
App stores must register with state: China
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - App stores in China must register with the state from Monday, a government statement said, as China tightens its control over the internet.
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Shanghai (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - App stores in China must register with the state from Monday, a government statement said, as China tightens its control over the internet.
Jan 17, 2017

Phnom Penh (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - Cambodia has cancelled upcoming military exercises with the United States, the defence ministry said Tuesday, denying the decision was made to appease regional ally China, with which it conducted joint drills last month.
Jan 17, 2017

Manila (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - China's militarisation of the South China Sea is very troubling and neither peaceful nor friendly, the Philippines' defence secretary said on Tuesday.
Jan 17, 2017

Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - Chinese President Xi Jinping presented himself as a champion of globalisation Tuesday, lecturing the world elite in Davos on the dangers of protectionism and the futility of trade wars
Jan 17, 2017

Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - With Donald Trump about to get the keys to the White House and the political winds blowing a populist gale through Europe, the world's elite have been in need of a new saviour.
Jan 17, 2017

Brussels (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - Lithuania can use EU funds to install surveillance systems on its border with Russia's militarised Kaliningrad exclave but not to build a fence, the EU said on Tuesday.
Jan 17, 2017

Trieste, Italy (UPI) Jan 17, 2017 - Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has been selected to upgrade P61 offshore patrol vessels for the armed forces of Malta.
Jan 17, 2017

Ottawa (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - The second in command of Canada's military, Vice Admiral Mark Norman, was relieved of duty Monday, reportedly after leaking highly classified information.
Jan 16, 2017

Paris (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - French President Francois Hollande replied bluntly on Monday to Donald Trump's criticism of the European Union, saying the EU has no need for outside advice on its affairs.
Jan 16, 2017

Brussels (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - Angela Merkel led a sharp European response to US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday after he branded the NATO alliance obsolete and criticised the German chancellor's open-door refugee policy.
Jan 16, 2017

Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in Mosul on Monday retook an area where the jihadists levelled one of the city's most well-known shrines in 2014, officials said.
Jan 16, 2017

Vilnius (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - Lithuania said Monday it plans to use EU funds to build a fence on the border with Russia's highly militarised Kaliningrad exclave to boost security and prevent smuggling.
Jan 16, 2017

Pyongyang (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - That was a personal commission, says renowned North Korean sculptor Ro Ik-Hwa, pointing to a bust of A.Q. Khan, the Pakistani scientist denounced by the US as the world's greatest nuclear proliferator.
Jan 16, 2017

Brussels (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini on Monday insisted the bloc will stand by the Iran nuclear accord, bluntly condemned by US President-elect Donald Trump, because it serves Europe's security needs.
Jan 16, 2017

Berlin (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - NATO is obsolete, Germany's Angela Merkel made a catastrophic mistake on refugees, Brexit will be great and the US could cut a deal with Russia: Donald Trump unleashed a volley of broadsides Sunday in interviews with European media.
Jan 16, 2017

Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Jan 16, 2017 - President-elect Donald Trump, in remarks published on Sunday, described NATO as obsolete and suggested a deal with Russia that would reduce nuclear arsenals and ease sanctions on Moscow.
Jan 16, 2017