Gen. Necdet Ozel, commander of Gendarmerie paramilitary force, meets with President Abdullah Gul at the Presidential Palace of Cankaya in Ankara, Turkey, late Friday, July 29. Gul approved the appointment of Ozel as the new commander of Turkey’s Land Forces, hours after the country’s Chief of Staff and other top army commander have resigned. / AP […]
LONDON — Turkey is said to have seized Iranian weapons destined for Syria. A German daily reported that Turkish security forces captured an Iranian arms shipment meant for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Munich-based Suddeutsche Zeitung quoted diplomatic sources as describing the weapons, intercepted on April 30, as destined for the Iranian-sponsored […]
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Lawmakers in the Taiwan legislature fight over a contentious trade pact with China late last year. / Wally Santana/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s parliamentary speaker has said he will consider opening the legislative floor to Chinese tourists so they can learn from the island’s freewheeling democracy. Lawmaker Wu Yu-sheng of the ruling Nationalist Party proposed […]
In five years as defense secretary, Dr. Robert Gates transformed the American military and put it on a course that will limit its ability to defend us for decades to come. Gates’ term as defense secretary began under President Bush and ended after more than two years of Barack Obama’s presidency. Of Gates’ “accomplishments,” three […]