投稿者: AFP in Washington
Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile productionChina is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technolog…
Fumio Kishida outlines step change in US-Japan security alliance after White House meeting with Joe BidenJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has pledged to modernise his country’s military alongside US president Joe Biden, warning that Russia’s inva…
Strike that killed 10 civilians represented ‘a breakdown in process’, not negligence or misconduct, spokesperson saysNo US troops or officials will face disciplinary action for a drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians, includin…
Marina LeGree claims group of Americans and at-risk Afghans prevented from flying for a weekJoe Biden’s administration is facing mounting pressure amid reports that several hundred people, including Americans, had been prevented for a week from flying …
China considers recovering control of Taiwan its ‘No 1 priority’Adm John Aquilino is nominated to head Indo-Pacific CommandThe Chinese threat to invade Taiwan is serious and more imminent than many understand, the US admiral chosen to lead the Pentagon…
State department says ‘no credible’ evidence the East Turkestan Islamic Movement exists The United States has removed from its list of terror groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinji…
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps assets frozenPompeo: China’s treatment of minorities is ‘stain of the century’The United States has imposed sanctions on a major economic and paramilitary organization with vast interests in China’s north-west…
But Moscow warns against insisting on including China in New Start negotiationsRussia has confirmed that it will open talks with the US this month on extending a major nuclear disarmament treaty but warned that Washington’s insistence on including Chin…
Commission says religious minorities face ‘increasing assault’ under Narendra Modi but state department unlikely to take actionA US government panel has called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a “drastic” downturn under the pri…