Greece has announced a significant weapons purchase as tensions with neighbouring Turkey rise.The new arms include 18 French Rafale fighter jets, four frigates and four navy helicopters, Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Erdoğan warns Macron: ‘Don’t mess with Turkey’
Turkish leader hits back after criticism from French president over warship deployment ... ( read original story ...)
Greece announces major arms purchase as Turkey tension rises
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday announced a "robust" arms purchase programme and an overhaul of the country's military amid rising tension with Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean ... ( read original story ...)
Greece to Buy New Planes, Frigates Amid Turkey Tensions
Greece’s prime minister has outlined plans to upgrade the country’s defense capabilities, including purchasing new fighter planes, frigates, helicopters and weapons systems. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suga says no limit to bonds government can issue
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who is set to become next prime minister, said on Sunday there was no limit to the bonds the government can issue to support an economy hit by the ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan: Thousands protest over gang rape investigation
Protests have taken place for a second day in several Pakistani cities after the gang rape of a woman on a highway. Comments made by a police chief about the victim's behavior have caused widespread ... ( read original story ...)
When a ‘heartbroken’ backpacker met The Beatles in India
When a 23-year-old Canadian man arrived at an ashram near India's holy city of Rishikesh in 1968 to meditate, he was told the place was out of bounds because The Beatles were living there. Paul ... ( read original story ...)
Culture clash: has Australia miscalculated in its feud with China?
When Scott Morrison met with about 10 of his hawkish backbench colleagues for a “fireside chat” at Parliament House in the middle of May, he had a clear message: Australia would stand up for its ... ( read original story ...)
Disney’s Mulan takes a kung fu kicking in China
For the Walt Disney studio, it must have seemed like a formula for a box office bonanza in China – a live-action retelling with Chinese stars of an adventure-packed folk-tale about a national heroine ... ( read original story ...)
Renewed Selling Pressure Predicted For Taiwan Stock Market
The Taiwan stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had stumbled more than 150 points or 1.1 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now ... ( read original story ...)