Iran launches detroyer in Caspian Sea
By Craig Giammona, NBC NewsWith President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looking on, Iran launched a domestically built destroyer in the Caspian Sea Sunday, the Iranian media reported.The event marked first...
View ArticleChina denies starting fire on Vietnamese fishing boat
Beijing admits navy shot flares at vessel in disputed waters but denies there was any damageChina has admitted firing flares at a Vietnamese fishing boat but denied the vessel caught fire as a result...
View ArticleChina blasts US for Asia-Pacific military build-up
With tensions high over North Korea, its ally releases defence white paper accusing Washington of stoking regional disputesChina's defence ministry has made a thinly veiled attack on the US for...
View ArticleSea Disputes, N. Korea in Spotlight at ASEAN Summit
(BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei) — Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to start negotiations on...
View ArticleMyanmar hails EU lifting of sanctions
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei—Myanmar on Tuesday hailed a European Union decision lifting political and economic sanctions against the former pariah state, pledging to continue its reforms and march...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian Nations Aim to Restore Unity at Annual Summit
Leaders of Southeast Asia are gathering in Brunei this week for an annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The regional group is trying to move forward with plans for economic...
View ArticleChina, 15 other Asian nations to start trade talks
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei—China and 15 other Asia-Pacific nations will kick off the first round of free trade talks next month to create one of the world's largest trading blocs, officials said...
View ArticleASEAN makes progress on trade, not on sea disputes
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei—Southeast Asian leaders were upbeat Thursday about progress made on an ambitious plan to weld the region into a European Union-style economic community as a counterweight to...
View ArticleASEAN to reach out to China on maritime disputes
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations stepped up efforts on Thursday to engage China in talks to resolve maritime tensions, with Thailand calling on foreign ministers to agree...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia's 2015 unity dream collides with reality
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations have quietly begun to row back on a deadline of forming an "economic community" by 2015, confirming what many economists and diplomats...
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