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World China Displays Global Expansion With Military Showcase in Africa • November 26, 2017 Images of tanks firing live rounds and soldiers engaging in target practice in the deserts of Djibouti, east Africa played on Chinese state television Friday. The soldiers were from China’s only overseas military base, which was completed in the country only months ago. Beijing-based military analyst Zhou Chenming told  The South China Morning Post  that the exercises were likely a prelude to more sophisticated drills to be held later this year. Trending:  LaVar Ball Is Killing Trump With Kindness, Offering To Send President Some Sneakers To Help Him Calm Down GettyImages-825399844 More This photo taken on August 1, 2017 shows Chinese People's Liberation Army personnel attending the opening ceremony of China's new military base in Djibouti. China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward...

News Egypt attack to spur on Saudi-backed Muslim military alliance: crown prince Reuters • November 26, 2017 Egypt attack to spur on Saudi-backed Muslim military alliance: crown prince More By Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Sunday an attack on an Egyptian mosque that killed more than 300 worshippers would galvanize an Islamic military coalition that aimed to counter "terrorism and extremism". Top defense officials from 40 Muslim-majority nation's met in Riyadh on Sunday. They are part of an alliance gathered together two years ago by Prince Mohammed, who is also Saudi defense minister. The crown prince has said he would encourage a more moderate and tolerant version of Islam in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Prince Mohamed told delegates that Friday's attack in Egypt "was a very painful occurrence and must make us contemplate in an interna...

News North Korea tension sidelines South's Unification Ministry KIM TONG-HYUNG , Associated Press • October 2, 2017 1 / 5 FILE - In this June 13, 2000, file photo, then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, and then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung shake hands in Pyongyang, North Korea. As North Korea steps up its nuclear weapons tests and threats, South Korea’s Unification Ministry faces an almost existential crisis. It wasn’t too long ago that the ministry was one of Seoul’s most powerful government departments. But the political sway is mostly gone after a decade that saw relations between the Koreas go from bad to worse. (Yonhap Pool Photo via AP, File) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Every day, South Korea's Unification Ministry sends officials to the border village of Panmunjom to call North Korea at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more than 18 months, the North hasn't picked up. As North Korea steps u...

News Navajo tribe says ready to sue Trump over changes to Utah monument By Valerie Volcovici , Reuters • September 21, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Bears Ears, the twin rock formations which form part of Bears Ears National Monument in the Four Corners region, are pictured in Utah, U.S. May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Bob Strong More By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navajo Nation will sue the Trump administration if it tries to reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, its top lawyer told Reuters on Thursday, ahead of the release of a broad government review of such sites across the country. President Donald Trump had ordered the Interior Department to examine whether 27 national monuments designated by past presidents could be reduced or rescinded to make way for oil and gas drilling and other economic development. The results have not been announced, but a leak of the review obtained by the Washington Post shows the Interior D...

News Puerto Rico, St. Croix devastated by powerful Hurricane Maria By Dave Graham and Robin Respaut , Reuters • September 21, 2017 Puerto Rico, St. Croix devastated by powerful Hurricane Maria More By Dave Graham and Robin Respaut SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Deadly Hurricane Maria caused flooding in the Dominican Republic as it brushed past the country on Thursday after destroying buildings and knocking out power across the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and St. Croix. The second major hurricane to rage through the Caribbean this month, Maria has killed at least 17 people and devastated several small islands, including St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Dominica. Maria, now a Category 3 with sustained winds of up to 120 miles per hour (195 km per hour), was expected to pass near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas on Thursday night and Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Officials ...