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| September 19, 2012 |
 Outside View: The time is now for Iran London (UPI) Sep 18, 2012 - While the U.S. presidential debates are just on the corner, I have a simple suggestion for U.S. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney when it comes to foreign policy: The time is now for Iran. The nuclear clock has been a source of anxiety for many in the West for nearly a decade. In Syria, it appears it is time for the Assad regime to fall, and with it the la ... more |  |
 Commentary: Glide path to nowhere Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2012 - The round-the-clock killing of U.S. military advisers by Afghan soldiers they are training coupled with some $200 million worth of jet fighters and attack helicopters destroyed in a heavily fortified allied base in Afghanistan by Taliban guerrillas disguised in U.S. military uniforms are the latest reminders that 11 years of fighting have strengthened rather than weakened the Islamist enemy. / ... more |  |
 Post-Soviet military alliance hold drills Yerevan, Armenia (UPI) Sep 16, 2012 - The post-Soviet Collective Security Treaty Organization this week is conducting military exercises in Armenia at a time when Russia is advocating its recognition by NATO. The CSTO military alliance includes former Soviet Union members Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and has been established to bolster international security in the volatile regions of the ... more |  |
 Israel's now one of top arms exporters Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 18, 2012 - Israel has become one of the world's leading arms exporters with deals worth $12.9 billion from 2004-11, mostly with developing countries, the United States' Congressional Research Service says. That put Israel, which has the most advanced defense industry in the Middle East, in eighth place among major arms suppliers, behind the United States, Russia, France, Britain, Germany, China an ... more |  |
China's military academy launches website Beijing (UPI) Sep 18, 2012 -China's College of Defense Studies has opened a multilingual website. China's College of Defense Studies is under the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army and is intended to project a positive image of the PLA. Opening to the global community, thewww.cdsndu.org website contains sections in not only Chinese but English, French, Russian and Spanish as well, ... more |  |
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 Jordan battles with Syria refugee crisis Amman, Jordan (UPI) Sep 18, 2012 - The ever-growing flood of refugees from war-torn Syria into neighboring Jordan is imposing greater pressure on the resource-poor kingdom's economy, heightening political unrest that could threaten the Hashemite throne, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. Refugees are also pouring into Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey as the 18-month-old civil war in Syria grinds on and seems to be becoming more ... more |  |
IAEA, Iran eyeing new talks mid-October: diplomats Vienna (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Iran and the UN nuclear agency are looking to hold a new meeting in mid-October, despite Tehran's atomic chief suggesting the watchdog has been infiltrated by "terrorists," diplomats told AFP on Tuesday. Four envoys said that plans were being made for the meeting, which would follow one between Iran's nuclear agency chief Fereydoon Abbasi Davani and International Atomic Energy Agency head Yu ... more |  |
 US envoy insists Marines mission in Yemen limited Sanaa (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - The US ambassador in Sanaa insisted Tuesday that Marine reinforcements deployed to Yemen were on a temporary mission with limited duties, a day after protests demanding their withdrawal and his expulsion. "A small number of additional security personnel will temporarily assist with security and cleanup efforts at the US embassy in Sanaa," Ambassador Gerald Feierstein said in a statement on t ... more |  |
Handbags, hate and Mao at China anti-Japan protest Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Giggling together, arm-in-arm as they clutched designer handbags and iPhones, the teenage girls' faces contorted with anger as they screamed in unison "Japan leave Diaoyu, China fight, fight, fight!" The transformation of the foursome as they joined an anti-Japanese protest outside Tokyo's embassy in Beijing on Tuesday was a stark illustration of the animosity some Chinese harbour towards th ... more |  |
China ex-police chief does not contest charges Chengdu, China (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - China put the ex-police chief who set off the Communist party's biggest scandal in years on "public" trial Tuesday, and the court said he did not contest charges including defection and bribery. But foreign media were barred from the hearing, one day after a closed-door session, highlighting official attempts to control the trial of Wang Lijun - who the court had said exposed "major violati ... more |  |
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Anti-Japan protests as Chinese boats in disputed area Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Tens of thousands of anti-Japan demonstrators rallied across China over disputed islands on Tuesday, a key historical anniversary, as Tokyo said 11 Chinese government vessels had entered the area. The moves followed several days of protests, some of them violent, that have raised international concerns and fears of conflict between two of the world's top three economies, with Japanese firms ... more |  |
Myanmar's Suu Kyi reassures China about US ties Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi sought Tuesday to reassure China that Myanmar's warming relations with the United States were not at its expense and signaled she was open to an end to US sanctions. In her first substantive comments on a landmark trip to the United States, the Nobel Peace laureate said she did not want US engagement with Myanmar to be seen as "hostile" to China, the main all ... more |  |
Despite concerns, most in US back China ties Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Despite the tough talk on China in the US election, most Americans support a strong relationship with the Asian power and do not view its rise as a major concern, a survey said Tuesday. The Pew Research Center poll found often contradictory sentiments among the US public who considered the Chinese to be hardworking but at the same time lacked trust in China and voiced concern over its econom ...more |  |
NATO scales back joint ops with Afghans Kabul (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - NATO is scaling back joint operations with Afghans after an unprecedented number of Western soldiers were shot dead by their local colleagues and as anger erupts over an anti-Islam film, officers said Tuesday. The move marks a setback to the US-led strategy for containing an 11-year Taliban insurgency, as a phased withdrawal of Western troops hinges on training and advising Afghan forces to ... more |  |
Anti-Japan protests across China on war anniversary Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Thousands of anti-Japan protesters rallied across China over a territorial row on Tuesday, a key historical anniversary, as Japanese firms including car giant Toyota shut or scaled back production. The demonstrations came after several days of protests, some of them violent, over disputed islands in the East China Sea that have raised international concerns and fears of conflict between two ... more |  |
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Netanyahu too partisan on US poll, warn Israeli critics Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Israeli critics are warning that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone too far in what they call his "meddling" in favour of Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the US presidential campaign. "Will Barack Obama punish Israel, if he is reelected on November 6," the Yediot Aharonot daily asked. Like other media, the top-selling tabloid says that Netanyahu has become "Obama's opponent" ... more |  |
S. Korea to host anti-WMD navy drill Seoul (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - South Korea will host a multinational navy drill aimed at curbing trafficking in weapons of mass destruction, its defence ministry said Tuesday, in a move likely to anger North Korea. South Korea, the United States, Japan and Australia will carry out the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative exerciseon September 27 in waters 100 kilometres (62.5 miles) off the southern port city of Busan ... more |  |
Major powers recognize Mongolia as nuclear weapons free United Nations (AFP) Sept 17, 2012 - Mongolia, jammed between nuclear arms giants Russia and China, on Monday secured a unique pledge from the major powers not to breach its self-declared nuclear weapons-free zone. The UN ambassadors for Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and original nuclear weapons powers - signed a declaration after marathon talks. ... more |  |
Syrian army tested chemical weapons system Berlin (AFP) Sept 17, 2012 - The Syrian army has tested a chemical weapons delivery system, firing shells at a research centre in its northwestern desert region, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported Monday citing "witnesses". "Five or six empty shells devised for delivering chemical agents were fired by tanks and aircraft, at a site called Diraiham in the desert near the village of Khanasir," east of the city of Ale ...more |  |
Japanese activists land on disputed island Tokyo (AFP) Sept 18, 2012 - Two Japanese activists landed on an island at the centre of a bitter dispute with China on Tuesday, the government in Tokyo said, as fresh anti-Japanese protests rocked Chinese cities. The landing came as a Chinese fisheries patrol boat sailed to waters near the islands, although it did not enter Japanese territory. "Two Japanese landed on Uotsurijima at about 9:30 am (0030 GMT)," Chief ... more |
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