China’s Hu Reportedly Tells Navy to Get Ready for Military Combat

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As tensions grow over local maritime disputes and U.S. influence in the South China Sea, China’s president said Tuesday that its navy should “make extended preparations for military combat,” the AFP reported. President Hu Jintao told the Central Military Commission its navy should modernize in the interest of national security. The Chinese navy has grown in recent…

Gadhafi vows ‘long war’ after US, allies strike

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By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and RYAN LUCAS, Associated Press Hadeel Al-shalchi And Ryan Lucas, Associated Press – 42 mins ago TRIPOLI, Libya – Anti-aircraft fire erupted in the Libyan capital on Sunday, marking the start of a second night of international strikes as a defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed a “long war.” The U.S. military said the allied bombardment…

Allies launch Libya force as Gadhafi hits rebels

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BENGHAZI, Libya – The U.S. and European nations pounded Moammar Gadhafi’s forces and air defenses with cruise missiles and airstrikes Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. The longtime Libyan leader vowed to defend his country from what…

Obama endorses military action to stop Gadhafi

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WASHINGTON – After weeks of hesitation and divisions among his advisers, President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed military action against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, saying U.S. values and credibility are at stake to stop “the potential for mass murder” of innocents. The U.S. military, which is already stretched thin by two wars and an expanding effort…

New tensions mar U.S. optimism on “Arab spring”

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Few Washington policymakers had any illusions that the sense of new, if tentative, possibility that greeted the wave of pro-democracy popular uprisings in the Middle East would be free of complications, setbacks and risks. Still, Washington seemed taken by surprise as long-time ally Saudi Arabia sent 2,000 troops and the United Arab Emirates some 500…

NKorea warns of nuclear war amid rising tensions

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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions. The North’s defiance presents a growing diplomatic headache for President Barack Obama as he prepares for talks Tuesday with his South Korean…

Report: Fidel Castro set to warn of nuclear war

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Ex-Cuban leader will make rare TV appearance, newspaper says   HAVANA — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has lived in seclusion since falling ill four years ago, will appear on Cuban television and radio Monday evening to discuss his theory that the world is on the verge of nuclear war, the Communist Party newspaper…

Philippines lifts martial law, ordered after massacre

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(CNN) — Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lifted martial law in the country’s south, which she declared after the massacre of 57 people last month, Philippine news outlets reported Saturday. The order lifting martial law was due to be effective at 9 p.m. (8 a.m. ET) Saturday, the Philippines News Agency (PNA) and CNN affiliate ABS-CBN…