ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia, faced with both internal unrest and threats from Iran and Iraq, has sought advanced security technology. Heightening such security concerns, Iran has shown its (more…)
The South Korean government announced Nov. 22 that it would add another $20 million to help the Philippines in recovering from Typhoon Haiyan. The new aid package is without (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel, despite spending more than $1 billion, has ordered a reversal in its civil defense program, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted (more…)
NICOSIA — Lebanon has been battling a rise in car bombings in the Sunni war against Hizbullah. Officials said the Lebanese Army as trying to protect Hizbullah areas from (more…)
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has sought to acquire aerospace companies in the United States. The UAE’s state-owned Mubadala has been searching for aircraft and related manufacturing (more…)
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has requested a major U.S. upgrade of the Navy’s command and control network. The administration of President Barack Obama has approved a Saudi request to (more…)
BACKGROUNDER Ukraine shocks West by abandoning EU deal to align with Russia Mass rally held in Kiev to protest cancellation of EU agreement Egypt and Turkey expel each other’s (more…)
WASHINGTON — Congress has determined that Iran’s new president who has been widely labeled a “moderate” in news reports, has kept hardliners in key positions, including defense and internal (more…)
Moscow and Kiev have finally agreed to a compromise energy deal ending a dispute that had locked the two former Soviet states into a decade-long diplomatic freeze. Like most (more…)
