
Turkey police raid companies with alleged links to Gulen
Istanbul (AFP) Aug 16, 2016 - Turkish police on Tuesday raided dozens of companies in Istanbul in search of 120 suspects wanted after last month's botched coup attempt, state media reported.
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Istanbul (AFP) Aug 16, 2016 - Turkish police on Tuesday raided dozens of companies in Istanbul in search of 120 suspects wanted after last month's botched coup attempt, state media reported.
Aug 16, 2016

Istanbul (AFP) Aug 16, 2016 - Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded two life sentences and an additional 1,900 years in prison for US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for masterminding last month's attempted coup.
Aug 16, 2016

Washington (AFP) Aug 15, 2016 - The Pentagon was expected Monday to announce 15 inmates have been transferred from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, in what would be the largest such release in years, Amnesty International USA said.
Aug 15, 2016
Moscow (AFP) Aug 15, 2016 - Russia's navy on Monday launched drills including artillery and missile fire in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the defence ministry said.
Aug 15, 2016

Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 15, 2016 - The lethal hypersonic nuclear glider that looks to revolutionize defense aviation could travel the distance from Moscow to London within 13 minutes and could penetrate NATOs missile defense system.
Aug 15, 2016

Seoul (AFP) Aug 15, 2016 - South Korea's president Monday defended the proposed deployment of a US anti-missile system as an act of self-defence against North Korea, as hundreds of residents shaved their heads in protest at the plan.
Aug 15, 2016

Seoul (AFP) Aug 15, 2016 - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Monday urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapon programme and defended the deployment of a US anti-missile system in the face of repeated provocations by Pyongyang.
Aug 15, 2016

Monrovia CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2016 - AeroVironment, Inc. reports that the US Navy has tested and deployed the RQ-20B Puma small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard a Flight I Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG Class). Some of these exerci
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Washington (AFP) Aug 15, 2016 - Dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at a Turkish air base near Syria are at risk of being captured by terrorists or other hostile forces, a Washington think tank claimed Monday.
Aug 15, 2016

Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 15, 2016 - The upgraded combat features on board the flagship of the South China Sea fleet impress Western defense analysts, as Beijing threatens to aggressively defend the disputed territories. China ha
Aug 15, 2016

Sanaa (AFP) Aug 15, 2016 - Arab coalition air raids Monday hit a Yemeni hospital where international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders operates, killing six people 48 hours after air strikes that killed children.
Aug 15, 2016

Washington DC (SPX) Aug 15, 2016 - The rapid evolution of small unmanned air systems (sUAS) technologies is fueling the exponential growth of the commercial drone sector, creating new asymmetric threats for warfighters. sUASs' size a
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Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2016 - Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has received a $112 million U.S. Navy contract modification for the fiscal 2016 Aegis Modernization program.
Aug 15, 2016

Riyadh (AFP) Aug 14, 2016 - The Saudi-led coalition on Sunday denied targeting a Yemeni school in air strikes that killed 10 children, instead saying it bombed a camp at which Iran-backed rebels train underage soldiers.
Aug 14, 2016

Beirut (AFP) Aug 14, 2016 - Syrian and Russian warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes in northern Syria, killing dozens in areas held by a rebel alliance battling to take control of second city Aleppo.
Aug 14, 2016

Tokyo (AFP) Aug 14, 2016 - Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defence of remote southern islands, as tensions with China increase over the disputed territory, a report said Sunday.
Aug 14, 2016