Russia, China aim to close military technology gap with U.S.: Hagel
NEWPORT Rhode Island (Reuters) – Russia and China are trying to close the technology gap with the U.S. military and developing weapons systems that appear designed to counter traditional U.S. advantages, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday….
Aide to Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief gets 6-1/2 years in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A onetime aide to a former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau was sentenced Wednesday to 6-1/2 years in a U.S. prison for his role in cocaine trafficking, more than a year after the two were arrested in a drug sting off the West African c…
Saudi religious police issue rare apology for beating Briton
(Reuters) – The Saudi religious police issued a rare apology on Tuesday for the beating by its personnel of a British man residing in the kingdom in a supermarket in the capital Riyadh.
IAEA report expected to show little headway in Iran nuclear investigation
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations nuclear watchdog is expected to issue a report this week showing little progress is being made in its long-running investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Iran, diplomats said on Wednesday.
Boko Haram battles for land in northeast Nigeria, 26,000 displaced
DAMATURU/MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants have driven more than 26,000 people from the northeastern town of Bama amid fierce fighting, witnesses and security sources said on Wednesday, as the Islamists focus more on taking and holding…
Path to jihad: from upscale Cairo to Islamic State beheadings
CAIRO (Reuters) – After leaving his upscale Cairo neighborhood to fight with the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq, Younes says he learned how to work as a sniper, fire heavy weaponry and behead prisoners using the proper technique.
Obama says will ‘degrade and destroy’ Islamic State
TALLINN (Reuters) – The United States plans to fight Islamic State until it is no longer a force in the Middle East and will seek justice for the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.
Obama says NATO must help strengthen Ukraine’s military
TALLINN (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO on Wednesday to help strengthen Ukraine’s military and said the alliance must leave the door open to new members to counter what he called Russian aggression.
France raises possibility of military action on Islamic State
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande raised the possibility on Wednesday of carrying out military action against Islamic State.
Israel lobbies U.S. as another Iran nuclear deadline looms
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is lobbying the United States against any Iranian nuclear deal that would let Tehran retain potential bomb-making technology, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday as another deadline for international diplomacy looms…
