British defense giant BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN), Italy‘sFincantieri SpA (FCT.MI) and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia have been shortlisted by Australia as part of a 40 billion Australian dollar (US$31 billion) naval modernization that will be a centerpiece of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull‘s pitch in looming elections.
All three companies had been asked to refine designs for nine new frigates to be built at a cost of A$35 billion in South Australia state, which will be a key election battleground in a vote expected as soon as July 2, Mr. Turnbull said Monday.
Also, Mr. Turnbull said Western Australian shipbuilder Austal Ltd. (ASB.AU), which builds Littoral Combat Ships for the U.S. Navy, had won a separate A$900 million contract to build smaller patrol boats for tiny Pacific islands nations.
According to Japan‘s top government spokesperson Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, reserve funds to the tune of 350 billion yen (3.24 billion dollars) may be available for costs associated to the quake-hit regions‘ restoration.
Analysts estimate the cost of such a program at $40 billion or more, a price tag that could yet prove prohibitive.
Wang, who is visiting Moscow attending the 14th trilateral meeting of foreign ministers, made the remarks when he had a meeting with his Russian and Indian counterparts Monday.
Moroccan King Mohammed VI and leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will hold the their first summit later this week in Riyadh, said the Ministry of Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery Monday.
Hollande arrived in Egypt on Sunday for a visit. He came to Cairo from Beirut as the second stop of his three-nation tour that will also take him to Jordan.
(11.3.2012) Benjamin Netanjahu ist politisch ein toter Mann. Er ist noch auf dem Sessel des Premierministers von Israel, aber sein Ende ist absehbar. Und das Ende seiner Regentschaft, sowie seiner Regierung, wird der Beginn eines endgültigen, unumkehrbaren politischen Umbruchs in Israel sein; durch etwas, was auch dort die herrschenden Gilden mehr fürchten als jede ihrer Atombomben – das Volk und seine Demokratie.
Speaking Wednesday to CNN‘s Anderson Cooper, Trump issued another sweeping judgment on Islam. „I think Islam hates us,“ he said. When Cooper pressed him to explain whether he thought this enmity was part and parcel of the faith, Trump left it to the media to determine if that were the case.
It‘s not the first time Trump has ducked the obvious implications of his statements.
Here’s Trump’s answer to a question on whether religious employers should have the right to discriminate on the basis of religion when it comes to hiring:
“That’s the question that’s been asked and discussed very brilliantly on many different levels over the last short period of time,” Trump said. “And I’m going to really leave that decision to you. That’s your personal decision. What would your answer be to that question?”
Netanyahu‘s confidant Ron Dermer discussed diplomatic and security policy with Jared Kushner, who wrote Trump‘s speech, ahead of the conference.
Die Ausgangssperre gilt in der türkischen Stadt Nusaybin an der Grenze zu Syrien seit November 2015. Das Ergebnis der Militärhandlungen der türkischen Armee, die ihren „Antiterroreinsatz“ gegen die kurdische Minderheit fortsetzt, sind Dutzende Tote unter der zivilen Bevölkerung. Nun sterben durch die Aktivitäten der türkischen Militärs auch friedliche Zivilisten auf syrischer Seite. Über Einzelheiten berichtet Akram Bakrat in einem Exklusiv-Interview für RT.
Just over a week before police detained the three men, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to arrest Palestinians planning attacks targeting Israel in a televised interview on Israel’s Channel 2.
Abbas said the PA had played an integral role in halting a “bloody intifada” that could have manifested out of the recent round of violence, noting in particular the PA’s prevention of young Palestinians from carrying out stab attacks that would have likely resulted in their deaths.
For this, Abbas caught backlash from opposition parties.
Dilma Rousseff betonte noch einmal, dass sie keinerlei Verbrechen begangen habe. „Gegen mich liegt keine Anzeige wegen Korruption oder Veruntreuung von öffentlichen Geldern vor. Mein Name steht auf keiner Bestechungsliste. Es handelt sich um den größten juristischen und politischen Betrug in der Geschichte unseres Landes.“
Die meisten Abgeordneten beriefen sich bei der Stimmabgabe auf Gott und die Familie. Jair Bolsonaro verteidigte gar in flammenden Worten einen der schlimmsten Folterer der Militärdiktatur. Andere warnten vor der kommunistischen Gefahr, die von der linken Arbeiterpartei PT ausgehe. Der PT gehört Rousseff ebenso an wie Ex-Präsident Lula.
Some 500 retired employees of Iran‘s steel industry have gathered outside the parliament to stage a protest against the government‘s delay in paying pensions.
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In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency in Tehran, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said efforts are underway to encourage European banks to cooperate with Iran following the coming into force of the JCPOA, the nuclear deal between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) that terminated nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran.
In a visit which follows last year‘s historic nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic, Mogherini, heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation comprised of seven European commissioners arrived in Tehran, Apr. 16 and held talks with senior Iranian officials.
Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah will visit Baku, press service of Azerbaijan‘s Culture and Tourism Ministry told Trend Apr. 18.
Turkey‘s border provinces of Kilis and Hatay were shelled by rockets from the Syrian territory currently under control of the „Islamic State“ (IS, aka ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) terrorist group, Anadolu Agency reported Apr. 18.
The student, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a senior at the University of California, Berkeley, was taken off a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Oakland on April 6 after he called an uncle in Baghdad to tell him about an event he attended that included a speech by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Further, the international community has a vested interest in restoring Syrian territorial integrity once the civil war is ended. While Syria may move to a federal system, it is likely to be reconstituted as a united state, and the legitimacy of that new government will depend on it pressing its claim for all Syrian territory.
Some current nonsense headlines in the U.S. media read like this: Saudis threaten sell-off of U.S. assets if 9/11 suits are allowed:
Saudi Arabia has warned the United States not to revoke its sovereign immunity, protecting the kingdom from lawsuits related to Sept. 11, or it will sell off hundreds of billions in American assets.
Just the other day I spoke at a college in Peoria, three hours south of Chicago. “My brother hasn’t left the house since returning home from Iraq,” one of the students told me with tears in her eyes. “What you said helped me understand his situation better. I might have more to say to him now.”
Scotland Yard said that no one has been arrested and aviation police based at the airport are investigating.
In an unusual twist, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) accidentally released a secret NATO report pertaining to the war games “with codewords, ciphers, co-ordinates, radio frequencies and a host of other “special instructions” for huge war games under way around Scotland.”
An MoD official mistakenly circulated a manual for planned air operations during major military exercises involving more than a dozen countries. Joint Warrior 161 is currently being played out around Scotland, while Griffin Strike 16 is taking place around the southwest coasts of England and Wales.
But instead they were given technical details of aircraft “killbox” target areas, code decryption tables, radio jamming rules and authentication protocols. As well as dozens of codewords, call signs and map co-ordinates, the report includes long lists of phone numbers, email addresses and military facilities.
Last August 2015, after eight months of intense negotiations with Europe’s Troika financial institutions—the IMF, European Central Bank, and European Commission—the Greek Government capitulated to the Troika’s demands imposing more austerity on Greece and its people in exchange for another $98 billion in additional loans.
Putin voiced confidence that continuing to develop Russian-Syrian friendly relations meets the essential interests of the two countries’ peoples, wishing President al-Assad health and success, and wishing the Syrian people the return of safe and prosperous life very soon.
On Sunday, the Israeli occupation government held a meeting in the occupied Syrian Golan during which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to consolidate the occupation of the Golan in blatant violation of all international resolutions and agreements which demand that the Israeli occupation withdraw from the Golan.
Ketchum was hired to improve the Honduran government’s image, which is stained by human rights violations.
It is estimated that more than 50,000 took part in the People’s Assembly National Demonstration, which began at about 1pm.
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