
EU member states approve US data deal
Brussels (AFP) July 8, 2016 - EU member states on Friday approved a highly-criticised deal with the US intended to curb government spying on the personal internet data of EU citizens.
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Brussels (AFP) July 8, 2016 - EU member states on Friday approved a highly-criticised deal with the US intended to curb government spying on the personal internet data of EU citizens.
Jul 8, 2016

Warsaw (AFP) July 8, 2016 - French President Francois Hollande said Friday Russia should not be considered a threat but rather a partner, as NATO leaders met to endorse a revamp to counter a more aggressive Moscow.
Jul 8, 2016

Baghdad (AFP) July 8, 2016 - The Iraqi premier sacked three Baghdad security chiefs following a devastating bombing in the capital, his office said on Friday, hours after another attack to the north left 40 dead.
Jul 8, 2016

Manila, Philippines (AFP) July 8, 2016 - The Philippines is willing to share natural resources with Beijing in contested South China Sea areas even if it wins a legal challenge next week, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay told AFP Friday.
Jul 8, 2016

Moscow (UPI) Jul 8, 2016 - Russia has exported $4.6 billion worth of armaments and military hardware in 2016, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation with Foreign States.
Jul 8, 2016

Reston VA (SPX) Jul 08, 2016 - SES Government Solutions (SES GS) has been awarded the Thule Tracking Station Digital Signal 3 (DS3) Service Contract to continue to provide the U.S. Government with critical communications capabili
Jul 8, 2016

London (AFP) July 8, 2016 - The British military will lift the ban on women serving in combat roles later this year, the defence ministry said on Friday in what Prime Minister David Cameron hailed as a major step.
Jul 8, 2016

Seoul (AFP) July 8, 2016 - The United States is to deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea, the two allies said Friday, as North Korea warned US sanctions against its leader amounted to a declaration of war.
Jul 8, 2016

Manila (AFP) July 7, 2016 - Philippine government forces fought hundreds of Islamic militants on two remote islands Thursday, with the military aircraft-backed campaign leaving up to 10 people dead, the army said.
Jul 7, 2016

Tewksbury, Mass. (UPI) Jul 7, 2016 - Raytheon has delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar early to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, the company announced Thursday.
Jul 7, 2016

Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2016 - Russia has started large-scale preparations for flight tests of the new Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile which is set to join the service by 2018. The former Chief of Staff of the S
Jul 7, 2016

Berlin (AFP) July 7, 2016 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Russia's actions in Ukraine had eroded mutual trust with the West, speaking on the eve of a major NATO summit in Poland.
Jul 7, 2016

Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2016 - The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed $300 million sale of excess SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter equipment and support to Israel.
Jul 7, 2016

Warsaw (AFP) July 7, 2016 - Lakes, forest and villages dot the rolling hills along Poland's 65-kilometre (40-mile) stretch of border with Lithuania, but for NATO's top brass, this bucolic landscape gives cause for sleepless nights.
Jul 7, 2016

Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2016 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of the future will be able to visually coordinate their flight and navigation just like birds and flying insects do, without needing human input, radar or even GPS sa
Jul 7, 2016

Hunt Valley, Md. (UPI) Jul 7, 2016 - Textron's Shadow drone has surpassed 1 million total flight hours, becoming the only drone of its size to hit the milestone, the company announced Thursday.
Jul 7, 2016