RIA Novosti reports, “The Russian president said on Monday that the country’s defense industry must ensure the effective modernization of the military and provide it with state-of-the-art weapons.
Dmitry Medvedev said ‘the restructuring of the Armed Forces should be complete in two months,’ adding that the next task was more challenging: ‘re-outfitting of [...]
IceNews reports, “Jan Guillou, the famous Swedish author and journalist, is facing new claims of aiding the KGB in the 1960s. Guillou has claimed that he was pursuing journalistic investigations into the role of the secret service in Sweden.”
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The South African government is considering purchasing cheaper cars for government ministers to save money.
News24 reports, “Downgrading the cars would, he stressed, be only one option. But he is prepared to consider others, including one suggested by a participant in the press conference who wanted to see ministers drawing a car from a [...]
The Venezuelan government is disputing statements by Colombia’s minister of defence that Venezuela is allowing drug trade to flow through its borders.
From venezuelanalysis.com, “Colombia’s defence minister Gabriel Silva told press before travelling to Washington, ‘We’re extremely worried that the possibility exists of basically free trafficking of drugs by aircraft through Venezuelan territory towards [...]
A collision between a Japanese destroyer and a South Korean container ship in the waters off western Japan caused severe damage to both vessels.
The NHK World reports, “Japan’s Defense Ministry says the 5,200 ton Kurama and the 7,400 ton South Korean-registered Carina Star collided shortly before 8 PM on Tuesday, Japan Time, in [...]
As many as twenty-two children may have drowned when a suspension bridge collapsed in Malaysia.
The New Straits Times reports, “They were among 298 other pupils who were part of a four-day motivational programme comprising 60 schools from the Kinta Selatan district.
The children were in the midst of crossing a 30m hanging bridge, to [...]
A food relief caravan scheduled to leave on October 19 is still at a standstill. Philippine president Arroyo has expressed frustration over the inability to send those supplies to those in need.
The Inquirer.net reports, “The government was set to embark on a relief caravan for the thousands of calamity victims in Regions 1, 2 [...]
Australia’s Herald Sun reports, “The governor of an Indonesian island told Australia yesterday that his country was “not a dumping ground” for asylum seekers – and refused permission for an Aussie ship to offload 78 Sri Lankan refugees.
The Oceanic Viking, a Customs vessel, last night remained anchored 10 nautical miles off Bintan [...]
A British couple are believed to have been taken to Somalia and held for ransom, reports the BBC.
“A pirate called Hassan told the Reuters news agency: ‘The British couple are in our hands now. We captured them as they were touring in the Indian Ocean.’
The two captives were healthy and ransom demands would follow, [...]
