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February 02, 2015

NATO chief warns of challenges after 'black year'
Brussels (AFP) Jan 30, 2015
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg urged the alliance Friday to brace for further challenges after a "black year" of Russian intervention in Ukraine and terror attacks on Europe's streets. Unveiling NATO's 2014 annual report, Stoltenberg said a new rapid reaction force would help cope with a changing security environment but urged the 28 member states to keep their commitments to boost defence spending. "2014 was not a good year for European security. In fact it was a black year," said Stoltenberg, the ... read more

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19 die in east Ukraine fighting in 24 hours At least 19 people, including 13 Ukrainian troops, have been killed in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country over the last 24 hours, officials and rebels said Sunday. ... more		China asks UN to blackout NGO criticism: diplomats China has asked the United Nations to withhold the names of countries that criticize non-governmental organizations, diplomats said Thursday, in a move that raised transparency concerns. ... more		Indian PM Modi to visit China in May: foreign minister Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May, the foreign minister said Sunday during her own three-day visit to Beijing. ... more
				IS claims beheading of Iraqi security personnel The Islamic State group beheaded an Iraqi police officer and two soldiers, the latest in a long series of atrocities committed by the jihadists, according to pictures posted online Sunday. ... more		Obama to appear in public with Dalai Lama US President Barack Obama will appear in public at an event attended by the Dalai Lama next week in Washington, the White House said Friday, in a move sure to anger Beijing. ... more

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Philippines a 'crying baby' for opposing China island-building China's official news agency on Friday likened the Philippines to a "crying baby" for seeking international support against island-building in disputed waters by Beijing, denouncing its efforts as "pathetic". ... more		Russia in Talks With Iran on Tor-M1 Missile System Upgrades Russia's Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol is in talks with Iran on modernizing the short range Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile defense systems, the plant's assistant director gen ... more		Interstellar raises major Series F funding to expand launch and satellite business Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission ExoAnalytic tools to power FireSat wildfire monitoring constellation		Air strike kills IS 'chemical weapons expert': US A US-led coalition air strike killed a chemical weapons specialist with the Islamic State group in Iraq who once worked for Saddam Hussein, US military officers said Friday. ... more
				Jihadists shoot down Syria warplane: monitor The Islamic State group has shot down a Syrian regime warplane that was bombing opposition-held areas, killing the pilot, a monitoring group said on Friday. ... more		Iraqi Kurdistan tourism in tatters as IS war drags on Billboards still read "Welcome to Arbil, 2014 Arab Tourism Capital," but most of the visitors Iraq's Kurdistan region welcomed last year were people made homeless by a jihadist offensive. ... more

Hostage crisis poses stark test for pacifist Japan The apparent beheading of two Japanese hostages by Islamic State militants poses a stark diplomatic test for pacifist Japan, underscoring how Tokyo's image as a benign aid donor offers no immunity from violence, analysts say. ... more		Iraq Kurdish forces retake oil field, villages from IS Iraqi Kurdish forces and police retook an oil field in Kirkuk province Saturday that was seized by the Islamic State group overnight, and freed 24 workers who had been taken captive, officers said. ... more		China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty China's birth rate falls to lowest on record: official data South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submerged		Two US defence contractors shot at in Saudi: employer A US defence contractor said Sunday that two of its American employees came under fire in the latest attack against Westerners in Saudi Arabia. ... more
Nigerian army repels fresh Boko Haram assault on key city Nigeria's military on Sunday repelled a Boko Haram assault on the key city of Maiduguri as violence raged across the country's northeast just two weeks before national elections. ... more		Northrop Grumman wins British government cyber-security work The British government has selected Northrop Grumman to provide it with engineering, development and other cyber-security solutions services. ... more		N. Korea's Kim slams 'rabid dogs' after Obama comments North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Pyongyang would not sit idly by "with rabid dogs barking" about toppling its socialist system, in apparent reaction to comments by US President Barack Obama that the regime was doomed, state media reported Saturday. ... more		BAE Systems tapped to train intel agency analysts BAE Systems reports it is to provide mission essential training and instruction support to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency personnel. ... more

	Germany joins Space Situational Awareness program Germany is to receive space situational information and services from the U.S. Air Force under an agreement signed recently with the U.S. Strategic Command. ... more		India tests long-range missile from mobile launcher India on Saturday succeeded for the first time in using a mobile launcher to test-fire a long-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead deep inside rival China. ... more

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Obama to request hike in US military budget

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China vows no 'Western values' in universities

Ukrainian forces face drones, electronic jamming: US

Boeing 747-8 picked for next Air Force One: US military

Details of aid to Afghan army now secret: US

Iran expects Russia to deliver S-300 missile systems

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IS suffers 'devastating' blows but biggest fighting still ahead

Kobane in ruins after Kurds drive out IS

India sends foreign minister to China after Obama visit

US in contact with Huthis in Yemen: Pentagon

'Huge' effort needed to fight Boko Haram: US commander

ASEAN ministers express concern over Chinese actions at sea

Iran, Europe negotiatiors to meet Thursday in Istanbul

Refugees from Boko Haram pose headache for authorities on Lake Chad

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