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 Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2009 
North Korea's Kim Jong-Il has deftly changed a tense game of nuclear brinksmanship with Washington by allowing a former US president to rescue two imprisoned journalists, analysts said Wednesday.
Former president Bill Clinton's surprise visit to Pyongyang and the release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who flew home to an emotional reunion Wednesday, opened a new path that could lead ... read more 
Melbourne (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer Wednesday accused China of carrying out "psychological torture" on her children by forcing them to appear on state television to blame her for deadly unrest. Kadeer said her daughter Roxingul and jailed son Alim had taken part "against their will" in the CCTV news report, in which they said she incited last month's violence in the Xinjiang region which left ... more
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Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier
North Korea says Japan's nuclear ambitions must be stopped 'at any cost' India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firms Russian nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik deployed in Belarus Mossad chief says Israel must 'ensure' Iran won't restart nuclear programme Zelensky says Donetsk among key disagreements in peace talks Press Release from Business Wire: Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus France probes mystery drone flight over nuclear sub base France takes anti-drone measures after flight over nuclear sub base 
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Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Aug 4, 2009 Israeli officials have taken the first steps in a program that is to save about $8 billion in military spending over 10 years. Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said the first section of the plan called "Harvest Season" would involve maintenance of equipment for ground forces and the Israeli air force. Those changes should be worth at least $26.5 million a year, a s ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 3, 2009 Escorted by two Canadian Mounties, Karlheinz Schreiber is now in Germany, detained in a Bavarian prison cell in Augsburg. Never before have German media and representatives of civic society awaited the arrival in Germany of a 75-year-old businessman with such eager anticipation. Arms lobbyist Schreiber is widely acknowledged to be the key figure in a web of financial and political corr ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Former president Bill Clinton's surprise visit to North Korea could herald direct dialogue and an easing of tensions between Pyongyang and its arch-foe Washington, analysts said Wednesday. Clinton flew home with two jailed US journalists after securing a pardon from hardline communist leader Kim Jong-Il -- a sharp turnaround from recent icy relations sparked by Pyongyang's nuclear and missil ... more |
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Brasilia (AFP) Aug 5, 2009The United States is prepared to make an unprecedented offer to transfer technology behind its F/A-18 fighter jets to Brazil to score a multi-billion-dollar contract, US officials said Wednesday. US State Department under-secretary for arms control Ellen Tauscher and Pentagon acquisition and technology chief Ashton Carter said they outlined the proposal to Brazilian officials on Tuesday and ... more  
Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Russian submarines patrolling off the US east coast are not cause for concern and pose no threat to the United States, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. "So long as they are operating in international waters -- as, frankly, we do around the world -- and are behaving in a responsible way, they are certainly free to do so and it doesn't cause any alarm within this building," press secretary Geof ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Russia is working on a series of spy airplanes that would be undetectable by air defence systems, the chief of Russia's air force said Wednesday. "A special role in the air force's future strategy is set for a dramatically new class of spy planes -- high-flying stratosphere aircraft able to monitor a war zone without entering the defended air space," General Alexander Zelin was quoted as sa ... more |
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