Trump's Asian tour to focus on North Korean threat

US President Donald Trump will tell leaders on a five-nation Asia tour the world is "running out of time" on North Korea's nuclear crisis and that he will give his strategy to isolate Pyongyang a few months before making adjustments, a top aide has said.

Japan PM Abe: way to peace treaty with Russia coming into sight

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday that a way to concluding a peace treaty with Russia is "coming into sight," raising hopes for tangible progress on a decades-old territorial row at bilateral summit meetings set for mid-December in Japan.

Duterte complains of U.S. to Putin: They are making wars, but are themselves afraid of participating in them.

Presidents of Russia and Philippines, Vladimir Putin and Rodrigo Duterte, on Saturday discussed development of bilateral ties on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru.

Russia expects explanations from Bern regarding fighters’ escort of Russian plane

The Russian Embassy in Switzerland has sent a note to that country’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), where it expressed bewilderment over the approach of the Swiss Air Force’s fighters to the plane of the Rossiya Special Flight Group and asked to give explanations, the embassy’s press service told TASS on Saturday.

Obama makes it difficult for Trump to mend ties with Moscow

The Kremlin on Thursday blamed outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama for the deterioration of ties with Russia, which it said would make it difficult for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to mend bilateral relations.

Greece is first stop for Obama on European trip

US President Barack Obama has arrived in Europe on his final foreign trip while in office.

World leaders must defy terrorism fear at Paris climate change talks (Obama)

Acts of terrorism will not stop the world from taking urgent action on global climate change at talks in Paris next month, US President Barack Obama said Sunday.

Japanese Plan for South China Sea Foray Meets With Chinese Warning

After Japan offered to dispatch its Self-Defense Forces to the South China Sea in a discussion with the US, China responded by warning that it will be on high alert for Japanese military intervention there.

China's Xi Jinping, Japan's Shinzo Abe hold meeting

China hopes that Japan continues to follow the path of peaceful development and adopt prudent military and security policies, Xi told Abe.

To build stable and healthy bilateral relations, Xi said, China and Japan must conform to the progressive trend of the times.

He urged Japan to "do more things that help enhance the mutual trust between Japan and its neighboring countries, and play a constructive role in safeguarding the region's peace and stability."

Chinese, Russian presidents vow to enhance energy cooperation

BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin vowed to enhance energy cooperation on Sunday.
Strengthening energy cooperation is of great significance to safeguarding the two countries' energy security, the two leaders agreed during their meeting ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting slated for Nov. 10-11.

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Η ενίσχυση της περιφερειακής συνεργασίας αποτελεί μονόδρομο για την ανάπτυξη των χωρών της Ασίας και του Ειρηνικού εν μέσω της οικονομικής κρίσης που μαστίζει τη Δύση, διαμήνυσε ο πρόεδρος της Ρωσίας, Βλαντιμίρ Πούτιν, απαντώντας σε ερωτήσεις επιχειρηματιών εν όψει της σημερινής συνόδου κορυφής των κρατών της Οικονομικής Συνεργασίας Ασίας-Ειρηνικού (APEC), στο Βλαδιβοστόκ. Ο Ρώσος ηγέτης αναφέρθηκε επανειλημμένα στον Κινέζο ομόλογό του, Χου Ζιντάο, ως έναν φίλο, στάθηκε στη σημασία της συνεργασίας μεταξύ Μόσχας και Πεκίνου, ενώ υποστήριξε ότι η χώρα του παραμένει ένας έμπιστος ενεργειακός προμηθευτής, στέλνοντας σαφές μήνυμα στην ΕΕ, η οποία ξεκίνησε έρευνα για τις τιμολογιακές πρακτικές της «Γκάζπρομ».