
Netanyahu: Israel needs billions invested for defense against Iran
Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a significant increase in the country's defense budget, citing a growing threat from Iran.
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Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a significant increase in the country's defense budget, citing a growing threat from Iran.
Oct 7, 2019

United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 - North Korea warned Monday it would not sit idle if any attempt is made at the UN Security Council to raise the subject of its self-defensive measures, an apparent reference to its recent missile tests.
Oct 7, 2019

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2019 - DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a major program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of an innovative two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to de
Oct 7, 2019

Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2019 - Despite consistent bipartisan pushback and international criticism, the US Department of Defense's newest space agency may see drastic budget increases in the coming years as it looks to deploy some
Oct 7, 2019

Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's weekend visit to Greece yielded a revised defense agreement and a warning to Turkey.
Oct 7, 2019

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2019 - Russia will deploy more than 10 new laser-optical and radio-technical space monitoring stations on its territory by 2022, the Russian Defence Ministry said. It is planned to deploy over 10 ne
Oct 7, 2019

Baghdad (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 - A spree of attacks and threats against media outlets in Iraq has alarmed the United Nations, journalists and monitors, who demand the government prevent the silencing of journalists covering mass protests.
Oct 7, 2019

Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019 - U.S. Army troops participating in Europe's Atlantic Resolve mission in Eastern Europe will rotate beginning Thursday, U.S. Army Europe announced.
Oct 7, 2019

Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 - The United States has pulled back a very small number of troops from areas of northern Syria along the Turkish border, a senior State Department official said Monday, after President Donald Trump seemed to indicate a wider retreat.
Oct 7, 2019

Air Force Office of Scientific Research - Arlington VA (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 he Air Force Office of Scientific Research - the basic research component of the Air Force Research Laboratory - has announced it will award approximately $17.8 mill
Oct 7, 2019

Taiyuan (XNA) Oct 07, 2019 - China sent its observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 2:51 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). The satellite, Gaofen-10, was la
Oct 7, 2019

New Delhi (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping will hold an informal summit in southern India on Friday, officials said, amid strains in their relationship.
Oct 7, 2019

Tehran (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said enemies were trying to drive a wedge between Tehran and Baghdad in a tweet on Monday following deadly unrest in neighbouring Iraq.
Oct 7, 2019

Paris (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 - Three top former French government aides went on trial Monday charged with arranging a system of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the 1990s.
Oct 7, 2019

Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 7, 2019 - Hong Kong may curb access to the internet in a bid to contain months of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests, a cabinet member told AFP on Monday, after an emergency-law ban on demonstrators wearing face masks failed to quell the unrest.
Oct 7, 2019

Seoul (AFP) Oct 6, 2019 - North Korea said Sunday it has no intention to continue nuclear talks unless the United States takes steps to end hostilities, a day after negotiations in Sweden broke down.
Oct 6, 2019