Chinese military spending exceeds $145 billion, drones advanced: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese military spending exceeded $145 billion last year as it advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, the Pentagon said on Thursday, offering a far higher figure than Bei…
Iran train crash kills at least 10, injures dozens: report
ANKARA (Reuters) – A passenger train collided with a freight train in northern Iran on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, Iranian media reported.
As Ukraine moves on rebel stronghold, residents live with sound of shelling
SLAVIANSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Only one of the Ukrainian army checkpoints encircling the separatist stronghold of Slaviansk, where a military operation was in its third day on Thursday, was letting traffic through – most on its way out.
Hollande bids to use D-Day encounters for Ukraine thaw
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande urged world leaders arriving in France on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two’s D-Day landings to use the occasion to ease tensions over the Ukraine crisis.
Canadian police killings spawn massive manhunt
MONCTON New Brunswick (Reuters) – Canadian police mounted a massive hunt on Thursday for a 24-year-old man armed with high-powered weapons who they suspect shot dead three police officers and wounded two more in the eastern city of Moncton.
Bergdahl had left his unit before, but returned: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military investigation of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s capture by the Taliban found he had slipped away from his unit before but had always returned, raising questions about whether or not he was deserting when he disappe…
German committee wants to question Snowden in Moscow
BERLIN (Reuters) – With backing from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s grand coalition government, a German parliamentary committee wants to meet former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden in Moscow in the coming weeks, German network ARD reported on …
With Russia outside the tent, G7 takes aim at Moscow
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States and its allies used the first Group of Seven meeting without Russia in 17 years to condemn Moscow’s actions in Ukraine and threaten hard-hitting sanctions if President Vladimir Putin does not help restore stabilit…
Libyan coastguard detains 114 African migrants in packed boat
GHARBOULI Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s coastguard detained 114 African migrants in a packed boat headed for Europe on Thursday, officials said.
Angered by Palestinian unity government, Israel to build more settler homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel announced on Thursday plans to build some 3,000 more settler homes in occupied territory in response to the inauguration of a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas Islamists opposed to the Jewish state’s existence.
