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Brunei , officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (, Jawi: ), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia.
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The Pentagon will shift more Navy warships to the Asia-Pacific region over the next several years and by 2020, about 60 percent of the fleet will be assigned there as part of a new strategy to increase U.
S. presence in Asia, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday.While noting it may take years to complete the transition, Panetta assured his audience at a security conference in Singapore that U.S. budget problems and cutbacks would not get in the way of changes. He said the Defense Department has money in the five-year budget plan to meet those goals.Speaking at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue conference, Panetta provided some of the first real details of the Pentagon's impending pivot to the Pacific."It will take years for these concepts, and many of the investments we are making, to be fully realized," Panetta said in remarks prepared for delivery at the conference. "But make no mistake, in a steady, deliberate and sustainable way, the United States military is rebalancing and br...Republican Sen. John McCain called for the Obama administration to ramp up its free trade agenda in Asia and suspend U.S. economic sanctions on Myanmar, although ret...
A U.S. army commander said Tuesday that a joint military drill that has brought together forces from 19 countries in Jordan is not meant as a threat to neighboring S...
Brunei's flamboyant Prince Jefri Bolkiah tried to play by his own "royal rules" in dealing with two British lawyers he has accused of stealing from him, one of their...
Two British attorneys won a multimillion-dollar tussle with Brunei's Prince Jefri Bolkiah on Wednesday after a trial that provided a glimpse into the prince's jet-se...
It involves royalty, loyalty, big money, supposedly illicit transactions and sexually explicit statues. In other words, it's not your average lawsuit.Brunei's notori...
Stand on the Beverly Hills Hotel's red carpet, leading into its chandeliered lobby, and you can't help but visualize a century's worth of celebrities, royalty, polit...
The British government warned Syria's Olympic leader on Wednesday that he could be banned from attending the London Games because of his close ties with President Ba...
The dispute between China and the Philippines over the countries' maritime boundaries seems to have moved to a much more dangerous level -- and could soon include th...
China's first deep water oil drill is ready to start production in the South China Sea amid an ongoing standoff with the Philippines in another section of the contes...
It started like many other minor confrontations over the specks of isles dotting some of the world's busiest shipping lanes. But the risks in the latest flare-up ove...
Vijay Joshi, a long-time foreign correspondent for The Associated Press who has worked in Asia and the Middle East, has been named assistant editor for the Asia-Paci...
The Philippines on Friday accused China of escalating the countries' 10-day standoff in the disputed South China Sea by sending a third patrol vessel to a shoal wher...
The Pentagon will shift more Navy warships to the Asia-Pacific region over the next several years, and by 2020, about 60 percent of the fleet will be assigned there ...
The United States must show stronger international leadership to halt the violence in Syria, which could become a significant issue in this year's presidential campa...
Describing talks with Saudi Arabia as "not an easy situation," IOC President Jacques Rogge said the Olympic body is still working with the Gulf country on sending fe...
After playing only one event on the European Senior Tour, Roger Chapman showed up at the Senior PGA Championship in fine form.Chapman shot a 3-under 68 on Thursday t...
LONDON -- The Sultan of Brunei's ex-wife has accused a female bodyguard of stealing £12 million ($18.8 million) worth of rare diamonds from her London home and repla...
Ignatius Stephen, a top Bruneian journalist who reported from the oil-rich sultanate on Borneo island for about 50 years, has died. He was 75.Stephen's news website ...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — Brunei's sultan announced Wednesday he is divorcing his Malaysian wife after five years of marriage.Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the 6...
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