The Manila government has lodged a strong protest against the Beijing regime over the expulsion of two Philippine supply ships from the ocean area surrounding the Second Thomas Shoal, (more…)
CAIRO — Yemen, amid the rebound of Al Qaida, has resumed its shakeup of the intelligence and security community. President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has dismissed leading members of (more…)
WASHINGTON — Israel and the United States have signed an agreement to produce a missile and rocket defense system. On March 5, Israel and the United States concluded an (more…)
WASHINGTON — Security specialists here are monitoring Iran’s progress toward acquiring intercontinental ballistic missiles that could threaten the West, despite the regime’s rapprochement with U.S. Officials said the U.S. (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has unveiled indigenous communications satellites. The Teheran regime reported the development of two satellites. The satellites, developed in a project with Iranian universities, were called Khalije (more…)
WASHINGTON — Al Qaida militias have been in violent competition in Syria over power, money and oil, a report said. A report sponsored by U.S. Central Command asserted that (more…)
ABU DHABI — Hizbullah has been operating an unmanned aerial vehicle base in Lebanon. A leading Saudi Arabian daily said Hizbullah established a military base in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. (more…)
ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has decided to procure submarines from Pakistan. Industry sources said the Saudi Defense Ministry, in its first such deal, has approved in principle the (more…)
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates plans to impose harsh penalties for evading military conscription. Officials said the UAE leadership has drafted legislation that would impose heavy jail (more…)