“The U.S. is taking a positive step by acknowledging civilian harm and offering monetary payments to those suffering losses.”
A Transparency International report has suggested that China is secretly spending up to $65 billion extra on defense.
The $129.6 million deal, which is considered a small defense contract by U.S. standards, will still need to be authorized by Congress.
The two defense giants believe the government made a mistake in awarding an $80 billion contract to rival Northrop Grumman.
Though complete safety is an elusive goal, more precautions are planned at some major airports after reports that a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt.
The 40-year-old Air Force aircraft helped take back an entire town from the Islamic State group and the surrounding 250 square kilometers of territory.
Americans troops who fled to Canada after going AWOL could be allowed to stay north of the border under the Liberal Party government that took power Wednesday.
Among the cuts, around $2.6 billion will come from adjustments to acquisitions programs, while $1 billion will be trimmed from military fuel costs.
If the Navy proceeds, it would enable F/A-18 manufacturer Boeing to secure St. Louis jobs through the end of 2018.
"Every security body fears having its confidential information leaked."
Due to fluctuation in the value of the ruble against the euro, the government in Moscow made about $1 billion on the postponed deal.
The Pentagon has admitted it spent millions on a gas station that should have cost only $500,000.
During the flights, which will be flown over a route agreed by Russia, Canada and the U.S., Russian Air Force specialists on board will control the use of surveillance equipment.
Experts say Serbia’s military ties to Russia won't hurt its plans to join the EU, but it cannot be a long-term policy.
This is, essentially, a strategy to dislodge ISIS from its Syrian headquarters. "To really make this successful, you need to have a strong degree of coordination of air and ground forces," a top analyst said.
The trip follows China-U.S. strains that emerged after the Pentagon sent a warship through waters in the South China Sea that Beijing recently began claiming.
Russia has been conducting more drills than ever before in regions that are in or close to Europe, such as the Baltic, Mediterranean, Atlantic and Black Sea.
The aviation defense business at the contractor's Missouri plant could be hit hard after rival Northrop Grumman won a long-range bomber contract.
As the two Tupolevs approached, the Reagan launched four F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets to intercept and identify, a standard procedure.
The polish military has launched an investigation after 10,000 of its military personnel received calls from a mysterious Russian number.
The struggling defense contractor wins an $80 billion Pentagon deal to build a long-range bomber, but rivals Boeing and Lockheed say they might appeal the decision.
While the settlement means that the overall defense bill will be cut by $5 billion, it marks progress from last week when a deal looked unlikely.
Although the history of occupation on islands in the South China Sea goes back many years, China began to assert itself in the region in 1974.
The Chinese say they monitored the destroyer USS Lassen as it made its way toward the disputed waters Tuesday.
Any move to put combat troops back on the ground in Iraq would be a significant departure for Obama.
For the first time, the meeting of Catholic leadership recognized the “dignity” of homosexuals, while also saying there was no similarity between same-sex unions and “God’s design on matrimony and family."
Baghdad granted Moscow its permission just days after Washington sought assurances that Iraq would not allow Russian jets to conduct operations inside its territory.
Israel agreed to an idea floated by Jordan that cameras be installed to provide 24-hour video monitoring of a holy site in Jerusalem.
Corruption scandals that saw former President Otto Perez Molina arrested last month have prompted the public to shy away from nominees from the political class.
"If someone wants to live together with us, they must first reveal who they actually are and what their intentions are," Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban says.
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