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Biden and Putin to offer rival visions one year into Ukraine war
Feb 21, 2023 (AFP)
Biden met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday -- pledging fresh arms deliveries and "unwavering" American support -- days before the first annivers...
Swedish intelligence says 'security' threat worst since 1980s
Feb 20, 2023 (AFP)
"The risks to Swedish security have increased and the threats to Sweden have become broader and more complex," the Swedish Armed Forces said in a statement. The...
EU warns China supplying Russia arms would be 'red line'
Feb 20, 2023 (AFP)
Josep Borrell said he told China's top diplomat Wang Yi at a meeting over the weekend that "for us, it would be a red line in our relationship." "He told me tha...
US says China mulling arming Russia in Ukraine war
Feb 19, 2023 (AFP)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken leveled the allegations as US-Chinese relations have been further tested by Washington's shooting down this month of what it s...
Japan, China agree to hold senior-level defence talks
Feb 18, 2023 (AFP)
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi held a meeting for nearly an hour Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Securi...
Marcos insists Philippines 'will not lose one inch' of territory
Feb 18, 2023 (AFP)
Manila accused a Chinese security vessel of "aggressive actions", saying it used a military-grade laser light against a Philippine patrol boat in the disputed w...
Blinken, China's top diplomat in 'direct, candid talks' amid balloon spat
Feb 18, 2023 (AFP)
The highly anticipated meeting of the two senior officials came on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference amid growing tensions between Washington and ...
NATO chief says give Ukraine what they need to win': Warns on Russia, China ties
Feb 18, 2023 (AFP)
"We must give Ukraine what they need to win and prevail as a sovereign, independent nation in Europe," he will tell the Munich Security Conference, according to...
Finland wants to join NATO alongside Sweden: PM Marin
Feb 18, 2023 (AFP)
"We have sent a very clear signal and a very clear message to Turkey and also to Hungary... that we want enter NATO together and this is in the interest of ever...
Biden says will contact Xi in wake of balloon shoot-down
Feb 17, 2023 (AFP)
"I expect to be speaking with President Xi and... we're going to get to the bottom of this," Biden said in his most extensive public remarks since the incident ...
Prigozhin, Simonyan, Medvedev: the rise of the Russian hawk
Feb 16, 2023 (AFP)
Russia's warmongers used to be relegated to the margins of society but now they are basking in the limelight after the Kremlin ordered its army to Ukraine. Thes...
NATO chief tells Turkey to ratify Sweden, Finland membership
Feb 16, 2023 (AFP)
Stoltenberg arrived in Ankara 10 days after Turkey was hit by a massive earthquake that has claimed nearly 40,000 lives across the country's southeast and parts...
'We knew': NATO chief looks back at Russia's Ukraine invasion
Feb 16, 2023 (AFP)
Months of warnings from the head of the Western military alliance had hardened into certainty that Russian President Vladimir Putin would launch his all-out att...
US intercepts Russian aircraft near Alaska
Feb 16, 2023 (AFP)
The "routine" intercept of the four Russian planes -- which included Tu-95 bomber and Su-30 and Su-35 fighter aircraft -- took place on Tuesday, NORAD said in a...
Ukraine war boosts NATO, but China concerns the US: think-tank
Feb 15, 2023 (AFP)
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said that around 20 countries in Europe "announced either immediate uplifts to defence spending or a st...
NATO chief to push Sweden, Finland bids on Turkey visit
Feb 15, 2023 (AFP)
He is set to fly to Ankara on Thursday and also head to the region devastated by the quakes last week. Turkey's NATO counterparts have been pleading with Ankara...
NATO debates raising defence spending target
Feb 15, 2023 (AFP)
Moscow's nearly year-long all-out invasion of its neighbour has seen a string of European allies commit to spending billions more on their armed forces. Some at...
US seeks to deflate Chinese balloon worries; as US jets intercept Russian aircraft
Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)
The United States has been in a state of alarm since a huge white balloon from China was spotted tracking over a series of top secret nuclear weapons sites, bef...
Sweden, Finland joining NATO together not 'main question': Stoltenberg
Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)
Parliaments in all 30 members of the military alliance must formally ratify Finland and Sweden before they can be admitted. Turkey and Hungary are the only two ...
Ukraine war, US-China tensions in focus at key security meet
Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)
US Vice President Kamala Harris, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and the NATO chief Jens Stolte...
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