Factbox: U.S. eyes lasers, F-35s, ‘Star Wars’ tech for missile defense
The U.S. Missile Defense Review, unveiled on Thursday at the Pentagon, underscored the ways the American military is studying to detect and defeat ballistic missile attacks.
Doctor and child killed in Sudan protests: opposition-linked doctors’ committee
A doctor and a child were killed during anti-government protests in Sudan on Thursday, a doctors’ committee linked to the opposition said.
Trump missile defense review calls North Korea ‘extraordinary threat’
President Donald Trump unveiled a revamped U.S. missile defense strategy on Thursday that called North Korea an ongoing and “extraordinary threat,” seven months after he declared the threat posed by Pyongyang had been eliminated.
Car bomb at Colombian police academy kills nine, injures 24
A car bomb exploded at a police academy in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Thursday, killing at least nine people and wounding over 20 in an attack that prompted fears of a return to the country’s violent past.
Britain ‘deeply concerned’ at Zimbabwe unrest; summons ambassador
Britain summoned the UK Zimbabwean ambassador on Thursday to express its deep concern at unrest that has left three people dead and many injured.
Oxford University suspends funding from China’s Huawei
The University of Oxford said on Thursday it has stopped accepting funding from China’s Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL], the leading global supplier of telecoms network equipment, after scrutiny over the company’s relationship with China’s government.
U.S. special envoy in Pakistan for talks on Afghan peace
U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and the top NATO commander in Afghanistan met Pakistani officials on Thursday as they pursued diplomatic efforts to push forward talks with the Afghan Taliban.
UK’s Prince Philip, 97, escapes unhurt after road crash near royal estate
Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, 97, was involved in a traffic accident on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Buckingham Palace said. He was not hurt.
U.S.-backed SDF vows to escalate operations against Islamic State in Syria
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces vowed on Thursday to ramp up attacks on Islamic State remnants and cells, a day after a bomb attack killed two U.S. soldiers in northern Syria.
Hundreds gather in Polish city of Gdansk at murdered mayor’s coffin
Hundreds gathered at the coffin of murdered liberal mayor Pawel Adamowicz in the port city of Gdansk on Thursday as it lay in state in the museum of the Solidarity movement that helped bring down communism in Poland.
