NATO Defense Spending Expected to Rise by $100Bln - Lockheed Martin CEO
Lockheed Martin President and CEO Marilyn Hewson claims that NATO’s total spending on weapons systems is expected to soar by at least $100 billion in the next few years.
Lockheed Martin President and CEO Marilyn Hewson claims that NATO’s total spending on weapons systems is expected to soar by at least $100 billion in the next few years.
Following a 2016 marked by record temperatures and extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a new report claiming that the inhabitants of Earth are entering “truly uncharted territory” of climatic instability.
Lockheed Martin has sold more than $12.7 billion worth of weapons and high-tech systems to international customers last year.
Trump Winery, owned by President Trump’s son Eric, has submitted an application to hire foreign workers to pick grapes after they couldn’t find American citizens willing to work for the salary.
A North Korean envoy told Reuters on Tuesday that the country is immune to the US sanctions designed to disconnect Pyongyang from global financial institutions and that an “acceleration” of missile programs and nuclear development was forthcoming.
Seth Williams, the top attorney for the US city of Philadelphia, was indicted on 23 charges of federal fraud and extortion, according to documents filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
The US Deposit Insurance Fund balance rose by more than $10 billion in 2016 to $83.2 billion according to a FDIC news release on Tuesday.
The USS George H. W. Bush was met by at least 20 Iranian Revolutionary Guard ships as it transited the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday.
A hacking group threatens to wipe data from over 300 million Apple devices unless the US technology giant pays a ransom, the Motherboard news portal reported Tuesday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says that Turkish foreign ministry officials will meet with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Ankara.
On the second anniversary of the Germanwings plane crash that claimed the lives of 150 people, the father of the pilot has announced that he will be holding a news conference to challenge the German criminal investigation that found that his son had intentionally flown the plane into a mountain.
Francois Fillon is suspected of fraud, Le Monde newspaper reported.
The German Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig rejected the legal protection for two Islamists arrested earlier in Goettingen, prompting their immediate deportation, the court's press service said in a statement on Tuesday.
A young man in Maine passing time in the basement of his parents home managed to torch the place after attempting to kill ants with matches.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is set to host one of the most complex air exercises ever later this year, featuring 100 aircraft and hundreds of airmen.
Standard and Poor’s rating agency has revised its outlook for 13 Russian companies to positive from stable.
US Department of Defense spokesperson Capt. Jeff Davis said that James Mattis and Jens Stoltenberg have discussed ways to increase NATO’s participation in counterterrorism efforts.
Behnaz Shafiei has become a pioneer in Iranian motor sport as she recently managed to make a 15-meter jump on a racetrack near Tehran. However, her jump is far greater than that because it was just a year ago that Iranian women were prohibited from riding motorbikes.
On Monday, British tabloid The Mirror published an article about Russian football hooligan gangs, allegedly training in fist fighting in order to attack English fans during the 2018 World Cup.
The beginning of negotiations on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons is a vital initial step for global disarmament despite opposition by the United States and Russia to such a pact, UN Secretary-General deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said during a press briefing on Tuesday.
The issue of changing the so-called Normandy format on Ukrainian settlement negotiations is not considered by its participants, Russia's envoy to the Contact Group on Ukraine Boris Gryzlov said on Tuesday.
Japan is seeking to bolster its geopolitical positions in the Asia-Pacific region by strengthening its military ties with the United States and developing economic relations with Russia, Chinese experts told Sputnik. However, regardless of its political maneuvers Tokyo remains Washington's ally in the first place.
WikiLeaks has set conditions for tech companies that they have to follow in order to get details of hacking exploits from the leak of the Central Intelligence Agency’s data. Radio Sputnik spoke with Dr. Timothy Carone, an associate professor in the department of IT and analytics at the University Of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
The United States remains fully committed to the NATO alliance despite Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s plans not to attend next month's meeting, Department of State acting spokesperson Mark Toner said on Tuesday.