Japan to send Self-Defense Forces to Philippine typhoon zone
Japan is to send troops to the Philippines to help with relief efforts after a super typhoon killed thousands, with 40 people set to leave as soon as possible, the government said on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleAfghan probe into civilian killings stymied by US refusal to cooperate
Afghanistan’s intelligence service has chosen to abandon its investigation into a number of civilian deaths in Wardak province, following US refusal to look into claims of Special Forces complicity in...
View ArticleNew York Times Suggests Greece Heading Toward Civil War
The New York Times estimate in their editorial that: “The further rise of SYRIZA and Golden Dawn can lead the country into civil war.” The article, signed by Nikos Konstantaras, columnist for the Greek...
View ArticleIran ’s 2nd nuclear plant to be built
Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi has expressed hope that ground will be broken for the nation’s second nuclear power plant in early 2014 with Russian cooperation. “We hope to see the construction...
View ArticleTurkey Found Guilty For Bombing Civilians In 1994
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Turkey to pay 2.3 million euros to victims of the bombing of two Kurdish villages in 1994. Turkey was found guilty of the attack, having blamed it on...
View ArticleIsrael Hosts Major Cyber-War Simulation
The SIMLAB simulation unit, headed by Dr. Haim Asa, is a part of the Yuval Neeman Workshop for Science, Technology and Defense. The unit was established in order to assist decision makers and recommend...
View ArticleRussia to Start Building 5th Borey Nuclear Submarine in 2014
The construction of a fifth Borey-class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine is expected to begin in late 2014, Russia’s navy chief Adm.Viktor Chirkov said Wednesday. “We have a state defense...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Releases Draft Chapter For Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) On...
WikiLeaks released a draft chapter of a secret international trade agreement that could create tougher laws on digital copyrights and freedom of speech. The 95-page chapter, part of a broader agreement...
View ArticleSyrian rebels claim they captured government drone, reveal images found inside
Syrian rebels this week showed off a miniature drone that they claim to have brought down using frequency interference. Fighters from the Free Syrian Army told Reuters that the unmanned,...
View ArticleIsraeli soldier sabotages fighter jets, disables entire squadron
An indictment was filed Wednesday with the Jaffa Military Court against an IDF soldier, who serves as a technician in the Israeli Air Force Ramat David base in northern Israel, on charges of...
View ArticlePalestinian villages subject to Israeli mock raids not told they are exercises
Palestinian civilians are being embroiled in Israeli military training, including mock arrests, raids on private homes and incursions into villages, without being told they are involved in army...
View ArticleResearchers created cloak invisible to radar systems
The last thing two University of Toronto researchers want to hear is a Klingon joke. It seems to be the only point of reference lay people have when discussing their latest discovery: an invisibility...
View ArticleRussia, Serbia Ink Military Cooperation Agreement
Russia and Serbia signed an agreement Wednesday on military cooperation as part of further development of the strategic partnership between the two countries. The deal was overseen in Belgrade by...
View ArticleNSA can retrieve, replay phone calls
America’s National Security Agency has technology that is capable of recording the phone calls of an entire country and replaying them later, a report based on leaked documents said Tuesday. The...
View ArticleVisa and MasterCard block Russian bank customers
Visa and MasterCard have blocked credit card services to some Russian bank customers as a result of US sanctions. Four banks are so far affected, all of which have links to Russians blacklisted by the...
View ArticleRussia imposes retaliatory sanctions against Canada
Moscow has imposed sanctions on Canada in response to sanctions that Ottawa earlier introduced against some Russian officials in connection with the situation in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry...
View ArticleUS: Gunman dead after injuring 6 at FedEx plant in Georgia – VIDEO
A gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday, injuring six people before killing himself, police say. Police say the suspect in a shooting at a Kennesaw FedEx facility has...
View ArticleAmericans Want to Pull Back From World Stage, Poll Finds
Americans in large numbers want the U.S. to reduce its role in world affairs even as a showdown with Russia over Ukraine preoccupies Washington, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. In a marked...
View ArticleChina poised to pass US as world’s leading economic power this year
The US is on the brink of losing its status as the world’s largest economy, and is likely to slip behind China this year, sooner than widely anticipated, according to the world’s leading statistical...
View ArticleMore Than 100 Injured in Florida Jail Explosion – VIDEO
A gas explosion at a jail has injured 100 to 150 inmates and corrections officers, a county spokeswoman said. The explosion happened around 11 p.m. CDT Wednesday in Escambia County jail’s booking...
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