Singapore slaps S$180,000 fine on North Korea-linked shipper
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore-based Chinpo Shipping Company (Private) Ltd was fined S$180,000 ($125,698) on Friday for facilitating a shipment of arms to North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions.
Chinese sonar vessel to join search for missing Malaysian jet
SYDNEY (Reuters) – China is set to join the underwater search for a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet missing for almost two years by providing a sonar-equipped vessel by the end of February, Australia’s deputy prime minister Warren Truss said on Friday….
North Korea activity points to possible space launch: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has seen increased activity around a North Korean missile site, suggesting preparations for a possible space launch in the near future, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.
Not Top Gun yet: China struggles with warplane engine technology
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China has built a potent military machine over the past 30 years but is struggling to develop advanced engines that would allow its warplanes to match Western fighters in combat, foreign and Chinese industry sources said.
Obama calls for efforts to counter Islamic State in Libya
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by Islamic State to expand into Libya and other countries, the White House said.
Satellite images show five possible Burundi mass graves: Amnesty
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Satellite images show five possible mass graves on the outskirts of Burundi’s capital at sites consistent with testimony by witnesses who accused security forces of killing dozens of people in December, Amnesty International …
South African racial tensions thwart opposition challenge to ANC
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A racist Facebook post by a member of South Africa’s main opposition party has caused a national furor and left it scrambling to shake off its image of an organization that chiefly serves the interests of the minority white com…
Australian counter-terrorism police raid Melbourne properties
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian counter-terrorism police on Friday morning said they had raided multiple properties in Melbourne amid heightened fears of attacks by home-grown militants inspired by Islamic State.
North Korea possibly tested components of hydrogen bomb on Jan. 6: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea might have attempted to test components of a hydrogen bomb on Jan. 6, CNN reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed U.S. official.
Four soldiers killed in two separate attacks in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Four Malian soldiers were killed on Thursday, the army said, in two separate attacks in the country’s desert north where an Islamist insurgency has re-erupted in recent months.
