Mexican armed forces were complicit in students’ disappearance, new report finds
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican security forces were complicit in the 2014 abduction of 43 student teachers and concealed documents which showed where some of them were taken, according to a new report by an independent panel of international experts presented on Tuesday. Carlos Martin Beristain and Angela Buitrago, members of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent […]
Suicide bomber kills at least 30 soldiers in Somali capital – military sources
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded scores more inside a military academy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by the al-Shabaab militant group. A military campaign launched by government forces and allied militiamen last year has forced the al-Qaeda-linked group from […]
Climate change: World’s war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military blind spot
SARAH MCFARLANE and VALERIE VOLCOVICI, of Reuters, report…
Canadian PM Trudeau visits Alberta as wildfires rage
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Alberta on Monday as raging wildfires prompted mass evacuations and reduced energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province, where meteorologists expect virtually no rain for 10 days or so. In the provincial capital Edmonton, Trudeau received an update on firefighting efforts by Canadian soldiers sent to help […]
Thailand opposition crushes military parties in election rout
Bangkok, ThailandReuters Thailand’s opposition secured a stunning election win on Sunday after trouncing parties allied with the military, setting the stage for a flurry of deal-making over forming a government in a bid to end nearly a decade of conservative, army-backed rule. The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai Party were far […]
Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military, Stockholm thinktank says
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Global military spending rose to a record last year as Russia’s war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold War three decades ago, a leading conflict and armaments think tank said on Monday. Ukrainian service members from a 3rd separate assault brigade […]
Vast military procession to mark King Charles’ coronation
London, UK Reuters Around 5,000 members of the British armed forces will participate in the coronation of King Charles III next month, joined by soldiers from more than 30 Commonwealth countries to form one of the largest ceremonial military operations in decades. Charles will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey on 6th May in a […]
Myanmar junta says military carried out deadly attack on rebel ceremony
Reuters Myanmar’s military said on Wednesday it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help the “terrorists”. At least 50 people, including children, were killed in Tuesday’s air strike in the Sagaing […]
Dutch host first summit on ‘responsible’ use of AI in the military
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters Delegations from both the United States and China are set to attend a summit on the “responsible” use of artificial intelligence in the military this week in the Netherlands, the first of its kind. Though it is not clear the 50 countries attending will agree to endorse even a weak statement of […]
Lula to purge Bolsonaro loyalists from Brazilian security forces after rampage
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that security force members were complicit in letting an anti-government mob ransack the seat of power in Brasilia, and promised to weed out hardcore supporters of his predecessor. The task of screening out those actors will be complex, his senior aides said, […]