JUST before 6.00am on July 11 last year, 98 containers holding munitions at Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari exploded. Thirteen fire fighters and sailors were killed and 60 others were injured. A sonic boom from the explosion hit and severely damaged the nearby Vassilikos power plant, which generated over half of the island’s electricity. […]
Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI //A group of 31 Somali judges and prosecutors will travel to the UAE in October for training in holding piracy trials. The workshops are part of a UAE-French initiative to equip the Somali judicial system to try its own piracy cases, rather than relying on other nations to prosecute them. […]
Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI //A group of 31 Somali judges and prosecutors will travel to the UAE in October for training in holding piracy trials. The workshops are part of a UAE-French initiative to equip the Somali judicial system to try its own piracy cases, rather than relying on other nations to prosecute them. “We […]
The Chinese Navy will send a 12th group of ships to the Gulf of Aden to conduct escort missions next month, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said Thursday. The fleet will leave Zhoushan in east China’s Zhejiang Province on July 3, Ministry Spokesman Geng Yansheng said during a regular press briefing. The group, including the […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tension over the potentially resource-rich area. An aerial view shows the Pagasa (Hope) Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in […]
BEIJING | Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:32pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tension over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to […]
The move comes amid rising tensions between China and its neighbors over disputed islands in the resource rich area. China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tension over the potentially resource-rich area. Skip […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tension over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese air patrols over the Spratly Islands, the […]
The move comes amid rising tensions between China and its neighbors over disputed islands in the resource rich area. China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tension over the potentially resource-rich area. Skip […]
Manila says Chinese boats back in disputed lagoon By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press – 14 hours ago MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, dashing hopes of an early resolution of a territorial […]