Military & Security

By JO BIDDLE AND DAN DE LUCE AFP The United States and Japan unveiled new rules for defense cooperation in a historic move that will give Japanese forces a wider global role amid concerns over China’s rising sway. Under the revised guidelines, Japan could come to the aid …

By Amanda Macias Business Insider America’s most expensive weapons system ever built is on track for “initial combat use” by September 2016. Business Insider recently toured Lockheed Martin’s massive production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, where the three F-35 Lightning II variant aircrafts are designed and manufactured. The $400 …

By ANGUS MCDOWALL Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a close friend of the United States and a scourge of Islamist militants, will be the country’s first king from the third generation of its ruling dynasty. King Salman on Wednesday appointed the U.S. favorite and veteran security …

  Saudi King Salman appointed Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef as his new heir on Wednesday and made his son, Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman, second-in-line to succeed in a dramatic reshuffle in the world’s top oil exporter. By making Mohammed bin Nayef, 55, crown prince, and Mohammed bin Salman, who is thought …

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on April 29 named his powerful interior minister as heir in a major shakeup that also saw the world’s longest-serving foreign minister replaced. A royal decree removed Crown Prince Moqren bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud as next in line to the throne and replaced …

An article published in U.S.-based newspaper, The New York Observer, claims the recent massive power outage in Turkey that happened on March 31 was caused by Iran. The article claims: “The blackout in Turkey was caused by a cyber hack that originated in Iran.” Continuing the claims by …

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed an agreement to improve bilateral political and commercial ties and further develop consultations on regional developments during yesterday’s visit to Kuwait. During the visit, the president also invited local investors to Turkey and explained the government initiatives implemented to make the country a …

Republican presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul said on Monday it was a big “mistake” that U.S. ousted former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 2003, according to the weekly New York Observer. Rand Paul said U.S.’s move to topple Saddam Hussein might have made Iran “twice as strong as …

IT HAS been a rough decade for al-Qaeda. America and its regional allies assassinated its top leaders from Yemen to Iraq, and made it harder for the group’s branches to communicate with the central leadership. In 2011 America killed Osama bin Laden, its chief. Since Islamic State (IS) …