Snapping up cheap spy tools, nation’s ‘monitoring everyone’
By FRANK BAJAK and JACK GILLUM It was a national scandal. Peru’s then-vice president accused two domestic intelligence agents of staking her out. Then, a top congressman blamed the spy…
Defense electronics and systems manufacturing
N. Korea, on defense after sanctions, makes nuclear threat
By HYUNG-JIN KIM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military on standby for nuclear strikes at any time, state media reported Friday, an escalation in rhetoric targeting rivals…
Russian PM: West rekindling the Cold War
By DAVID RISING Russia’s prime minister accused the West on Saturday of rekindling the Cold War, telling a meeting of top defense officials, diplomats and national leaders that sanctions imposed…
US promising help to keep Iran in check in Middle East
By KEVIN FREKING The Obama administration is greeting King Salman of Saudi Arabia with assurances that the Iran nuclear deal comes with the necessary resources to help check the Islamic…
EGYPT AIRS WHAT IT CLAIMS IS TERROR CONFESSION
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. An Egyptian judge says…
RUSSIA: IRAN DEAL ENDS NEED FOR MISSILE DEFENSE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. NATO foreign ministers…
US OFFERS TO DESTROY SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS
By TOBY STERLING and ALBERT AJI FILE – In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, gives an update…
Pakistan deploys first domestic drones
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jammat-e-Islami and Tehreek-e-Insaf party, headed by cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, hold up their parties’ flags and chant slogans during a rally…