosovo police officer. It...

Russia, Arab League will work to 'stop bloodshed' in Israel, Gaza: Lavrov

Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)

Aboul Gheit was in Moscow for talks after the massive assault on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. "I am sure that Russia and the Arab League (wil...

Xi tells top senator US-China relations impact 'destiny of mankind'

Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the latest high-level US official to go to China as Washington seeks to ease tensions with Beijing, leading a six-person...

Biden says Xi meeting in November 'a possibility'

Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)

The leaders of the rival powers have not met in person or spoken for nearly a year, and tensions have mounted as an increasingly assertive China and the United ...

Maldives pro-China winner to eject Indian troops

Oct 03, 2023 (AFP)

Muizzu, 45, addressing his first public rally after winning Saturday's runoff election stopped short of naming India, the only foreign power with a military dep...

Biden reassures shaken allies on Ukraine aid

Oct 03, 2023 (AFP)

Biden spoke with the leaders of Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, the heads of the EU and NATO, and the foreign minister of France as fea...

NATO boosts Kosovo presence with 600 UK troops

Oct 01, 2023 (AFP)

They are from a reserve force made available at the weekend to KFOR, the force deployed by NATO in Kosovo, to deal with the situation and the resurgence of tens...

Top US military officer General Mark Milley retires

Sep 29, 2023 (AFP)

General CQ Brown will replace him, becoming the second Black officer after Colin Powell to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a time when the Pe...

France calls on Turkey, Hungary to deliver on Sweden NATO bid

Sep 28, 2023 (AFP)

Hungary and Turkey in July lifted their vetoes against Sweden's entry into the Atlantic alliance, but have been slow to ratify its membership. "We would like to...

US government readies for imminent shutdown

Sep 28, 2023 (AFP)

Without an agreement, funding for much of the federal government will expire at midnight on Saturday (0400 GMT Sunday), threatening disruptions to everything fr...

Blinken says China wants to be 'dominant power' in world

Sep 28, 2023 (AFP)

Successive US presidents have called China the top long-term challenge to the United States, but some US analysts have seen Beijing's ambitions as more focused ...

Ukraine closer to NATO 'than ever' as Russia reduced to Iran, NKorea deals

Sep 28, 2023 (UPI)

"When I was last here in April, we discussed our preparations for NATO's Vilnius Summit. And your preparations for the counteroffensive," Stoltenberg said in a ...