For a second time this year, Israel has launched an air attack on suspected weapons in Syria. On Friday, Israeli jets over Lebanon let loose stand-off bombs at a building in Damascus and is suspected of hitting surface-to-surface Fateh-110 missiles stored there.
Eight people have been arrested as a result of the collapse of the commercial building in Bangladesh, where the death toll has now reached 400.
TOKYO, April 26, 2013 – North Korea and China led the list of topics Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, discussed today in a series of meetings with senior Japanese leaders here.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 25, 2013 – The U.S. intelligence community assesses with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons — specifically the nerve-agent sarin — on a small scale in that violence-torn nation, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here tonight.