These findings are consistent with other polling data placing the popularity of the president and Congress at the lowest levels recorded in modern times. Presidential approval has fallen to levels not seen since the Watergate scandal, while the Gallup Poll finds 18 percent approval of the Congress and 76 percent disapproval. The disaffection with political [...]

read more....

CAIRO, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — Egyptian and Iranian top diplomats are engaging in talks to boost bilateral ties amid increasing tension over the disputed Iranian nuclear program.
The two nations are expected to resume dialogue to build up an alliance against a potential military action on Iran, which would threaten the whole [...]

read more....

The story of the astronomers unit – amateur astronomers who assisted the Haganah in gathering intelligence about the Arab Legion’s movements in and around Jerusalem – still rouses Gihon, an 85-year-old professor, archaeologist and historian, to enthusiasm.
“It all began one morning in the fall of 1947, when David Zaichik came to see me,” he recalled. [...]

read more....

FEATURE-Gaza on war footing as Israel declares it “enemy”
Reuters - 8 hours ago
“A war with Israel may stop or at least put aside the internal conflicts,” he told Reuters as he served customers. But there was no immediate sign of an end …
Gaza faces fuel and water shortages after Israel ‘declares war‘ Guardian Unlimited
Meretz: Cabinet can’t [...]

read more....

It’s a good thing, too, because the Kremlin has a lot of explaining to do. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been busy of late, reviving old sorties into international airspace, testing powerful new weaponry, and allegedly dropping a missile or two on the Western-leaning country of Georgia. The tension over a U.S. missile shield program based [...]

read more....

Military cooperation is an instrument for containing the U.S. hegemony in the region.
Russia
This year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a $200 billion, seven-year rearmament plan for Russia’s military. The package includes money for the Pacific Fleet, a major Pacific submarine base, and new land- and sea-based intercontinental missiles. Last month, Russia resumed global patrols by [...]

read more....

A joint mission developed by China and Brazil was shot into an orbit circling Earth’s poles to snap detailed images of the globe during an early Wednesday launch from China’s northeastern space base.
…
Images from the new high-resolution camera will also be useful in urban planning and military intelligence applications for China and Brazil.
Read More…

read more....

GROWING military co-operation between Australia, Japan and the US is worrying Moscow, as is work on US-Japanese missile defence co-operation, a top foreign ministry official said in an interview today.
“The strengthening of US-Australian-Japanese ties has got our attention…. Narrow alliances, especially tight military-political unions, are a worry,” Deputy Foreign Ministry Alexander Losyukov told daily Vremya [...]

read more....

HONG KONG: Two decades after developed nations agreed to halt the proliferation of strategic missile technology, China and India are leading the most significant modernization of nuclear-capable ballistic missile and cruise missile forces in Asia since the Cold War, according to arms control analysts.
The growth in the sophistication and number of strategic missiles across the [...]

read more....

Did you know that China could become the world’s leading naval power by 2020? That’s the verdict of military analyst Tony Corn. This may help explain why the U.S. Navy thinks a piece of paper called the U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty provides some sort of protection for American forces on the high seas. [...]

read more....