
Hong Kong tycoon Li ‘cautious’ as profits rise
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 - Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's flagship CK Hutchison on Thursday saw profits up seven percent in the first half of 2017, boosted by its European telecoms operations.
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Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 - Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's flagship CK Hutchison on Thursday saw profits up seven percent in the first half of 2017, boosted by its European telecoms operations.
Aug 3, 2017

Tehran (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 - Iran said Thursday that new US sanctions were a violation of its nuclear deal with world powers, piling pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as he starts his second term.
Aug 3, 2017

Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 - With Mosul in ruins and nearly a million displaced, Iraq now faces the enormous task of restoring order and rebuilding its second city after driving out Islamic State group jihadists.
Aug 3, 2017

Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 - The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria has killed a plotter of the thwarted attack at last year's Israel-Albania soccer match in Albania, a US official said Thursday.
Aug 3, 2017

Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 - Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control has been awarded a $161.4 million contract for the production of launch assemblies for the Army Tactical Missile System surface-to-surface missile, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday.
Aug 3, 2017

London (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 - British military equipment maker BAE Systems said Wednesday that first-half net profits surged, boosted by rising government defence spending and the weak pound.
Aug 2, 2017

Moscow (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 - More than 50 people were injured Wednesday as explosions tore through a munitions dump in the Moscow-backed breakaway Abkhazia region of Georgia, Russian news agencies reported.
Aug 2, 2017

Panama City (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 - There is a clear risk of a trade war happening because of protectionist policies, the World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo said Wednesday.
Aug 2, 2017

Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 - A possible U.S. sales deal to Iraq of follow-on support for its U.S. origin naval vessels and a ship repair facility has been approved by the State Department.
Aug 2, 2017

Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 - Technology services provider ICF has received a $93 million contract to support the cyber-operations and cyber-security research of the U.S. Army.
Aug 2, 2017

Seoul (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 - North Korea's latest missile test has extended the range of its weapons to much of mainland US and raised a new fear in the South: would Washington protect Seoul when that could put American cities in danger?
Aug 2, 2017

Manila (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is a maniac who could destroy Asia by triggering a nuclear war, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday, ahead of a regional summit to be attended by the regime's foreign minister.
Aug 2, 2017

Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 - Northrop Grumman Systems has received a $19.9 million contract for engineering and analysis of obsolescence issues with the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday.
Aug 2, 2017

Doha (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 - Qatar announced on Wednesday a five-billion-euro order for seven warships from Italy in the midst of a nearly two-month diplomatic crisis with neighbouring Saudi Arabia and its allies.
Aug 2, 2017

Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 02, 2017 - SES Government Solutions has signed a five-year task order with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Under the agreement, an additional satellite beam will enable access to real-time information fo
Aug 2, 2017

Seoul (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 - A South Korean general and his wife treated soldiers like slaves, forcing them to retrieve golf balls and pick up toenail clippings, a rights group alleged, prompting officials to launch a probe Wednesday.
Aug 2, 2017