Vietnam has invited a Japanese naval vessel to visit his basic strategic Cam Ranh Bay to the South China Sea. The arrival of the ship is the first joint naval exercise of these countries ever and will be viewed by China with suspicion.
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and his Malaysian colleague Thursday sail along on the American warship Theodore Roosevelt on a journey that the tension over claims in the South China Sea marks. There is no information which route the ship will operate, but it is on patrol in the South China Sea, where territorial disputes between China and some neighboring countries are running high.
The US Navy plans to conduct two patrols each quarter at the controversial artificial Spratly islands in the South China Sea. That said a US defense official Monday.
Orangutans in the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo are threatened by the continuing forest fires there. To escape the suffocating smoke flee to open country, where they can be shot at risk.
The number of refugees traveling through Austria to Germany remains high. Early Saturday morning were a thousand people at the border crossing with the German town of Passau. Friday more than 5,500 refugees have crossed the border at three locations in the region.
A week after the crash of a Spanish military helicopter in the Atlantic, the bodies of the three passengers were found.
China does not cooperate in the case against the country who are going to deal with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The Philippines had in 2013 an indictment in areas of territorial claims in the South China Sea. China had objected. According to the country 's court is not entitled to rule on it, but Thursday the court ruled that it does take into consideration the case.
Alphabet, known as Google, has signed an agreement with three Indonesian telecom companies offering internet in remote areas via balloons. According years the first few hundred balloons into the sky.
China, the arrival of an American warship, which is heading for artificial islands in the South China Sea, condemned. The Chinese embassy in Washington said that the US " should not use freedom of navigation as an excuse to show muscles " the. Also, it should not undermine the sovereignty and security of other countries.
The US Navy sent a destroyer to 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) of the artificial islands that China has built in the South China Sea. A spokesperson of the US Department of Defense said Monday. With the move to the United States shall notify the territorial claims of China in the area of the jaw.
Greece will receive 5.9 million euros from the European Commission to improve the reception and registration of refugees. The money is sufficient for the next four months to bear the costs of transporting at least 60 000 migrants from the islands to the mainland, the committee will know Monday.
A new feature in the so-called Canary version of Chrome web browser, it is possible to tell if a site is secure.
A helicopter of the Spanish army on Thursday crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. On board were three soldiers. It is according to the Spanish Ministry of Defence unclear how they are ready for it, writes the Catalan newspaper Ara.
Refugees from Turkey who try one of the Greek islands in the Aegean reach, be attacked by masked men in speedboats. Trying to make the boats with refugees in many ways unusable.
Russia plans to build a military base on the Kuril Islands, an archipelago on the edge of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean. That Minister Sergei Sjojgu of Defense announced Thursday.
On the Balearic Islands introducing a special tax for tourists in 2016 . The regional government hopes 80 million a year to shake off the visitors to protect the environment in the context of sustainable tourism .
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 was recorded Wednesday at 226 kilometers south of the Kuril Islands , a Russian archipelago on the edge of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean. The quake occurred at a depth of 34 kilometers , according to the United States Geological Survey , a scientific agency that conducted among more seismographic measurements.
More than 710 000 refugees in the first nine months of this year have fled within the EU. That the EU border control agency Frontex Tuesday declared. Last year, a total of 282 000 migrants within the EU.
The Greek Coast Guard has rescued the last 24 hours more than 1,100 refugees from the Aegean Sea. In the islands of Lesbos , Leros, Chios , Samos, Kos Farmakonisi and rescuers had to come into action to get people out of the water .
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher received an urgent request to soften its image. The ' Iron Lady ' was the advice of the head of its press department , Bernard Ingham. This is evident from declassified personal papers of Thatcher, the BBC writes Saturday .
The number of refugees to Greece is increasing sharply. That signals the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Cause may be the expected worsening weather which the applicants wish for .
The Greek port of Piraeus within twelve hours received 12 000 refugees on the quays. Ferries brought Tuesday 7000 migrants who came from the islands of Lesbos and Chios . Wednesday morning there were another 5000 people who were picked up at the North Aegean islands.
