The US and Israel plan to hold their largest joint air defence exercise.
Over 1,000 US troops will participate in the exercise dubbed “Austere Challenge 12″ alongside their Israeli counterparts in the next few weeks, Xinhua reported Wednesday.
According to Israeli media, the drill will commence next week and last up to three weeks. It is expected to test the combined air-defence abilities to protect Israel.
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said in a television interview that Britain's economy had achieved "only a modest recovery".
The European Union (EU) has appealed to Russia not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" .
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place "very soon", possibly at the beginning of June, after consulting UN Security Council permanent members.
