Japan, India negotiating military logistics pact in tightening of ties
Japan hopes to clinch a military logistics pact with India that will allow access to each other’s bases, Tokyo’s envoy said on Monday, in a tightening of security ties seen as designed to balance China’s growing weight in the region.
Biya wins Cameroon re-election by a landslide
Cameroonian President Paul Biya won an emphatic election victory with 71 percent of the vote, the Constitutional Council announced on Monday, extending his 36-year rule and cementing his place as one of Africa’s longest-standing rulers.
Factbox: How does a leadership challenge to a Conservative UK prime minister work?
Prime Minister Theresa May’s position as leader of the Conservative Party – and consequently her premiership – is under threat, with some lawmakers who oppose her approach to negotiating Britain’s departure from the European Union saying they are takin…
Taiwan’s defense ministry says two U.S. warships traveled along the Taiwan Strait
The United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Monday, in a move that could anger Beijing amid heightening U.S. tensions with China.
Cameroon’s Biya wins re-election in landslide: state TV
Cameroonian President Paul Biya won re-election with 71 percent of the vote, the state television network said on Twitter on Monday, extending Biya’s 36-year rule and cementing his place as one of Africa’s longest-standing rulers.
Brother appointed to succeed killed Afghan commander
The brother of the powerful police commander of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar assassinated last week was named as his successor on Monday in move that underlines the pressures facing President Ashraf Ghani’s government.
Turkey: Khashoggi murder ‘monstrously planned’, truth will emerge
Turkey’s ruling party said on Monday Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a “monstrously planned” murder, dismissing Riyadh’s assertion he died in a fight, as Western incredulity deepened over varying Saudi accounts of the journalist’s disappearance.
Car belonging to Saudi consulate found in Istanbul parking lot: NTV
A car belonging to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has been found in the Sultangazi district of the city, broadcaster NTV and other local media said on Monday, adding that police would search the vehicle.
Siemens CEO Kaeser says he will not attend Saudi investment conference
Siemens’s chief executive said on Monday he would not attend a three-day Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia after the country admitted that journalist Jamal Khashoggi had been killed in its consulate in Istanbul.
Belgium chooses Lockheed’s F-35 over Eurofighter: Belga
Belgium has chosen Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth jets over the Eurofighter Typhoon to replace its aging F-16s, news agency Belga cited government sources as saying, in a move that would cement the U.S.-made war plane’s position in Europe.
