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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2014
Western sanctions force Russia to aid China's rise; Beijing may acquire advanced weapons
Defying his former enemies in the United States and Europe may force Russian President Vladimir Putin to aid the ascent of his biggest rival in the east.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2014
Russia, Ukraine near deal on gas supplies after tough Milan talks
Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday toward resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still has to do much more to prop up a fragile cease-fire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine.
WORLD
Oct 15, 2014
Suspected Russian hackers exploit Windows vulnerability to attack targets such as NATO, Ukraine
Hackers, probably Russian, have exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber-intelligence firm iSight Partners.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2014
Obama, foreign military chiefs to thrash out plans to halt Islamic State advance
President Barack Obama was to hash out a strategy to counter the Islamic State group on Tuesday with military leaders from some 20 countries including Turkey and Saudi Arabia amid growing pressure on the U.S.-led coalition to do more to halt the militants' advance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 14, 2014
U.S. forces confront new threat in Ebola
At Fort Campbell in Kentucky, spouses of U.S. soldiers headed to Liberia seem to be lingering just a bit longer than usual after predeployment briefings, hungry for information about Ebola.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2014
Army paper says weaknesses in China military training won't win war
Weaknesses in China's military training pose a threat to the country's ability to fight and win a war, China's official military newspaper said Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 11, 2014
Kobani's fall would be symbolic setback for Obama Syria strategy
It's not a particularly strategic location, the United States and its allies never pledged to defend it, and few people outside the region had even heard of it before this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2014
Thousands will be massacred if jihadis take key Syrian-Turkish border town: U.N. envoy
Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State group fighters, a U.N. envoy said Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian-Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that have done nothing to intervene.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2014
Kim is still in charge of North Korea, injured leg in military drill: source
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but hurt his leg taking part in a military drill, a source with access to the secretive nation's leadership said, playing down speculation over the 31-year-old's health and grip on power in the nuclear-capable nation.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2014
Airstrikes don't stop Islamic State from taking wide area of Syrian town
Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said Thursday, as U.S.-led airstrikes failed to halt their advance and Turkish forces looked on without intervening.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2014
Islamic State beheads second British hostage, issues video
Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted on Friday, triggering swift condemnation by the British and U.S. governments.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 29, 2014
Ukraine leader clings to goal of joining EU despite Putin
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance to move Ukraine toward its dream of a place in Europe, but Russia's Vladimir Putin still holds cards that could thwart him.
WORLD
Sep 27, 2014
British fighter jets headed for first bombing run against Islamic State in Iraq
Two British fighter jets were flying over Iraq and ready to hit targets on Saturday, their first mission since parliament authorised strikes against Islamic State militants there, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 27, 2014
More European nations embrace U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State
Fighters from the Islamic State group tightened their siege of a town on Syria's border with Turkey on Friday despite U.S.-led airstrikes aimed at defeating the militants in both Syria and Iraq, in a coalition that has now drawn widespread European support.
WORLD
Sep 26, 2014
French, U.S. planes strike Islamic State; Britain to join coalition
French fighter jets struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Thursday, and the United States hit them in Syria, as a U.S.-led coalition to fight the militants gained momentum with an announcement that Britain would join.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2014
Kurdish forces push back Islamic State in northern Syria
Kurdish forces in northern Syria pushed back an advance by Islamic State fighters toward a strategic town on the Turkish border Thursday and appealed for U.S.-led airstrikes to target the insurgents' tanks and heavy armaments.

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