China's top diplomat Wang Yi told the Indian foreign minister that bilateral ties need to be stabilised, as the two Asian neighbours searched for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their vast border. On the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Wang told Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar that mutual support between the two nations is needed instead of suspicion, according to a readout from the Chinese foreign ministry. India and China share a 3,800-km (2,360-mile) frontier, much of it poorly marked, and fought a brief but bloody war over it in 1962.
China has expanded its military drills in the Bohai and Yellow seas, raising tensions between Beijing and Taipei following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The situation also comes as China deplyed two drones into Japan's air space.
And to make people question that sense of security. although there is also probably the belief that this individual suspected of doing this might have had motivations that are far different from the average person in japan who wouldn t even think about pulling out a gun and using it against someone else never mind trying to assassinate the former prime minister. but the shockwaves also come in terms of why would this have happened. shinzo abe, he did have some controversial political views in terms of japan s defensive posture, giving a more assertive role to the self-defense force. he spoke out very often about the island of taiwan and the need for japan to come to its defense, to defend self governing democracy in a region at a time that china is heightening its military tensions. and that is why i think that you have all these leaders from the taiwanese president and you mentioned donald trump tweeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reportedly exchanged personal "letters of friendship" with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In who is the outgoing president of the South. The letters are believed to be an "expression of their deep trust" with each other.
Mr. putin. he s built-up this force. he s had this option all along. he s going to play it for all it s worth. we don t know if he s made the decision, but let s don t blame ourselves. this all in his hands. so as the military tensions grow, questions about when a possible invasion could come. i spoke about that with the director of the eurasia democracy initiative. obviously vladimir putin wants to continue making a credible threat, so everything that is happening could be interpreted as either signs of an imminent invasion or a vladimir putin bluff. but part of his bluff is once again to make it seem like an invasion can happen at any moment. this is done while negotiations are happening just took place in berlin as part of the normandy talks to try to