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EVENT Thousands of people took to the streets in Guatemala City on 30 May to protest against corruption and demand the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina. The protest follows five previous anti-government demonstrations, including on 25 April and 17 May, which according to the local

The Polish government announced on 30 May that Lockheed Martin has completed its offset obligations related to the country's 2002 procurement of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Deputy Minister of Economy Arkadiusz Bak revealed during the handover of statements that the offset agreement, signed in

EVENT New Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has announced in his inauguration speech on 29 May that the command and control centre for forces fighting Islamist militant group Boko Haram will be moved from the federal capital of Abuja to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. Maiduguri is the

At least 18 people were killed and 30 others were wounded when a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the Alhaji Haruna mosque near the Monday Market in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria's Borno State on 30 May. The militant was reported to have been posing as a trader

Key Points The Pentagon wants to buy up to 450 F-35s in a three-year block buy beginning in 2018 Officials said the move could yield 'double-digit' savings US Department of Defense (DoD) officials plan to ask lawmakers to authorise a three-year block buy of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint

Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering has posted sharp falls in revenues and earnings in fiscal year 2014-15, the company announced on 30 May. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Pipavav said consolidated revenues declined year-on-year 63% to INR9.43 billion (USD148 million) while

Raytheon announced on 29 May that it has completed the creation of a new joint venture (JV) company that expands the firm's cyber-security offerings. Under a deal announced in April, Raytheon has acquired cyber-security firm Websense and combined it with its Raytheon Cyber Products business in the

Russia has banned 89 European Union (EU) nationals from entering the country in retaliation to targeted EU sanctions. The list, revealed on 30 May, covers a wide variety of political, military, and security figures, including former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and former UK foreign

Taliban attacks in the central Afghan province of Uruzgan that started in mid-May have intensified in the past few days, according to both sides. Afghan channel TOLOnews reported on 29 May that according to Muhammad Hanif Hanafi, a senator from the province, 54 police outposts throughout Uruzgan

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of 1,600 guided bombs to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA) announced on 29 May. The DSCA said the possible sale covered 1,000 GBU-31B/B(V)1 (half with general-purpose 2,000 lb-class MK 84 warheads,

UK-based defence technology firm Ultra Electronics announced on 1 June that it had reached an agreement with Kratos Defence and Security Solutions to acquire the latter's Electronic Products Division (EPD). Kratos's EPD business designs and produces RF and microwave integrated systems and

The US Navy (USN) intends to award Boeing subsidiary Insitu a sole-source contract for procuring additional RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on 28 May. The contract will cover eight systems under low-rate initial production (LRIP)

Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (Aqmi) a revendiqué deux attaques contre la force de l’ONU au Mali, la Minusma, cette semaine dans le nord du pays, rapporte dimanche l’agence privée mauritanienne Al-Akhbar. Aqmi a revendiqué « une attaque aux roquettes contre une base de la Minusma le 25 mai » dans le nord du Mali, sans autre précision, […]

CONAKRY-Le ton monte du côté de l’opposition qui réclame désormais ouvertement le départ du président Alpha Condé. Pour l’opposant Cellou Dalein Diallo, les guinéens doivent

May 30, 2015 (BOR) – The experience of a young family losing two of their children to unknown abductors can not only be sad and devastating, but equally hearth-wrecking.

A couple in South Sudan's Jonglei state has appealed to government and the Greater Pibor Area Administration (GPAA) to help them recover two lost children.

Thon Malual Garang, 33, and his wife Ayen Madit are in tears after their four and half year old girl and a boy less than three years were abducted by unknown people from their home in Block Nine zone.

“My children are two, the girl is the elder one and her follower is a boy. My home was attacked in the evening when I was still at work. I was not at home [but] if I were home, I would have given my life to save them”, Garang Sudan Tribune in the capital, Bor on Saturday.

“What I know from my wife and the rest of the eyewitnesses is that the abductors where Murle, their place in Pibor is not known, but I guess they are from western Pibor areas like Manybol, Koth-char, or Gumuruk,” he added.

Malual called on both Pibor administration and the Jonglei state government to coordinate, trace and bring back all the children abducted by Murle tribesmen, including his children, saying this would be the starting point for peace between these two tribes.

During the attack, Malual, an officer at the state fire brigade, said his mother and his youngest son were shot, but the duo were now getting better.

“There is nothing more frustrating than losing your child to abductors. I suffered for years since I was married to raise them, only to see them being taken at a gunpoint,” a tearful Ayen narrated.

Early this month, the GPAA under David Yauyau's leadership, returned four abducted children who were reunited with their parents. At the event, Yauyau pledged to end all criminal activities such as raiding and abduction with support from Jonglei authorities.

The GPAA was created following the 9 May, 2014 peace agreement the Yauyau-led South Sudan Democratic Forces-Cobra faction signed with South Sudan government.

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US Office of Naval Research (ONR) scientists have conducted experiments, using boats with high-speed planing hulls, to understand the motions, forces, and pressures generated by waves on boats.

Sailors from the pre-commissioning unit (PCU) of the US Navy aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) have completed specialised training and are now ready to operate and maintain the navy's newest aircraft launch system.

The UK Royal Navy's commando carrier HMS Ocean is set to assume the duties of fleet flagship from today, following the recent achievement of operational capability.

India has successfully conducted the first live firing of a Boeing-built anti-ship Harpoon missile from a fighter plane.

Alain Juppé a relancé dimanche la compétition à droite en vue de la primaire pour l'élection présidentielle de 2017 en dénonçant le «