Defence`s Feeds

Venezuela has formally applied to join the BRICS group and is expecting a positive decision on the matter, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said.

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The amphibious assault ship USS America was abuzz with activity as Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepared to make an amphibious assault from the Coral Sea in Queensland, Australia.

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The U.S. State Department on Wednesday ordered a partial evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Niger, citing the unstable situation in the west African country following a recent coup.

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Military chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were set to hold talks Wednesday in the Nigerian capital Abuja about last week's coup in Niger, while several European nations work to evacuate their nationals from Niger.

Military chiefs from the West African bloc ECOWAS are holding talks in Nigeria Wednesday about last week's coup in Niger. Earlier this week, the regional economic bloc set a deadline for junta leaders to restore ousted president Mohamed Bazoum or face a possible military intervention. The warning prompted a sharp counter-warning from two of Niger's neighbors who also have leaders that came to power

A YU-20 tanker aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force and a J-15 carrier-based fighter jet of the PLA Navy have conducted their first in-flight refueling exercise. Experts said on Wednesday that this exercise has displayed the systematic integration among different PLA services and will enhance the capabilities of Chinese aircraft carriers.

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The Department of Homeland Security has banned imports into the United States of goods produced by a Chinese battery maker and a spice maker due to their alleged use of forced Uyghur labor, prompting complaints from China's foreign ministry about a smear campaign.

Reclamation projects in Manila Bay being built by a Chinese firm on a U.S. blacklist could have "irreversible environmental impacts," the American embassy here warned on Wednesday.

The US State Department announced that it has invited China's newly reappointed Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, to visit the US, while the Chinese side released no information about the invitation as of press time despite confirmation of the meeting between a senior Chinese diplomat and senior US officials from the

Weeks ahead of a planned U.S.-Japan-South Korea summit in the United States, Beijing is making its own push for increased engagement with its two Asian neighbors. Experts say the move is in concert with Beijing's efforts to bolster ties with North Korea and Russia.

Republican candidates for their party's presidential nomination are increasingly open to the idea of ending the trade relationship between the U.S. and China that, since 2000, has given Beijing permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status and has smoothed commerce between the world's two largest economies.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also the military's commander-in-chief, this week replaced two leaders of the elite force overseeing the People's Liberation Army's conventional and nuclear missiles.

At least 20 people have died and hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated, as torrential downpours continue to batter northern China on Wednesday, as the Chinese capital saw its heaviest rainfall since records began 140 years ago.