TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's eastern Es Sider oil export port has stopped working due to clashes nearby, an oil official said on Sunday.
Turkish police raid newspaper close to U.S.-based cleric Gulen
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police raided the offices of a newspaper close to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen on Sunday, the paper's editor said, two days after President Tayyip Erdogan signaled a fresh campaign against Gulen's supporters.
More British Troops To Be Deployed Next Month To Iraq
More British soldiers are expected to be deployed in Iraq (Reuters)
'Hundreds' More UK Troops To Be Sent To Iraq - Michael Fallon -- BBC
Hundreds of British troops will be sent to Iraq in the New Year, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.
The deployment - to help train local forces - will be in the "very low hundreds" but could also include a small protection force of combat-ready soldiers, he said.
About 50 UK troops are already training Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq.
The Ministry of Defence said the move had not yet been formally approved.
An MoD spokesman said: "No decisions on troop numbers, units or locations have yet been made".
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More News On Reports That More British Troops Will Be Deployed Next Month To Iraq
UK defense chief says more British troops to Iraq -- AP
UK boots on the ground in Iraq: 100 Paras deployed in battles against ISIS... the first fighting troops in the region since 2009 -- Daily Mail
Britain to send hundreds more troops to Iraq, says defence secretary -- The Guardian
Britain confirms 'hundreds' of extra trainers for Iraq -- AFP
Hundreds of British troops going to Iraq, official says -- CNN
Hundreds of British troops will return to Iraq in the New Year to train local forces -- The Independent
Details of Iraq deployment urged -- Press Association
UK to Send Hundreds of Troops to Iraq in January to Train Local Forces -- Sputnik
British troops to return to Iraq next month to fight ISIS -- RT
Sweden: Russian Military Jet Nearly Collided With A Passenger Plane
Russian Su-34 Fullback strike aircraft (front) is seen escorted by a Norwegian Air Force jet, October 31, 2014
Russian Military Aircraft Nearly Collides Mid-Air With Passenger Jet Over Sweden After 'Outright Dangerous' Decision To Switch Off Its Transponders -- Daily Mail
* The commercial flight was immediately ordered to change course
* Swedish fighter jets identified the plane as Russian intelligence plane
* In March a Russian plane came within 300 feet of an SAS plane
* And in October Sweden launched a hunt for a submarine in the Baltic Sea
For the second time this year, a Russian military aircraft turned off its transponders to avoid commercial radar and nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden, officials have revealed.
Swedish authorities yesterday said a Russian military aircraft nearly collided above southern Sweden with a commercial passenger jet that had taken off on Friday from Copenhagen.
Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist told a local radio station: 'This is serious. This is inappropriate. This is outright dangerous when you turn off the transponder.'
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More News On Reports That A Russian Military Jet Nearly Collided With A Passenger Plane Over Sweden
Sweden: Russian aircraft nearly collides with passenger jet -- USA Today/AP
Russian military jet nearly collides with passenger plane - again -- Deutsche Welle
Russian Military Jet Nearly Collides With Passenger Plane -- Radio Free Europe
Copenhagen flight nearly hit by Russian military jet -- The Local
'Foreign military aircraft' nearly collides with passenger plane over Sweden -- Independent.ie
Update: Russia is denying Swedish claims that a there was a "close call" .... Russia rejects Sweden minister statement on Russian warplane spotted in air space (ITAR-TASS).
U.S.S. Wyoming Shower-Gate Scandal Now Involves More Sailors
The USS Wyoming transits the Saint Marys River after departing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay Jan. 18, 2012. A dozen sailors are suspected of viewing secretly recorded videos of their female shipmates undressing in a submarine shower over a period of 10 months, according to an investigative report. James Kimber/U.S. Navy
Report: 12 Sailors Implicated In Submarine Shower Scandal -- Stars and Stripes
A dozen sailors are suspected of viewing secretly recorded videos of their female shipmates undressing in a submarine shower over a period of 10 months, according to a new investigative report obtained by Navy Times.
While it appears only one sailor has been implicated in the videos’ production and distribution, 11 are suspected of watching them and failing to report the matter to leaderships, according to the Times.
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More News On The U.S.S. Wyoming Shower-Gate Scandal
12 sailors implicated in submarine shower scandal -- Navy Times
Secret Submarine Videos of Female Officers Investigated -- ABC News
More sailors implicated in U.S.S. Wyoming Shower-gate scandal -- Examiner
Update: Navy Times reports 12 Kings Bay Submarine Base sailors are implicated in sub shower scandal -- Times Union
Update: This scandal is not going to stop the U.S. Navy program of integrating women on submarines .... Pentagon: Full speed ahead integrating women on subs (The Hill)
Vietnam's sea dispute arbitration case vs China promotes peace: Manila
MANILA (Reuters) - Vietnam has helped ensure peace in the South China Sea dispute with Beijing by following the Philippines in seeking U.N. arbitration, Manila said, despite the fact that Beijing has refused to take part.
American denounces U.S. after illegally entering North Korea: CNN
SEOUL (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who said he illegally entered North Korea held a press conference in Pyongyang on Sunday to deliver a 4,000-word statement denouncing U.S. domestic and foreign policy, CNN said.
Indonesia rescuers use earth-movers in landslide rescue as toll rises to 24
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers on Sunday used heavy-lifting equipment for the first time to clear roads leading to the site of a landslide that destroyed a village and killed at least 24 people, officials said, with scores still missing.
PM Abe's ruling party eyes big gains in snap Japan election
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party looks set for a huge win on Sunday in an election that will allow the conservative leader to claim a fresh mandate for his reflationary policies to revive Japan's long-stagnant economy.
PM Abe's ruling party eyes big gains in low-voltage Japan vote
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party looks set for a huge win on Sunday in a low-voltage election that will allow the conservative leader to claim a fresh mandate for his reflationary policies to revive Japan's long-stagnant economy.
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