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New $775 mn US arms package to bolster Ukraine offensive ops
Aug 19, 2022 (AFP)
The Russian offensive which began February 24 has been brought to a standstill, a senior Pentagon official told reporters, and the new package includes a range ...
Finland to host talks with Sweden, Turkey
Aug 19, 2022 (AFP)
"Representatives of Finland, Sweden and Turkey will meet in Finland in August," Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told reporters. He did not provide a date but Tu...
China to send troops to Russia for joint military drills
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing and Moscow have close defence links and China has said it wants to push bilateral relations "to a higher level," even as Moscow faces international sanc...
High-ranked Japan and China officials hold seven-hour talks
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
Accepting an invitation from China, Takeo Akiba travelled to the city of Tianjin, southeast of Beijing, to meet Yang Jiechi on Wednesday afternoon, the official...
Erdogan throws Turkey's support behind Ukraine
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
The Turkish leader met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Lviv just two weeks after flying to Sochi for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Turkey says first Swedish extradition falls short of demands
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
NATO member Turkey is threatening to freeze Sweden's attempts to join the Western defence alliance unless it extradites dozens of people Ankara accuses of "terr...
Finland says Russian fighter jets 'suspected' of violating airspace
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
"Two Russian MIG-31 fighters are suspected of having violated Finnish airspace in the Gulf of Finland off Porvoo," the ministry said in a statement. The Finnish...
NATO says troops in Kosovo will intervene to keep peace
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
"Should stability be jeopardised, KFOR stands ready to intervene and will take any measure that is necessary to ensure a safe and secure environment and freedom...
Putin lashes out at US over Ukraine, Taiwan
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
"The situation in Ukraine shows that the US is trying to prolong this conflict. And they act in exactly the same way, fuelling the potential for conflict in Asi...
Chinese ship docks in Sri Lanka despite India, US concerns
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
The Yuan Wang 5 entered the deep-sea port after securing permission to enter Sri Lankan waters on the condition it would not engage in research, port officials ...
Indonesia, US troops hold live-fire drill as China tensions mount
Aug 12, 2022 (AFP)
The United States and its Asian allies have expressed growing concern about China's increasing assertiveness in the Pacific, but Washington said the drills were...
Sweden to extradite first Turk since NATO row
Aug 11, 2022 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to block both Sweden and Finland from NATO membership unless they meet several demands, including the extr...
Biden signs ratification of Finland, Sweden NATO bids
Aug 09, 2022 (AFP)
Biden said the two northern European countries would become "strong, reliable highly capable new allies" by making the "sacred commitment" to mutual defense in ...
Biden tries to heal Kentucky flood victims -- and country
Aug 09, 2022 (AFP)
A disaster zone, where floods have killed at least 37 people, might seem an odd place for optimism. The presidential motorcade rolled past scenes of savage natu...
China ends working with US on multiple issues; Sanctions Pelosi
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing will "suspend the China-US climate change talks" and nix plans for a call between military leaders as well as two security meetings, the foreign ministr...
US ratifies Finland, Sweden accession to NATO
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
The Senate voted 95 to 1 in favor of the two Nordic countries' accession, making the United States the 23rd of the 30 NATO countries to formally endorse it so f...
Pelosi Taiwan visit set to dominate ASEAN meet
Aug 03, 2022 (AFP)
Pelosi's dramatic late-night flight to Taipei, defying threats of reprisals by China, looks set to dominate the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Na...
Sri Lanka brushes aside Indian concerns on Chinese ship
Aug 02, 2022 (AFP)
The research and survey ship Yuan Wang 5 is due to dock in the Chinese-run Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka on August 11, according to analytics website Ma...
Russia says US, NATO 'main threats' to national security
Jul 31, 2022 (AFP)
The 55-page document said the "main challenges and threats" to national security and development were Washington's "strategic objective to dominate the world's ...
Blinken to meet new Philippine leader on alliance
Jul 29, 2022 (AFP)
Blinken will meet Marcos in Manila on August 6 as part of efforts "to strengthen the US-Philippines alliance" including on energy and trade, the State Departmen...
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