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| January 16, 2014 |
 US suspends 34 nuclear missile officers over exam cheating Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - The US military has suspended 34 officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles for cheating on a proficiency test, Air Force leaders said Wednesday. The scandal at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana marked the latest in a series of damaging revelations dogging the country's nuclear force, including a separate probe into illegal drugs that came to light last week. "There was cheating ... more |  |
 China slams 'troublemaker' Japan after Africa visit Addis Ababa (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - China launched a scathing diplomatic attack against Japan on Wednesday, warning African nations of an impending "resurrection of Japanese militarism" and branding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a "troublemaker". In a press conference held the day after Abe wrapped up a landmark African tour aimed at boosting Japan's presence in the continent, China's ambassador to the African Union accused him of ... more |  |
 F-35 maintains market edge, but rivals want to catch up Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2013 - Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is gaining new markets but rival manufacturers are straining to upgrade their models to catch up, Aviation Week and Space Technology said. Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is the F-35's direct competitor in the U.S. defense aviation industry but the global air force market has serious contenders in Dassault Aviation's Rafale, Eurofighter's Typh ... more |  |
US to sell Israel six Osprey military aircraft Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2014 - The Pentagon plans to sell six tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft to Israel in a long-planned deal worth $1.13 billion, officials said Tuesday. Israel will become the first foreign country to be allowed to purchase the V-22 Osprey, which can take off like a helicopter and fly like a turboprop airplane. US officials had announced plans to sell the Osprey to Israel last year but the Pentagon unvei ... more |  |
Embraer says it met all regional jet delivery targets Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil (UPI) Jan 15, 2013 - Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer S.A. met all its delivery targets for commercial and executive jets as the year 2013 drew to a close, the company said. The Brazilian conglomerate, which began as a modest aviation factory in Sao Jose dos Campos when its first turboprop transport rolled out in 1969, is a growing contender for global pre-eminence as it takes on major rivals in North Ameri ... more |  |
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Iran invites Gulf states to tour nuclear power plant Tehran (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Iran's nuclear chief said Wednesday experts from Arab neighbours across the Gulf, concerned about the safety of Iran's sole nuclear power plant, are welcome to visit the facility, IRNA news agency reported. "We are ready for the visit of nuclear experts of Persian Gulf countries to Bushehr nuclear power plant," Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying when asked how Tehran would tackle their wo ... more |  |
US warns firms against breaking Iran sanctions Rome (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Iran is still a "perilous" place for foreign companies to do business because of sanctions unaffected by the recent interim nuclear deal, a senior US administration official said on Wednesday during a visit to Rome. The six-month agreement only provides for the easing of limited sanctions and the unblocking of some frozen Iranian assets abroad and foreign firms should not "over-interpret" it ... more |  |
N.Korea's first ambassador to Spain presents credentials Madrid (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - North Korea's first ever ambassador to Spain presented his credentials to King Juan Carlos Wednesday as part of a push by the isolated nuclear-armed state to boost its ties with the European Union. Kim Hyok Chol, a 43-year-old former advisor at North Korea's foreign ministry, was one of 17 new ambassadors who presented their credentials to the king at the Zarzuela Palace. North Korea ope ... more |  |
 NSA taps offline computers with secret bug: report Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - The US National Security Agency has developed a secret technology to spy on computers via radio signals, gathering information even when the devices are offline, a report said Wednesday. The New York Times reported that the NSA has implanted software on 100,000 computers around the world to be able to conduct surveillance, and which gives the spy agency "a digital highway" for launching cybe ... more |  |
EU's Ashton plans to visit Iran 'within weeks' Kuwait City (AFP) Jan 13, 2014 - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in Kuwait City on Monday she plans to visit Iran within weeks, two days after Tehran invited her to the country. "I read with interest the invitation to visit Tehran and it is my intention to do so in the course of the next weeks," Ashton told a press conference after talks with Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah. ... more |  |
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 Commentary: Talibanized Pakistan? Washington (UPI) Jan 15, 2013 - From Libya to Iraq, including Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, the Arab world, seldom tranquil, is monopolizing world headlines. But the more alarming news is further east in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan is a nuclear power balanced on the edge of another disaster. While the Obama administration is trying to disengage from Afghanistan without ceding power to Taliban guerrillas, Tal ... more |  |
 Syria: Signs are Assad will endure -- thanks to al-Qaida Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jan 15, 2013 - Increasingly, Syria's tenacious President Bashar Assad seems to be coming out on top as the country's murderous civil war heads toward its fourth year. The disparate Syrian opposition that's been struggling since March 15, 2011, to topple his brutal regime was incoherent from the start, but has splintered, possibly fatally, with jihadist militants battling secular nationalists and even ... more |  |
Kerry to lead US team to Syria peace talks Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Secretary of State John Kerry will lead the US delegation to key talks next week aimed at bringing together the Syrian regime and the opposition for the first time since the war erupted, a US official said Wednesday. Intense preparations are under way ahead of the UN-led January 22 talks which open in the Swiss city of Montreux, with the Syrian opposition still to decide whether to attend or ... more |  |
 Two dead after Japan navy collision: report Tokyo (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Two men died after their fishing boat collided with a Japanese naval vessel in waters between two of the country's main islands, a report said Thursday. Television footage showed the upturned hull of a small fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off Hiroshima after what the coastguard said was a collision at around 8:00 am (2300 GMT Tuesday) with the 8,900-ton Osumi, a naval transport ship. ... more |  |
 Israel's Defense Ministry won't identify arms clients Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jan 14, 2013 - Israel's Defense Ministry, long suspected of supplying arms to dictatorial regimes and illegal organizations, has refused to divulge the full list of its weapons customers despite what the one analyst calls "serious failures that have recently been revealed in its export control department." The controversy was heightened by the surprise resignation in December of Meir Shalit, head of t ... more |  |
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Kerry becomes punchbag in Mideast peace drive Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Snide Israeli criticism of John Kerry's Middle East peace bid has finally triggered US anger after a weeks-long whispering campaign, but his secretive, solo diplomacy has exposed him to attack. As Kerry has shuttled between Palestinian and Israeli leaders, seeking painful compromises from both sides, he has faced growing personal attacks portraying him as well-meaning but naive. With fe ... more |  |
Iran's Rouhani defiant in face of hardliners Tehran (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - President Hassan Rouhani, responding to domestic critics, said Wednesday Iran's foreign policy is in the hands of the government only, ISNA news agency reported. The president's moderate views on recent nuclear talks and foreign policy have clashed with ultraconservative factions in the regime. But he has so far enjoyed the qualified support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ... more |  |
FARC marks end to 30-day ceasefire Havana (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Colombia's FARC rebel group said Wednesday it had fulfilled its 30-day unilateral ceasefire, squashing speculation it would prolong the suspension of hostilities until after upcoming elections. The one-month truce for the end-of-year holiday season lasted from December 15 to midnight Tuesday. "The final moment of the unilateral ceasefire has arrived" said Pablo Catabumbo, one of the guer ... more |  |
 Iraq attacks kill 73 as gunmen make gains in Anbar Baghdad (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - A wave of attacks in Iraq, including car bombs in Baghdad, killed 73 people on Wednesday as militants took more territory from security forces in crisis-hit Anbar province. The twin setbacks for authorities, grappling with Iraq's worst period of unrest since the country emerged from a sectarian war that killed tens of thousands, come just months before a parliamentary election. UN chief ... more |  |
Israel accused of withholding info in China bank case Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 15, 2014 - Israel has been accused of withholding information in a key case against the Bank of China by a group of bereaved families who say the bank abetted Palestinian militants. According to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal group representing the families, the justice ministry was asked by a New York court to supply certain documentation, but ignored the request. ... more |  |
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