BBC: France wins A$50bn Australia submarine contract France has won a A$50bn (€34bn; £27bn) contract to build 12 submarines for the Australian Navy, beating bids from Japan and Germany. The deal, an…
New York Times : Riek Machar, South Sudan Opposition Leader, Returns as Part of Peace Deal JUBA, South Sudan — More than two years after South Sudan’s civil war began, its opposition leader landed i…
BBC: Chernobyl disaster: Ukraine marks 30th anniversary Commemorations are under way in Ukraine to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Sirens were sounded at the same mom…
CNN : U.S. sends F-22 warplanes to Romania Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport, Romania (CNN)Two of the world's most advanced warplanes have touched down in Romania for the first time, near the shores o…
SAN DIEGO (June 12, 2015) Three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) are pierside at Naval Air Station North Island. (…
A Chinese Coast Guard vessel is pictured on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. Photo: Reuters DW: Japan: World 'greatly worried…
An F-15 fighter jet in Japan’s Self-Defense Force during a flight exercise. Credit Ko Sasaki for The New York Times Japan Times: Japan scrambled fighters against China a record 571 times in fiscal 2…