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Netanyahu wants US release of Israeli spy Pollard kept low-key

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Israeli officials to keep low-key about Friday's scheduled release by the United States of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, a cabinet minister said.

The former U.S. Navy analyst's espionage for Israel in the 1980s remains a strain on ties with Washington, and his parole terms dictate that he stay in the United States for five years. 

ITU Moves to Enable Civil Aircraft Tracking by Satellite

Paricipants in the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva have agreed to allocate radiofrequency spectrum for global flight tracking in civil aviation, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced on Wednesday.

The agreement follows the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in March 2014 while on a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Dutch Safety Board to Publish Final Report on MH17 Disaster

The Dutch Safety Board, which is investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), will publish its final report of the air disaster on Tuesday.

The airplane was conducting a flight between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down in the sky above eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014.

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