Chinese military spending exceeds $145 billion, drones advanced: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s 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…
North Korea detained a third U.S. citizen in mid-May: Kyodo
(Reuters) – North Korea detained another U.S. citizen in mid-May, bringing the total to three currently being held in the country, Japan’s Kyodo news agency said on Friday, quoting diplomatic sources.
Key Colombia oil pipeline shut again by bomb attack: source
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A bomb attack blamed on Colombia’s leftist guerrillas has shut down the key Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline, a source at state-run oil company Ecopetrol which owns the pipeline, said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Canadian review will recommend buying Lockheed F-35 fighter jet – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada is poised to buy 65 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, sources familiar with the process told Reuters, marking a major renewal of Canada’s fighter fleet and helping contain costs of the expensive defense …
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…
