Germany, France, the Netherlands and Denmark have reportedly led a drive to block next year’s NATO leaders summit from taking place in Turkey, according to a report published by German daily Die Welt on Wednesday. The newspaper said that 18 EU nations and Canada agreed with the decision to prevent the meeting from taking place in Istanbul. Source Deutsche Welle
In a communique issued by governments attending the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels yesterday, the military alliance revealed it had endorsed a Comprehensive Cyber Defence Policy, in which a decision will be taken to invoke Article 5 “on a case-by-case basis” following a cyber-attack. Under Article 5 of the NATO treaty, first signed in 1949, when any NATO ally is the victim of an armed attack, it will be considered an attack on all alliance members, who will theoretically take any actions necessary to defend that ally. Source Info Security
China flew a record 28 fighter jets toward the self-ruled island of Taiwan on Tuesday, the island’s defense ministry said, the largest such display of force since Beijing began sending planes on a near daily basis last year. Source ABC
Two gunman opened fire on a group in the 7500 block of South Prairie Avenue on Saturday, killing a mother of three and wounding nine other people.. For the second straight weekend, gun violence in Chicago was marked by a mass shooting on the South Side, about 2 1/2 miles from each other. And while the total number of shootings was down this past weekend, people were shot in nearly every police district, according to a Sun-Times analysis. Source Chicago Sun Times
