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An Indian naval officer was killed and "some" dock workers were injured on Friday in a gas leak aboard a yet-to-be commissioned naval ship, the defence ministry said.

Speaker after speaker spoke critically of the U.S. Navy's plan to train and test weapons along the North Coast, and expressed concerns over potential environmental impacts during a public meeting at the Red Lion Hotel in Eureka on Thursday.

Enter Google, which, by leasing the space through its subsidiary, will put Hangar One to new use with a commitment to protect that building, rehabilitate Hangars 2 and 3, and create a public use/educational facility.

The U.S. Navy plans to add 22 Boeing electronic attack jets to a list of "unfunded" priorities requested by Congress, but the document must still be vetted by senior Pentagon officials, who have underscored their commitment to Lockheed Martin Corp's next-generation F-35 fighter jet, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The Philippines is to upgrade a navy base facing disputed South China Sea waters to serve the extra ships being acquired to protect its territory, the military said Thursday.

The US Navy has confirmed that a guided missile destroyer, the USS Truxton, is heading to the Black Sea, for what the US military said is a "routine" deployment, decided long before the crisis in Ukraine, which has divided world powers.

President Barack Obama says a referendum for Ukraine's Crimea region to separate and become part of Russia would violate international law.

The U.S. guided-missile destroyer Truxtun is bound for the Black Sea for military exercises with Bulgarian and Romanian naval forces.

It comes just as state lawmakers toured the facility just hours ago. We go now to KITV'4s Catherine Cruz for the story: The tour comes just before a special Friday briefing that lawmakers have asked the military to attend.

Federal authorities say 50-year-old Roderic J. Smith pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.

Bangkok: An unprecedented defamation lawsuit against Australian journalist Alan Morison that is seen as a threat to media freedom in Thailand has been raised at the Pentagon, as a group of his supporters plan to protest in Melbourne next Tuesday.

The NY Times reports that the Israeli Navy captured a shipment of Iranian weapons on a ship in international waters near a Sudanese port.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the National Center for Environmental Prediction within the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration have entered into a formal agreement that results in NCEP using Navy developed global ocean forecast model technology to make environmental ocean forecasts for public use.

A burnt bag of popcorn caused a minor interruption of Wednesday's public meeting discussing Navy testing and training in the Northwest.

Katrina McFarland, assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, said on Tuesday that, due to cuts to the defense budget, the Pentagon's plans to pivot to Asia 'can't happen.'

Guests aboard a naval refueling ship thought they were going to see some drills and learn more about life as a Canadian sailor on the Pacific.

In this June 3, 2011 photo released by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18C Hornet is shown.

The Navy is seeking to renew permits to conduct sonar, explosives and other training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, raising concerns from marine mammal advocates.

A U.S. Navy ocean tug on Tuesday was towing a Canadian navy ship with nearly 300 crew members on board to Hawaii's Pearl Harbor after an engine fire left 20 sailors with minor injuries.

"A preliminary assessment of damage sustained onboard was carried out by a specialist team of Western Naval Command.