
New talks on eve of Tillerson visit
Brussels (AFP) March 28, 2017 - NATO ambassadors will meet the Russian envoy on Thursday in a new bid to ease tensions on the eve of the alliance's first talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Brussels (AFP) March 28, 2017 - NATO ambassadors will meet the Russian envoy on Thursday in a new bid to ease tensions on the eve of the alliance's first talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Mar 28, 2017

Strasbourg, France (AFP) March 28, 2017 - Poland will withdraw its contingent from the Eurocorps military group by 2020, a spokesman for the Strasbourg-based intergovernmental body said Tuesday.
Mar 28, 2017

Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 - The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon with a $37 million contract modification to produce two additional MK 99 Mission Fire Control System sets.
Mar 28, 2017

Riyadh (AFP) March 28, 2017 - Saudi Arabia intercepted four missiles fired by Yemeni rebels on Tuesday, a Saudi-led coalition said, in what it described as evidence of arms smuggling through a rebel-held Red Sea port.
Mar 28, 2017

Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 - Two U.S. Senators have penned letters to President Donald Trump encouraging him to green light two pending defense deals with the Indian government.
Mar 28, 2017

Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 - Britain and France have inked an agreement to share the the cost of a new cruise missile program lead by MBDA Missile Systems.
Mar 28, 2017

Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 28, 2017 - The US-led anti-jihadist coalition said Tuesday it probably played a role in civilian casualties in west Mosul, as the UN and Amnesty International called for greater efforts to protect civilians.
Mar 28, 2017

Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 - AM General received a $28 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to support the sale of 150 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled vehicles to Iraq.
Mar 28, 2017

Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 - Lockheed Martin received a $273 million contract to produce Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Lot 9 Interceptors for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
Mar 28, 2017

Washington (AFP) March 28, 2017 - The commander of US forces in Europe said Tuesday that United States should consider arming Ukraine with defensive weapons as it fights Russian-backed rebels in the country's east.
Mar 28, 2017

Jerusalem (AFP) March 28, 2017 - Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem on Tuesday to protest against compulsory military service at a time of increased tensions between them and Israeli authorities.
Mar 28, 2017

Beijing (AFP) March 28, 2017 - People in the Chinese megacity Chongqing could be fined for using VPNs to jump over the country's Great Firewall that blocks access to forbidden websites from Google to Facebook.
Mar 28, 2017

Geneva (AFP) March 28, 2017 - China won a partial victory at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday in a dispute over tariffs imposed on its poultry products by the European Union.
Mar 28, 2017

Yangon (AFP) March 27, 2017 - Myanmar's army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security forces carried out a campaign of killing and torture against Rohingya Muslims there.
Mar 27, 2017

Brussels (AFP) March 27, 2017 - NATO said it has rescheduled a key meeting of foreign ministers for Friday after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was unable to make the original date next week.
Mar 27, 2017

Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 - HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle systems for detection and identification of mines have been ordered by Norway from Kongsberg Maritime, the company announced Monday.
Mar 27, 2017