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Japan, India, U.S. set naval exercises off Okinawa

Japan, India, U.S. set naval exercises off Okinawa

(June 13th, 2016) In the context of China’s repeated incursions into Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea and attempts to dominate the South China Sea by military force, Japan, India and the United States will hold major trilateral naval exercises off the...

Russia continuing buildup on its western border

Russia continuing buildup on its western border

(June 13th, 2016) An increasingly militaristic and aggressive Russia is building new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its western frontline in a growing confrontation with NATO. At the same time the NATO alliance is staging major military exercises and...

Hackers get into Mitsubishi car

Hackers get into Mitsubishi car

(June 13th, 2016) The Guardian reports that team of security researchers are calling on Mitsubishi to recall at least 100,000 Outlander hybrid cars after exposing a security breach that let “the hackers to remotely turn off the car’s alarm system, control the lights...

France stages terror scenes to prepare for football series

France stages terror scenes to prepare for football series

(June 13th, 2016) French security forces have been staging scary simulated terror scenes to train for the European football championships, which start June 10. At least 30 “doomsday’’ scenarios staged by police and emergency services have been held across France in...

Facebook chief’s Twitter, Pinterest accounts reportedly hacked

Facebook chief’s Twitter, Pinterest accounts reportedly hacked

(June 13th, 2016) In what has caused some chuckling, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts have been resecured, after media reports that the social-media mogul's  sites had been hacked. VentureBeat said that Mr. Zuckerberg's Twitter...

South China Sea shoal may become ‘line in sand’

South China Sea shoal may become ‘line in sand’

(June 13th, 2016) Scarborough Shoal, in the South China Sea, may be becoming a line in the sand against Chinese militaristic expansionism in that sea, most of which China claims. China seized and occupied the shoal in 2012. It is unclear what the United States and...