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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2015
China Protests U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander's Spy-Plane Flight
China renewed its protests over U.S. spy planes entering what it claims as territory after the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet joined a surveillance flight over the disputed South China Sea.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2015
Islamic State cracks down on Internet use in Syrian stronghold: monitor
Islamic State militants raided Internet cafes in their Syrian stronghold city of Raqqa after ordering a ban on wireless networks that can be used by private homes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said Monday.
WORLD
Jul 20, 2015
Obama sends Iran deal to wary Congress; Netanyahu urges rejection
President Barack Obama's administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a deal he said would only feed an "Iranian terror machine."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2015
Myanmar's military chief defends political role, says he may run for president
Myanmar's commander-in-chief reiterated the need for the military to continue its powerful role in politics and said he will consider standing for president in November elections if asked to do so, according to an interview broadcast Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 20, 2015
Report says SDF mission in Iraq was a 'purely military operation'
Ground Self-Defense Force engineering personnel faced shelling by mortars and rockets in Iraq 10 years ago in a mission billed at the time as humanitarian but described by the unit chief as a 'purely military operation,' according to an internal GSDF report.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2015
In graft crackdown, China's Xi touts ideals of revolutionary forebears
China's military must learn from the glorious, uncorrupt example of its revolutionary forebears and thoroughly banish the deep-rooted, pernicious influence of the army's worst corruption scandal in decades, President Xi Jinping has told officers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 19, 2015
United in outrage, protesters printing Anti-Abe posters in a nationwide campaign of dissent
Posters bearing the message "We will not tolerate Abe's politics" were raised Saturday across Japan by protesters against controversial security bills that were forced through the Lower House on Thursday.
WORLD
Jul 19, 2015
Czech Foreign Ministry says five nationals are missing in Lebanon
Five Czechs and their Lebanese driver are missing in Lebanon, a spokeswoman for the Czech Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2015
Putin orders formation of new Russian military reserve force
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2015
Japan's submarine hunter aircraft visits Britain with contract in mind
Japan brings its submarine-hunting aircraft to a British air show, signaling its intention to compete for a potential multibillion-dollar contract.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2015
Islamic State suicide car bomb kills over 100 in Iraq
More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2015
Islamic State forces accused of using poison gas on Kurds in northeast Syria
The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said Saturday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2015
Legal flaws in government's case on Henoko
The stage is set for a long, bitter, destabilizing battle between Okinawans and the national government over the construction of a new military facility in Henoko.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2015
Gunman, four others killed in 'terrorist' attack on Chattanooga military installations
Five people were killed on Thursday, including a suspected gunman who opened fire at two military-related facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in an attack local officials described as an act of terrorism.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 16, 2015
Panel finds 'flaws' in Henoko landfill approval
As the Lower House passed controversial security bills Thursday designed to deepen Japan's military ties with the United States, Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga moved a step closer to halting work on a controversial new U.S. air base after an advisory panel found serious flaws in the approval process.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 16, 2015
Trinity witness recalls Manhattan Project work, day 'genie came out of the bottle'
Roger Rasmussen stood at the base of the Oscura Mountains staring at a boiling cloud of ash and smoke rising up in southern New Mexico's Jornada del Muerto desert. It was 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 16, 2015
U.S., Iran finesse inspections of military sites in nuclear deal
Major powers and Iran finessed how U.N. inspectors will get access to Iranian military sites in Tuesday's nuclear agreement, with a formula that gives the United Nations strong inspection powers while allowing Tehran to save face.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 15, 2015
New U.S. president would struggle to ruin Iran deal, experts say
Threats on Tuesday by U.S. Republican presidential candidates to scrap the Iran nuclear agreement look difficult to carry out even if the party wins control of the White House next year, said a senior Republican lawmaker and foreign policy experts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 15, 2015
Obama gambles on foreign policy legacy with historic Iran deal
The sealing of a nuclear pact with Iran marks the biggest foreign policy gamble of Barack Obama's presidency — a legacy-defining achievement that could backfire if Tehran exploits any loopholes or escalates tensions in the Middle East.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2015
Philippines reinforcing rusting ship on Spratly reef in face of Chinese expansion
The Philippine navy is quietly reinforcing the hull and deck of a rusting ship it ran aground on a disputed South China Sea reef in 1999 to stop it from breaking apart, determined to hold the shoal as Beijing creates a string of man-made islands nearby.

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