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China, Russia to further deepen partnership amid new international situation

RUSSIA (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have signed a joint statement to further deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership. Under historic new conditions, the two countries will be devoted to further consolidating their relations based on equality, mutual support, common prosperity and an enduring friendship, and will seek to promote deeper political mutual trust, practical cooperation, security cooperation, people-to-people exchanges and international coordination, the document signed on Tuesday in […]

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N. Korea claims major breakthrough with first ICBM test

by Max Delany with Sebastien Berger in Seoul Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — North Korea’s declaration of a successful first intercontinental ballistic missile test on Tuesday triggered a joint appeal from China and Russia for a military freeze to try and lower soaring tensions between Pyongyang and the United States. The launch came as Americans prepared to mark Independence Day and it sparked a Twitter outburst from President Donald Trump who urged China […]

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Russia, China urge freeze on N. Korea missile tests and US exercises

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia and China on Tuesday called for a simultaneous freeze on North Korean nuclear and missile tests and military exercises by the United States as tensions ratcheted up on the peninsula. “The two sides propose that the DPRK (North Korea) as a voluntary political decision declares a moratorium on testing nuclear explosive devices and ballistic rocket launches, and the US and South Korea refrain from carrying out large-scale joint exercises,” their […]

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Kremlin says Putin and Trump to meet Friday in Hamburg: news agencies

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold a first meeting with United States leader Donald Trump on Friday, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, the Kremlin said Tuesday. “It has been agreed for July 7,” top Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies, without giving further details. The much-hyped maiden encounter between the two leaders comes as Trump’s camp is under intense […]

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Duterte rides high after first year in office

Rodrigo Duterte ends his first year as Philippine president on Friday as a hugely popular leader. The 72-year-old has upended decades of foreign policy, steering away from traditional ally the United States while bringing the Philippines closer to China and Russia. An overwhelming majority of Filipinos support him, according to a series of surveys by pollsters over the past 12 months, with the most recent one showing 75 percent were satisfied with his administration’s performance. “People […]

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Syrian conflict risks becoming more complex: analyst

(Reuters) — Both the United States and Russia have made clear that they have been trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into the Syrian conflict, a Syrian analyst said Tuesday. Despite the efforts to reach a political settlement for the Syrian crisis, the situation on the ground has grown increasingly complex over the past few months. In mid-March, Syrian government forces and the opposition engaged in the most intense fighting in almost a year in […]

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Russian FM urges US to prevent ‘provocations’ in Syria

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday urged United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to prevent “provocations” against Syrian government forces, the foreign ministry said. In a phone call initiated by Tillerson, Lavrov “called on Washington to take steps to prevent provocations against Syrian government forces carrying out operations against terrorists,” it said in a statement. The communique was issued after Israel said it had fired on Syrian regime positions […]

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Macron says France will not recognize Crimea ‘annexation’

PARIS, France (AFP) — President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France refuses to recognize Russia’s “annexation” of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea but that he hoped to make progress toward peace. Macron said after meeting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Paris that his approach to future talks was unambiguous: “France is committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty with its recognised borders,” he said. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 after a military intervention in eastern Ukraine. The new […]

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Exclusive: Russia fully supports PHL government’s fight vs terrorism in Marawi, says ambassador

Stresses importance of united front to fight int’l terrorism based on Russia’s experience     QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Russian ambassador to the Philippines H. E. Igor Khovaev said Russia “fully supports” the Philippine government’s fight against terrorism in Mindanao, saying the terrorist attack in Marawi City was “an attack on all of us.” “I would like first to emphasize that we fully support a fair, legitimate struggle for the Philippine nation against […]

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Putin launches deep-water phase of TurkStream gas pipeline

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday launched the deep-water phase of the TurkStream gas pipeline project, calling Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan from a ship off the Black Sea coast. TurkStream will deliver Russian gas to Turkey and is eventually intended to serve the European Union. “Go!” Putin said, pressing a button on the Pioneering Spirit pipelaying ship, the world’s largest construction vessel, to formally launch the work, accompanied by Gazprom energy […]

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Russia warships and sub fire cruise missiles at Syria: Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Two Russian warships and a submarine in the Mediterranean have fired missiles at Islamic State group targets in Syria, the defense ministry said Friday. It said that Turkish and Israeli military “were informed in a timely manner of the missile launches through communication channels,” but it did not mention the United States. Russia suspended its communication channel with the US about military operations in Syria from Monday after a US jet […]

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US-led coalition downs Iran-made drone in Syria

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — A United States warplane shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by pro-regime forces in Syria early Tuesday, officials said, prompting growing international concern over rising tensions between the two sides. Russia, a key ally of the Syrian regime, accused the US-led coalition of “complicity with terrorism” after the drone was downed in southern Syria. It comes days after a US warplane shot down a Syrian government fighter jet in the north […]

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