May 22

US, Japan 'committed to Okinawa base move' (AFP)

AFP – A top US diplomat on Sunday underlined Washington’s commitment to relocating an unpopular military base within Japan’s southern Okinawa island, brushing aside calls to freeze the plan. Read the rest of this entry »

May 22

Militants storm Pakistan military base in Karachi (AFP)

AFP – Militants stormed one of Pakistan’s biggest military bases in the country’s largest city late Sunday, triggering explosions and gunbattles three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden. Read the rest of this entry »

May 22

Gates warns against shrinking US military (AFP)

AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday called for maintaining a powerful US military and warned against slashing its budget as a response to the country’s fiscal troubles. Read the rest of this entry »

May 22

At least 4 killed in attack on Pakistani naval base (Reuters)

Reuters – Militants attacked a Pakistani naval aviation base on Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, the latest attack on a heavily guarded military installation in Pakistan. Read the rest of this entry »