ABU DHABI — Saudi security forces have again come under attack in a Shi’ite populated area of the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. The Saudi Interior Ministry reported an attack (more…)
The Burma (Myanmar) government last week abruptly revoked the license and expelled the Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning human rights organization Doctors Without Borders. The stated cause for the action was biased reports (more…)
The Obama administration’s ambassador to China, Gary Locke, left Beijing for good on March 1, with a stern departing statement urging China and Japan to “lower the temperature” in (more…)
MOSCOW — The Russian Navy plans to bolster its task force with submarines near Syria. Officials said the navy would send its Varshavyanka-class submarines to the eastern Mediterranean Sea (more…)
WASHINGTON — Egypt would not replace the United States as the former’s chief arms supplier, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that Egypt would (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has begun marketing a coastal defense system to Asian countries. The state-owned Israel Military Industries has been briefing Asian and other militaries on the Coastal (more…)
BAGHDAD — Iraq has hosted a weapons exhibition meant to woo Western and other defense companies. The Defense Ministry has sponsored Iraq’s annual defense show, which began on March (more…)
BACKGROUNDER Moscow poised to establish a network of new military bases abroad Russia’s troubled strategic ties with Kazakhstan gets needed boost Taiwan conducted air/sea drill inside China and Japan’s (more…)
WASHINGTON — The United States plans to verify the nuclear accord with Iran despite reports that it lacks the wherewithal to do so. The administration of President Barack Obama (more…)
