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Chinese nuclear-powered submarine sank earlier this year, US official says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its military capabilities. China already has the largest navy in the world, with over 370 ships, and it has embarked on production of a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines. A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said China’s new first-in-class nuclear-powered attack submarine […]

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China wants freedom of navigation, overflight in final Code of Conduct on South China Sea

Ambassador says China would like to finalize COC while PHL is still coordinator of China-ASEAN dialogue (Eagle News) – China would want to finish the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea where freedom of navigation and overflight is maintained while the Philippines is still the country coordinator of China-ASEAN relations, according to China’s ambassador to the Philippines. During the reception on Monday for the 92nd Founding Anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army, Chinese […]

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West Bank votes in polls underlining Palestinian split

by Sarah Benhaida Agence France-Presse RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories – Palestinians in the occupied West Bank voted Saturday in municipal elections that underscored deep rifts between president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party and Islamist rival Hamas which runs the Gaza Strip. Their failure to reconcile is seen as a major obstacle to any settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The West Bank and Gaza have not participated in an election together since 2006, when Hamas swept Palestinian parliamentary […]

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