The Telegraph James Titcomb 17 September 2017  BAE Systems will supply 24 Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar, preserving thousands of British manufacturing jobs in the biggest export deal for the Typhoon project in a decade. Defence secretary Michael Fallon signed a statement of intent with his Qatari counterpart Khalid bin ...

HURRICANE Maria is barrelling towards the Caribbean with additional strengthening forecast, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC). Express By Nicole Stinson 18 September, 2017 Maria was upgraded to a hurricane on Sunday evening and the latest NHC forecast shows the storm travelling along a west-northwest trajectory, placing Florida ...

The US President called the nuclear accord ‘one of the worst deals I’ve ever seen’ The Independent Samuel Osborne 17 September, 2017 Iran‘s Supreme Leader has warned Iran would react strongly to any “wrong move” by the United States on Tehran’s nuclear accord with world powers. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statement ...

Pyongyang’s launch of ballistic missile comes after threat to ‘sink’ Japan and UN approval of new sanctions The Independent Jermey B White 15 September, 2017 North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, its latest act of aggression against a neighbour and key Western ally amid a escalating war ...

Even those who presented the Myanmar leader with awards say she should be blamed for her reluctance to condemn Rohingya violence. Sky News Dominic Waghorn 13 September, 2017 For years, Aung San Suu Kyi was feted as one of the greatest hopes for better human rights around the world. From ...

Newsweek Callum Paton 12 September, 2017 Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the ancient tomb of a royal goldsmith and jeweler containing mummies, believed to be his family members, and treasure more than three millennia old. The haul of jewelry, statues and ancient sarcophagi, the traditional anthropomorphic coffins used in the time ...

It is the second time the Government has been accused of using security as a bargaining chip The independent Joe Watts 12 September, 2017 Cabinet ministers have risked a Brussels backlash after using their latest Brexit negotiating paper to highlight how crucial the UK’s military might is to ensuring European ...

Several dozen former fighters have already crossed into southern Turkey in recent weeks as terror group loses territory The Guardian Martin Chulov 12 September, 2017 Hundreds of defectors from Islamic State have massed in Syria’s Idlib province, with many planning to cross the nearby Turkish border and find ways back ...

Ghassan Salamé is due to tell conference convened by Boris Johnson that efforts to unite country are being hampered The Guardian Patrick Wintour 11 September, 2017 Fears that overlapping European and Middle Eastern peace initiatives for Libya are hampering the new UN special envoy are to be aired this week ...

Why Deterrence Is Still the Best Option Foreign Affairs By Scott D. Sagan 10 Septmber, 2017 It is time for the U.S. government to admit that it has failed to prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the United States. North Korea no ...