GlobalSecurity Oct 4, 2016

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Latest News Oct 4, 2016 Two U.S. Diplomats Drugged In St. Petersburg Last Year, Deepening Washington's Concern Two U.S. officials traveling with diplomatic passports were drugged while attending a conference in Russia last year, and one of them was hospitalized, in what officials have concluded was part of a wider, escalating pattern of harassment of U.S. diplomats by Russia. ... Read more... Featured Free Resource Military & Aerospace Electronics Is published exclusively for engineering managers and engineers involved with military and aerospace electronic systems design, development and production. US Suspends Talks With Russia Over Syria Declaring its patience with Russia has run out, the United States on Monday suspended Syria cease-fire talks with Moscow, citing continued military attacks against civilian targets in the war-torn Middle Eastern country. ... Read more... 'Bunker-buster' bombs in eastern Aleppo mean children not even safe underground, UN experts warn The killing and maiming of children in eastern Aleppo by the Syrian Government and its allies is not only a brutal abdication of international human rights obligations, it will have a long-lasting impact on the young victims for generations to come, United Nations child rights experts warned. ... Read more... Taliban Overruns Territory in New Afghan Offensives Taliban insurgents are said to have overrun sizable territory in the key northern Afghan city of Kunduz, after staging a predawn multipronged offensive. ... Read more... Colombian Leaders Try to Revive Peace Deal After Stunning Referendum Defeat Political leaders in Colombia are looking for a way forward after voters unexpectedly rejected a peace deal with leftist FARC rebels that would have ended a 52-year-old war. ... Read more... Putin Suspends U.S.-Russia Plutonium Deal, Blaming NATO, Sanctions, Magnitsky Act Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended a 16-year-old deal that called for reducing some of Russia's and the United States' stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium, citing "Washington's unfriendly actions toward Russia." ... Read more... Featured Free Resource Military & Aerospace Electronics Is published exclusively for engineering managers and engineers involved with military and aerospace electronic systems design, development and production. Turkey extends state of emergency for 3 more months Turkey has extended for another three months a state of emergency imposed across the country after an abortive coup in mid-July. Read more... French Firm Dassault Chooses India's Reliance Group in Rafale Aircraft Deal Following the signing of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with India, Dassault Aviation was required to choose an Indian partner for investing a half the amount of $8.7 bln Rafale deal under Offset Clause. ... Read more...