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Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski, left, his defense adviser Stanislaw Koziej, meeting with Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, left, and Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, at the National Security Bureau in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, to discuss a government plan to build Poland’s own missile defense system in cooperation with the U.S. as Poland seeks to enhance its air protection, spurred by the conflict between Russian-backed separatists and government forces in neighboring Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland to build missile defense with U.S.

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A mother, center, of a victim, identified as Private First Class Yoon, cries after the trial at an outside of military court in Yongin, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. South Korea's Defense Ministry says a military court has sentenced six soldiers to up to 45 years in prison for bullying and beating a subordinate who died. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Ryu Soo-hyun) KOREA OUT

South Korea soldiers convicted in hazing death

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Smokes rises from an area due to clashes between Sunni militiamen and Hawthi Shiite rebels in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Yemen's top security body imposed an overnight curfew in restive areas of the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday after Shiite rebels took over the state television building amid heavy clashes and the U.N. envoy to the country signaled that a deal had been reached to end the violence. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen government signs peace deal with Shiites

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during a pro-Russian meeting in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 13, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents last week retreated from the strategic city of Slovyansk and holed up in Donetsk, a city of one million, and potentially the final frontier for the rebels. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine: Military plane shot down by rocket

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Yemen Ministry of Defense, Yemeni troops gather as they take positions at the frontline of fighting with al-Qaida militants in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Yemeni troops seized two al-Qaida strongholds in the country's south after a days-long offensive that left dozens of suspected militants and troops dead, the country's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

Yemen says troops seize al-Qaida stronghold

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

10 die in military warehouse fire in Russia

Associated Press

Ukraine orders ‘anti-terror’ operation to resume

Associated Press

In this Nov. 14, 2005, file photo, clouds hang over the North Sentinel Island, in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands. India used heat sensors on flights over hundreds of uninhabited Andaman Sea islands Friday, March 14, 2014, and will expand its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet farther west into the Bay of Bengal, officials said. The Indian-controlled archipelago that stretches south of Myanmar contains 572 islands covering an area of 720-by-52 kilometers. Only 37 are inhabited, with the rest covered in dense forests. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)

Indian search finds no trace of Malaysian plane

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

2 Indian navy sailors missing after sub accident

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel Nov. 7, 2012, during a U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (Associated Press) **FILE**

China defense ministry accuses U.S. of hacking thousands of websites

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

US security firm alleges massive Chinese hacking

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

**FILE** Palestinians sit by the port in Gaza City on Oct. 17, 2012. (Associated Press)

Israel counted calorie needs in Gaza blockade

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning takes a test cruise in May 2012. China formally entered the vessel, its first aircraft carrier, into service on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, underscoring the nation's ambitions to be a leading Asian naval power, although the ship is not expected to carry a full complement of planes or be ready for combat for some time. (AP Photo/Xinhua News Agency, Li Tang)

China says first aircraft carrier has entered service

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Chinese President Hu Jintao inspects the guard of honor on the aircraft carrier Liaoning at a naval base in Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning province on Tuesday. China formally entered its first aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

China announces commissioning of first aircraft carrier

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Egyptian women mourn the deaths of victims of clashes outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)

Egypt’s military renews pledge to give up power

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Chinese spies target Taiwan’s US-made defenses

By PETER ENAV - Associated Press

** FILE ** A Taiwanese soldier stands at attention in front of a Patriot missile air defense system near the northern coastal town of Wanli, Taiwan, in October 2004. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Chinese spies target Taiwan’s U.S.-made defenses

By Peter Enav - Associated Press

Overcrowded classrooms spur strike by educators in Kenya

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Prince Harry to train at US military bases

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press