
Israeli firms seek hi-tech help — in Gaza
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - When Dan Leubitz needed a contractor for a project with his Israeli tech firm, one address in the list of tenders caught his eye: Gaza.
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Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - When Dan Leubitz needed a contractor for a project with his Israeli tech firm, one address in the list of tenders caught his eye: Gaza.
Sep 20, 2017

Brussels (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - NATO on Wednesday condemned a UN treaty banning nuclear arms as unrealistic and warned that it risked undermining the international response to North Korea's atomic weapons programme.
Sep 20, 2017

Riyadh (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - Saudi Arabia will lift its ban on internet calling applications on Wednesday, authorities said, easing restrictions online as the conservative kingdom faces new criticism over censorship.
Sep 20, 2017

Seoul (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - With his threats to totally destroy North Korea, Donald Trump is playing into Pyongyang's hands by offering justification for a nuclear weapons programme it insists is for self-defence, analysts say.
Sep 20, 2017

Marmaris, Turkey (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - Turkey on Wednesday was preparing to wind up naval exercises with fellow NATO members being held at a time of a crisis in relations with several alliance states and controversy over Ankara's plan to purchase weapons from Russia.
Sep 20, 2017

Beirut (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - US-backed fighters said Wednesday they were in the final stages of capturing Raqa from the Islamic State group as waves of air strikes pounded the jihadists' Syrian bastion.
Sep 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 - Meggitt Training Systems' FATS 100MIL and portable FATS 100P small-arms training systems are to be displayed in Washington, D.C., next month.
Sep 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 - The U.S. Marine Corps has ushered SAIC's survivability upgrade for the corps' assault amphibious vehicle into the program's production and deployment phase.
Sep 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 - Lockheed Martin has successfully used a 30 kilowatt laser to bring down drones during tests in August, the company announced on Wednesday.
Sep 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 - The high demand for U.S. Naval presence overseas has resulted in worsening ship conditions and declining operational readiness, a GAO report says.
Sep 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 - The Air Defense Division of the Israeli Air Force has established a second Iron Dome battalion to protect against aerial threats in Israel's northern theater.
Sep 20, 2017

Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 - L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance has received a $16.5 million modification to an existing contract for mortar fuses to be delivered to U.S. allies in Syria and Iraq.
Sep 20, 2017

Beijing (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 - Banking regulators in Beijing and Shanghai have ordered local cryptocurrency exchanges to shut down, state media reported Tuesday, in the latest blow to the once flourishing Chinese market for virtual money.
Sep 19, 2017

London (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 - Britain said Tuesday it had suspended its educational training courses for the Myanmar military due to the ethnic violence in Rakhine state.
Sep 19, 2017

Beijing (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 - European companies suffer from promise fatigue over China's failure to follow through on pledges to open its market, the EU Chamber of Commerce in China said Tuesday.
Sep 19, 2017

United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 - French President Emmanuel Macron stood firm Tuesday that landmark agreements on Iran and climate change would not change as he gently nudged Donald Trump to return to the fold.
Sep 19, 2017