Beijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 - China will showcase a range of new weapons during a vast military parade on Wednesday, in a show of strength that is being seen as a challenge to US military dominance.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 - Missile launch! Missile launch! A missile appears to have been launched from North Korea. Take cover in a building or underground.
Washington DC (SPX) Sept 01, 2009 - Boosted by a few strong years of testing successes, much of the United States' missile defense technology that once was questioned is now ready to be fielded.
Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2024 - With incendiary, misleading posts to his 200 million followers, Elon Musk has courted criticism for cranking up the political temperature ahead of an already polarized US election through his influential platform that is plagued with misinformation.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 - Construction workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese environment ministry said on Thursday.
Geneva (AFP) Sept 29, 2015 - Glencore, a global resources giant which traces its roots back to a Swiss firm launched by the late Marc Rich, a trader who made it onto the FBI's 10 most wanted list, encapsulates all the woes of the commodities crash, and more.
Cape Canaveral - Feb. 28, 2001 - The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a Titan IV-B rocket carrying a Milstar satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. on Wendesday at 4:20pm (EST).
Karbala, Iraq (AFP) Sept 6, 2023 - Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims massed at the golden-domed mausoleums of the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday, commemorating Arbaeen, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.
Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2023 - General Mark Milley faced repeated crises at home and abroad during a tumultuous term as America's top military officer, becoming one of the most well-known and controversial people to hold the position in years.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2009 - Hundreds of military vehicles, including tanks and missile carriers, rolled down one of Beijing's main streets Sunday to rehearse a parade marking the 60th anniversary of the nation's founding.
Krynica, Poland (AFP) Sept 9, 2011 - The creation of a united armed forces for the European Union could give Brussels superpower status to match that of Washington, Poland's opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski told AFP Friday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 19, 2007 - Growing military cooperation between Australia, Japan and the United States is worrying Moscow, as is work on US-Japanese missile defence cooperation, a top foreign ministry official said in an interview Wednesday.
Beijing (AFP) Feb. 13, 2001 - China should prepare for a military confrontation with the United States in outer space, a Chinese military expert told the state-run China Daily on Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) Sept. 4, 2007 - As good news continues to flow from the U.S. surge -- some of it true, some of it false, and all of it spun -- it is easy to forget the bottom line. The bottom line is whether we are beginning to see the re-emergence of a state in Iraq. Recent news stories throw some light on that question, and it is not a favorable light. (William S. Lind, expressing his own personal opinion, is director for the Center for Cultural Conservatism for the Free Congress Foundation.)
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - Militants attacked local government and police buildings in northern Iraq with suicide bombings and mortar fire on Wednesday, sparking clashes that killed 14 people, among 33 deaths nationwide, officials said.
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 28, 2011 - Militants escaped a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a troubled Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Tuesday, security officials said.
