Germany sees continued issues with readiness of submarines, aircraft
The readiness of Germany’s weapons systems stood at about 70 percent in 2018 overall, but its submarines, heavy-lift helicopters and Tornado fighter jets faced continued challenges, the German Defence Ministry told lawmakers on Monday.
Global Aerospace is lead insurer for Boeing
Britain’s Global Aerospace is the lead insurer for the world’s biggest plane maker Boeing Co, the insurer’s top boss said on Monday.
Bells and sirens as Japan marks tsunami anniversary, pledges recovery
Bells rang and sirens sounded on Monday as Japan observed a moment of silence to commemorate the eighth anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami that left more than 20,000 people dead or missing, and triggered triple nuclear meltdowns.
Russian passenger plane makes emergency landing in Baku after bomb threat: RIA
A Ural Airlines passenger plane carrying 225 people bound for Moscow made an emergency landing in Baku on Monday after the cabin crew thought there might be a bomb on board the plane, RIA news agency cited Baku’s airport as saying.
Kremlin says it’s not Putin’s place to answer Briton whose mother died in poisoning
President Vladimir Putin will not reply to a letter from the son of a woman killed by a suspected Russian nerve agent near the English city of Salisbury last year because Russia’s ambassador to Britain has already done so, the Kremlin said on Monday.
UK PM May will give parliament a ‘meaningful’ Brexit vote on Tuesday: spokesman
British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold the so-called a meaningful vote on her Brexit deal on Tuesday as planned, her spokesman said after media reports that she could downgrade the status of the vote.
EU eyes cash demands as Brexit talks turn sour
Britain will face EU demands for billions of euros in cash if it fails to strike a Brexit deal, Brussels officials and diplomats said on Monday after talks with London stalled 18 days before it is due to leave the bloc.
Up to UK parliament to take key Brexit decisions this week: EU Commission
It is up to the British parliament to take important decisions this week on the terms of Britain’s upcoming exit from the European Union, the EU executive said on Monday after talks with London over the weekend brought no breakthrough.
UN says suffers ‘catastrophe’ in Ethiopian Airlines crash
The United Nations has suffered one of its biggest losses in years in the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi, the head of the U.N. in Geneva said on Monday, without giving a new casualty figure.
Malaysia frees Indonesian woman accused of Kim Jong Nam’s VX murder
An Indonesian woman accused in the 2017 chemical poison murder of the North Korean leader’s half-brother was freed on Monday after a Malaysian court dropped a murder charge in a case that drew suspicions of being a political assassination.
