http://www.globalsecurity.org Reliable Security Information from GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/gslogo5.png http://www.globalsecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2013/pakistan-130520-voa01.htm Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif, who is set to become prime minister for a third time after his party won recent parliamentary elections, on Monday called for peace talks with domestic Taliban extremists, saying "this is the best option" to fight militancy. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-afps02.htm Defense Department officials have submitted two funding-related requests to Congress, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-mcn01.htm Family and friends watched Marines and sailors serving with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, currently the Ground Combat Element for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, march onto the Camp San Mateo parade here, May 13. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-nns03.htm During May 2013, U.S. Navy Reservists and active duty forces constructed a Chemically Hardened Expeditionary Medical Facility at Naval Weapons Station Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, Va., to test the integration of a collective protection system. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/dod-contracts_5044.htm No description 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria-130520-voa03.htm Syrian government troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement have been in fierce battles in the rebel-held town of Qusair after weeks of fighting. Many wounded rebels are being treated across the nearby border in northern Lebanon. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-unnews01.htm The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) voiced its concern about renewed clashes between rebels from the 23 March Movement (M23) and the national armed forces in the eastern city of Goma. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-voa04.htm Nearly a week after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced the deployment of thousands of troops to the country's war-torn north, officials say they now hold more than 200 suspected Boko Haram militants. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-voa05.htm At the White House, President Barack Obama and Burma's President, Thein Sein, discussed political and economic reforms in Burma, human rights and the importance of resolving the country's ethnic conflicts and religious tensions. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-voa06.htm A spokesman for Uganda's government says President Yoweri Museveni's administration will continue with investigations into a security breach despite, criticisms that it is contravening the constitution. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-unnews02.htm United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shares the concerns expressed earlier by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union over the latest developments in the electoral process in Madagascar, according to the spokesperson for the world body's chief. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2013/dprk-130520-afps01.htm The United States continues to call on North Korean leaders to exercise restraint and abide by their international obligations, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2013/05/sec-130520-nns01.htm U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) and Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC) are working together during the Navy's annual Hurricane Exercise (HURREX) and Citadel Gale May 13-24 to prepare units and personnel for the upcoming hurricane season. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-afps01.htm A combined Afghan and coalition security force arrested three insurgents today during a search for an insurgent leader with ties to the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist networks in the Sabari district of Afghanistan's Khost province, military officials reported. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-rferl01.htm Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that authorities say killed at least 14 people, including a senior provincial politician. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-nns01.htm USS Freedom (LCS 1) made its debut in Singapore May 14-19, participating in an international trade show and a maritime exercise with regional navies. Freedom also hosted thousands of visitors, from Singaporean citizens to senior government and military officials, during a series of ship tours. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-nns02.htm Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, visited Sailors aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) while the ship was moored at Khalifa Bin Salman, Bahrain, for a scheduled port visit, May 16. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-rianovosti02.htm Flight recorders from a US military plane that crashed in northern Kyrgyzstan in early May have been found, the republic's Transport and Communication Ministry said on Monday. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/taiwan/2013/taiwan-130520-cna01.htm The Republic of China Navy Command confirmed Monday that it is seeking to purchase two active Perry-class frigates from the United States. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/taiwan/2013/taiwan-130520-cna02.htm An Air Force twin-seater Mirage 2000-5 jet fighter crashed into waters west of Hsinchu in northern Taiwan Monday morning, but its pilots ejected to safety before the plane hit the water, according to Air Force Command Headquarters. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-presstv02.htm A Turkish pilot has been killed in an incident where he lost control of the aircraft and went down during an acrobatic aerial display in Turkey's southern city of Adana. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-rianovosti03.htm Military inspectors from the United States and Italy will carry out observation flights over Russian territory this week under the international Open Skies Treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-rianovosti01.htm Russia and Peru will sign a contract to upgrade Lima's fleet of Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters by the end of May, Konstantin Biryulin, deputy head of Russia's Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said on Monday. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/uk/uk-130520-ukmod01.htm A small team of UK personnel are learning all about the fifth-generation stealth aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/uk/uk-130520-ukmod02.htm The MOD has signed a £15 million contract to replenish the Army's stock of supersonic Hellfire missiles used by Apache helicopters. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria-130520-presstv01.htm Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stressed Iran's influential role in settling the Syria unrest, underlining the need for the inclusion of Iran in an upcoming international conference on Syria. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria-130520-presstv02.htm The Syrian army has restored security in the western city of al-Qusayr in the central province of Homs, after taking back control of 50 percent of the city from foreign-backed militants. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria-130520-voa01.htm Syrian activists say at least 23 Hezbollah militants have been killed in fighting for the town of Qusair, as Syrian forces press a weeks-long offensive to recapture the strategic area from rebels. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria-130520-voa02.htm U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels Monday to the Middle East for talks on holding a Syrian peace conference. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-cna01.htm Taiwan is preparing to distribute flyers around the world to further state its case to the global community in its dispute with Manila over the recent attack by a Philippines patrol boat on a Taiwanese fishing boat that left a fisherman dead. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-presstv01.htm Fifty one people have lost their lives in two separate clashes in eastern and northeastern regions of South Sudan, government officials say. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-voa01.htm The leaders of Asian giants India and China say they will take steps to build greater mutual trust a month after a tense dispute over their shared border. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-voa02.htm It has been almost two months since the Seleka rebel coalition seized power in the Central African Republic, but rebel leaders say they are struggling to get criminality under control. The Economic Community of Central African States says it will begin sending an additional 1,200 regional troops to CAR this week to help stabilize the country. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/05/mil-130520-voa03.htm Burmese President Thein Sein visits the White House on Monday, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2013/iraq-130520-presstv01.htm More than 80 people have been killed and over 150 others injured in several bomb explosions and shooting incidents across Iraq. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2013/iraq-130520-rferl01.htm A string of car bombs across Iraq has killed more than 70 people. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2013/iraq-130520-voa01.htm A wave of car bombs ripped through mainly Shi'ite sections of Iraq's capital and in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 55 people and wounding scores more. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2013/dprk-130520-rianovosti01.htm North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third straight day of firings, South Korea's defense ministry said, Yonhap reported. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2013/dprk-130520-rianovosti02.htm Moscow is deeply concerned with reports of North Korea's latest missile tests and hopes that a meeting of intermediaries on the North Korean nuclear issue settlement will be held in the nearest future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2013/dprk-130520-voa01.htm North Korea has fired short-range projectiles into its coastal waters for a third consecutive day, defying international calls for restraint. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/rok/2013/rok-130520-rianovosti01.htm The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea's recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea's foreign minister was quoted by South Korean media as saying Monday. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2013/iran-130520-irna01.htm Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Iran is ready to give a vigorous response to any kind of hostile activities. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2013/iran-130520-presstv01.htm Iran's Defense Ministry and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force have teamed up to develop a new air defense system, Press TV reports. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2013/iran-130520-presstv02.htm Iran's latest indigenous air defense battery, Ninth Herz, has hit the production line in a ceremony with Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi in attendance. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2013/05/sec-130520-presstv01.htm Russian security forces have foiled a terror attack on the country's capital, Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another. 2013-05-21T02:15:51Z