British fighter jets were scrambled to intercept three Russian planes that committed an “act of aggression,” the U.K.'s defence secretary said ... It was the first time that British fighter jets have responded to Russian aircraft since the Typhoons ......
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling. Slavery and segregation is inherently violent, and so was the urban race riots and black militants of the 1960’s; the beating of the black man Rodney King by Los Angeles police in 1992, and uprising that followed the acquittal of the police officers who beat King; the attacks on Sept ... And yet, deliberate nonviolent civil disobedience was embodied by one of the greatest activists. Dr....
(CNN)Capable of hitting targets 3,400 miles away, China's "Guam killer" missile is raising new fears of a growing Chinese threat to major U.S. military installations and stability in the Pacific Rim. A congressional panel has issued a report warning of the dangers of the missile, during a week in which U.S.-China tensions flared anew with a U.S. Navy destroyer sailing close to a Chinese-claimed island in the South China Sea... Read More ... ....
Secretary of Security Council of Belarus Stanislau Zas and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held a meeting in Moscow on May 12. During the meeting they exchanged views on topical issues in Russian-Belarusian cooperation in the sphere of security and counteraction against new challenges and threats, the press service of the Russian Security Council reports ... ....
Russian heavyweight boxer Alexander Povetkin’s doping sample contained 70 nanograms of meldonium per milliliter, or 7 percent of what the anti-doping authorities banned, Russian promoter Andrey Ryabinsky said Friday ... ....
The former governor of DemocraticRepublic of Congo's main copper-mining region had been summoned for questioning over allegations he had hired mercenaries, including former U.S. soldiers, as part of a plot against the republic... ....
BANGUI, Central AfricanRepublic (AP) — French PresidentFrancois Hollande says the country's mission is formally over in Central African Republic after the former colonizer's military spent more than two years trying to stabilize the highly volatile country ... ....
Russian intelligence agencies were probably responsible for a massive cyber attack on Germany's lower house of parliament last year which forced its computer systems to be shut down for days, Germany's domestic intelligence agency said on Friday. The agency, known as the FederalOffice for the Protection of the Constitution , said a hacker group known as "Sofacy" was behind the attack ... ....
Since achieving its independence in 2008, the Republic of Kosovo has made progress toward stability and development. The once conflict-torn nation has been transitioning, albeit gradually, to a country that stands firmly for "stronger democracy, greater freedom, and growing economic potential." ... ....
The OSCE should streamline its efforts in dealing with threats and challenges to security and stability in its region, a statement of the PermanentMission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the OSCE says. The Azerbaijani delegation made the statement at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council... ....
Keepers at Twycross - the only UK zoo to house bonobos - have come up with five options, all from Lingala, the local language of the bonobos' homeland, the DemocraticRepublic of Congo . The boy bonobo was born in February to first-time mum Kianga and brings the zoo's contingent of these endangered apes to 13. Kasai - which is the name of the river which forms the southernmost boundary of the bonobos' range ... ....