News about Russia, China, Iran, Israel and More.
New York Times
Bush meets Russia’s MedvedevTehran Times, Iran - 3 hours agoRussia recently deployed military reinforcements to Abkhazia despite strong objections from Georgia, which has angered Moscow by trying to join NATO.Back off, Dmitry Medvedev warns George Bush on missile shield The AustralianMedvedev warns US on missile shield Aljazeera.netAfter the American Election Truthdig Boston […]
GulfNews
Dollar Beats Back OilForbes, NY - 3 hours agoOil prices beat a hasty retreat Monday, as the dollar firmed up and the prospect of diplomatic talks with Iran soothed fears of a military strike. …Iran’s concession eases oil prices New Zealand HeraldCrude Oil Falls After Iran Signals Confidence in Nuclear Talks BloombergOil Prices Slip as […]
Voice of America
Sikorski: Missile deal possible if US accepts demandsTrend News Agency, Azerbaijan - Jul 7, 2008… threat posed by Iran’s growing ballistic missile capabilities. Poland has rejected as insufficient a US offer to modernize its military and air defences …INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Investor’s Business Daily (subscription) all 320 news articles
AFP
Iranian ’spy’ reveals Mossad methodsYnetnews, Israel - 4 hours agoIn a staged interview in the grand tradition of Iran’s state-owned media, the spy was asked “if a senior military official asks to trade in an appliance or …Put brakes on dangerous game Bangkok PostIsraeli defence minister to visit US: radio AFP all 7 news articles
BBC News
A US attack on Iran? Not coming soonChristian Science Monitor, MA - 4 hours agoThis change of tone came after weeks in which the US and Iran traded threats and warnings over possible American or Israeli military action. …EU’s Solana hoping to meet soon with Iranian The Associated PressThough tough, Iran’s words not final […]
2 Russian generals leave amid feud over army restructuringInternational Herald Tribune, France - 6 hours agoBut many analysts say the cash is being soaked up by a bloated and inefficient military bureaucracy. Despite the spending increase, the Russian military …
BMD Watch: Navy tests ME Aegis systemsUnited Press International - 7 hours agoThe five-day ballistic missile defense exercise was conducted from June 28 through July 2, with two destroyers, the USS Benfold in the Persian Gulf and the …Missile-defense exercise held in Middle East NavyTimes.com all 18 news articles
The Associated Press
Israel signs prisoner swap deal with HezbollahAFP - 7 hours agoThe army declared a cemetery for enemy combatants near Amiad in northern Israel a closed military zone in preparation for the exhumation that was expected …Israel signs swap deal with Hezbollah Ha’aretzIsrael exhuming bodies of Hezbollah fighters as part of prisoner … […]
Boston Globe
North Korea Says South Korea Driving Relations “to Ruin”istockAnalyst.com, OR - 7 hours ago… they should take issue with and oppose the United States’ nuclear weapons that create the serious danger of a nuclear war against our nation. …North Korea says can’t negotiate with S.Korea’s Lee ReutersLee voices fears NKorea may not give up nukes […]
Movie takes on Israel’s ‘forgotten’ war; documents soldier’s quest …The Canadian Press, Israel - 8 hours agoBut Sharon took the military much farther, battling halfway through the country into Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, and engaging the Syrian army. …
TopNews
Poles visit US for crisis talks on missile shieldInternational Herald Tribune, France - 9 hours ago… States will have military bases in Romania and Bulgaria; and in the Caucasus, where Russia has opposed NATO plans to admit Georgia into the alliance. …Lesson learned, Poles get tough over US missiles Tucson CitizenSikorski: Missile deal possible if US […]
Top Russian generals leave amid reform fightReuters - 9 hours agoThe two generals, both deputy heads of the military’s general staff, were discharged because they had reached the retirement age of 60, Russia’s Interfax …
Canada.com
Threading the Taiwan Military NeedleWashington Post, United States - Jul 7, 2008Everyone hopes that Ma will do exactly the opposite: improve ties with China while building Taiwan’s military. Peace with strength. Threading this needle is …Video: China’s ruthless Olympic preparations - 08 July 08 AlJazeeraEnglishChina’s badminton shuttlers “vulnerable” at Olympics AFPTeaching Baseball as Second Language […]
TPM
Boy-Wonder ‘War Profiteer’ Expected in CourtNew York Times, United States - 11 hours agoThe contract required AEY to provide “serviceable and safe ammunition” that had not come from “a Communist Chinese military company,” a Justice Department …Report: 22-year-old arms dealer to plead guilty to fraud charges USA TodayFla. man charged in weapons contracting case to enter […]
China and Thailand: Enhancing Military-Security Ties in the 21st …Jamestown Foundation, DC - 11 hours agoGiven the cozy relationship that has developed between Thailand and China over the past few decades it is unsurprising that military-security links are …
Radio Prague
Russia demands permanent inspectors at the panned US radar baseRadio Prague, Czech Republic - 11 hours agoThe remaining treaty, known as SOFA, which will determine the status of American military personnel in the Czech Republic, is still being finalized and will …
BBC News
Gaza mortar fire hits IsraelAFP - 12 hours ago… Strip struck southern Israel on Monday without causing any casualties or damage in what the military slammed as a new breach of a two-week-old truce. …Israeli army pens heavy fire towards farmers in northern Gaza International Middle East Media CenterIsrael reopens Gaza crossings International […]
Don’t Trust Me on Guantanamo, Read This: Ann Woolner (Update1)Bloomberg - 12 hours agoParhat swore to the Combatant Status Military Tribunal that China was his only enemy, not the US He denied membership in the Uighur independence group or …Uighur detainees faced Chinese torture methods at Gitmo World war 4 ReportDetainee Abuse OpEdNewsGuantanamo secrets […]
Russian conscript kills 3 fellow soldiers and then shoots himself …International Herald Tribune, France - 13 hours agoThe Russian military has been plagued by brutal bullying of young conscripts. Last year, 341 Russian servicemen committed suicide. …
CTV.ca
Ontario plants to refine last of Saddam’s uraniumCBC.ca, Canada - 14 hours ago… Hussein’s nuclear program in Port Hope, Ont., has sparked renewed controversy in a community that has been refining uranium since the Second World War. …US removes Saddam’s yellowcake uranium — from first Gulf war Hot AirWAR UPDATE Newsday500 tons of uranium shipped […]
Russian court refuses to hear Poland massacre caseReuters - 14 hours ago“We will apply now to the district military court … We think there are all legal grounds to satisfy our request (for a new investigation). …
Russian deserter shoots dead three fellow soldiers, himselfMonsters and Critics.com - 14 hours ago… have led to many fatal incidents in the Russian army. More than 8000 Russians receive early discharge from the military each year due mental incapacity.
Rocket Defense System Could Give Israel Upper HandCNSNews.com, VA - 15 hours agoIron Dome is part of a wider anti-missile, anti-rocket protection shield that includes Israel’s Arrow II anti-ballistic missile system designed to intercept …
ABC News
Running away from themselvesAsia Times Online, Hong Kong - 16 hours ago… under a Democratic administration - the war in Iraq, North Korea’s successful nuclear weapons development, or shifting the tax burden from the wealthy. …Make no mistake: McCain’s a neocon Aljazeera.comNavy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports … NavyTimes.comMcCain, Obama clash […]
Arab League cautions against military threat to IranTehran Times, Iran - 16 hours agoTEHRAN (IRNA) — Arab League States on Sunday cautioned against any military threat to Iran warning that the backlash will engulf the entire region. …Oil trades near $144 due to tensions PRESS TV all 3 news articles
Voice of America
Republicans open war chest to attack Obama on energyguardian.co.uk, UK - 17 hours agoNo to nuclear…. No to more production.” Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post flags up this important point: The advertising effort is an attempt to …Video: AP Yahoo Poll: McCain “old;” Obama “outsider” AssociatedPressNext US president will have hands full with […]
US shifts focus to IranChicago Tribune, United States - Jul 7, 2008While dismissing recent reports of covert military activity in Iran, the Bush administration has not taken military action off the table. …Bush’s Farewell Includes Attack on Iran Washington PostDon’t underestimate Iran GulfNewsIran: Learning the Lessons of Cambodia and Iraq OpEdNews The Cutting Edge […]
Torture, made in ChinaLos Angeles Times, CA - 19 hours ago… revelation by the New York Times that military trainers at Guantanamo Bay taught an interrogation class based on communist Chinese torture techniques. …US learns torture tools from communists Desert Dispatch all 4 news articles
Canada.com
Mottaki: US unable to wage new warPRESS TV, Iran - 21 hours agoHe dismissed allegations that Iran was after nuclear weapons. “We fundamentally believe that nuclear weapons — not only for small states, but also for big …Video: AP Interview: Iranian Foreign Minister AssociatedPressEU wants Iran to build no new nuclear centrifuges CNNUS, Iran Downplay […]
CBS News
Hey Y’all, Watch This!”Gather.com, MA - Jul 6, 2008… precarious the situation could quickly become, how some junior commander’s miscalculation could spell the deaths of millions and lead to a nuclear war. …Is Obama Following Bush On Iraq? CBS NewsAnalyze This: Disquiet on the ‘third front’ between the US and Israel Jerusalem PostIsrael: US […]
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