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  Beijing (AFP) Oct 1, 2017 North Korea's nuclear antics have rattled its alliance with China to the point that Beijing is allowing the previously unthinkable to be discussed: Is it time to prepare for the renegade regime's collapse? While China's official goal is to bring Washington and Pyongyang to the negotiating table, it is also permitting once taboo debate on contingencies in case war breaks out in the isolated nation across its northeast border. Observers say the public debate might be a tactic to try and coerce Py ... read more |
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Negotiating with North Korea a waste of time: TrumpWashington (AFP) Oct 1, 2017 US President Donald Trump warned Sunday that negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program would be a waste of time, after it emerged that Washington has channels of contact with Pyongyang. ... more  
Trump accepts Duterte's ASEAN summit invite after allWashington (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 President Donald Trump has backed away from a threat to skip a summit with South East Asian leaders in the Philippines later this year, with the White House saying it had accepted an invitation from host Rodrigo Duterte. ... more 
Hong Kong lawmaker guilty of desecrating Chinese flagHong Kong (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 A Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker on Friday was found guilty of "desecrating" the Chinese and Hong Kong flags by turning them upside down in parliament, but escaped a prison sentence. ... more 
Norway agrees to host Israeli nuclear whistleblowerOslo (AFP) Oct 1, 2017 Norway has agreed to host former Israeli nuclear technician and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, his Norwegian wife has told local television. ... more |
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Israel denies Turkish claim of involvement in Kurd voteJerusalem (AFP) Oct 1, 2017 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denied Turkish claims of covert involvement in Iraqi Kurdistan's recent independence vote, reiterating however his "sympathy" for the Kurdish people. ... more 
Iraq allows foreigners to leave Kurdistan via BaghdadBaghdad (AFP) Oct 2, 2017 Iraq on Monday authorised foreigners stranded in Iraqi Kurdistan after an international flight ban to leave the country via Baghdad despite not having a federal visa. ... more 
Iran's Zarif urges Europe to defy Trump on sanctionsLondon (AFP) Sept 30, 2017 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned that the only way to stop its nuclear deal from collapsing is for Europe to defy any US reimposition of sanctions. ... more  
GomSpace and AISTECH sign supply deal for 100 nanosatellite platformsAalborg, Denmark (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 GomSpace A/S - a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB (the "Company") and the Spanish company AISTECH have signed a Framework Delivery Agreement for the supply of up to 100 Nanosatellite platforms for a ... more  
China builds world's first space-ground integrated quantum communication networkBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 The first quantum-safe video conference was held between President Chunli Bai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and President Anton Zeilinger of the Austria Academy of Sciences in Vienna ... more 
New DARPA radar sensor captures video through cloudsWashington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017 A new radar sensor that can capture real-time video through clouds has been developed and demonstrated by the U.S. military. ... more |
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US-led strikes claim another 50 civilian lives: coalitionWashington (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 US-led air strikes in Iraq and Syria have killed another 50 civilians, the international coalition against the Islamic State group announced on Friday. ... more  
Shiite pilgrims throng Iraq's Karbala for mourning ritualKarbala, Iraq (AFP) Oct 1, 2017 Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims gathered in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala on Sunday for ceremonies marking the seventh-century killing of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson. ... more  
Russian women desperately seek daughters who joined ISMoscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 Three years ago, Petimat Atagayeva's daughter Zalina secretly left Russia for Syria, taking her 10-month-old baby boy with her, to join the Islamic State group. ... more 
Iraq forces attack IS-held town of HawijaBaghdad (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 Iraqi forces Friday launched an assault on the northern town of Hawija, one of the last bastions in the country still held by the Islamic State group, which is also under attack in neighbouring Syria. ... more |
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  Dallas TX (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target on Saturday in the first-ever MSE test from a remote launcher.
As part of a U.S. Army-led missile defense flight test at the Reagan Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the test demonstrated the expanded defended footprint available by depl ... more Riyadh (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile  Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017Lockheed Martin to replace USS Fitzgerald's SPY-1D AEGIS radar  Washington (UPI) Sep 21, 2017Orbital ATK launches Patriot system target vehicle |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017 
The Irish Army has completed a series of live-fire exercises using the RBS 70 and RBS 70 NG man-portable surface-to-air missiles.
The exercises were recently conducted over a period of four days by soldiers and technicians from the Irish Army at Saab Bofors Test Center in Karlskoga, Sweden.
Soldiers fired 10 RBS 70 and RBS 70 NG missiles at aerial target drones and static surface ... more Ankara (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Putin in Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2017Navy contracts Orbital ATK for additional AARGM missiles  Tehran (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Iran tests new medium-range missile, defying US warnings |
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 Dubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2017 
Dubai has edged closer to its goal of launching a pioneering hover-taxi service, with the authorities announcing a successful "concept" flight was made on Monday without passengers.
Safety features for the two-seater air taxi include emergency parachutes and nine independent battery systems, according to Dubai's Road and Transport Authority (RTA).
It said the prototype, supplied by Germa ... more New Delhi (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Drones, Fighter jets on table as Mattis visits key ally India  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Wanted: Novel Approaches for Detecting and Stopping Small Unmanned Air Systems  Blacksburg VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Landmark study suggests risks vary widely in drone-human impacts |
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The U.S. Army's Global Response Force composed of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division successfully conducted an airborne exercise using the En route Mission Command tactical networking system.
The system, mounted on C-17 cargo planes, provided plane-to-plane and plane-to-ground audio, video, and data communications to the 1st Brigade's commander and subordinate commander ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Spectra Airbus SlingShot Partnership Extension  Paris (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Airbus prepares the future European Governmental Satellite Communications programme  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Northrop awarded contract for support of Air Force communications system |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2017 
Israel's Elbit Systems is providing a wide array of electronic defense systems to an unidentified country in Africa under a $240 million contract.
The contract has a two-year period of performance, Elbit Systems said.
"We are proud to have won this contract, allowing us to provide our customer with a variety of systems and capabilities from different fields, a growing trend we ha ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017Meggitt touts small arms training systems Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017Norway signs deal with Saab for Carl-Gustaf ammunition  Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2017In first, woman becomes US Marine Corps infantry officer |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017  A manufacturing capability will be established in the United States by Saab if it wins a contract with the U.S. Air Force for advanced T-X trainer aircraft.
Saab, who is bidding with partner Boeing for the award, said it has already started the process to identify sites for the production facility.
"The Boeing and Saab T-X is designed and purpose-built for the USAF training missi ... more London (AFP) Sept 19, 2017Britain suspends Myanmar training; Britain, Saudi Arabia sign military deal  Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2017L3 Technologies acquires Doss Aviation  Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2017US Senate passes $700 bn defense spending bill |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 29, 2017  A Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker on Friday was found guilty of "desecrating" the Chinese and Hong Kong flags by turning them upside down in parliament, but escaped a prison sentence.
Cheng Chung-tai upended small Chinese and Hong Kong flags that some pro-Beijing legislators had displayed on their desks in the legislative assembly last October.
The incident happened during a feisty sess ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Seesaw US-China ties on an upswing as Trump plans trip Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Trump accepts Duterte's ASEAN summit invite after all  Tokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Japan opposition unites in election bid to topple Abe |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
A research group consisting of scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Germany and Venezuela proved vulnerability of a two-dimensional semiconductor gallium selenide in air. This discovery will allow manufacturing superconducting nanoelectronics based on gallium selenide, which has never been previously achieved by any research team in the world.
The study was published in Semiconduc ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017A new kind of optical nanosensor uses torque for signal processing |
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 Karbala, Iraq (AFP) Oct 1, 2017  Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims gathered in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala on Sunday for ceremonies marking the seventh-century killing of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson.
Some 25,000 members of the security forces were deployed to protect the pilgrims, who in the past have faced attacks from Sunni extremists including the Islamic State group.
This year's ceremonies wer ... moreBaghdad (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Iraq forces attack IS-held town of Hawija  Ramadi, Iraq (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Iraq says defeats IS infiltration near Ramadi  Baghdad (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Iraq since the US-led invasion |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2017  US President Donald Trump warned Sunday that negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program would be a waste of time, after it emerged that Washington has channels of contact with Pyongyang.
Only hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed that US officials are in exploratory contact with their North Korean counterparts, Trump appeared to undercut his top diplomat by declari ... more Stockholm (AFP) Sept 28, 20172017 Nobels to turn page on Dylan, anti-nuke buzz for peace prize Oslo (AFP) Oct 1, 2017Norway agrees to host Israeli nuclear whistleblower  Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017N. Korean firms in China ordered to close by January |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Wednesday said he was optimistic about trade talks between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping when they meet in November.
The US tycoon regularly bashed China during last year's presidential election campaign, accusing it of unfair trade practices, stealing US jobs and threatening to label it a currency manipulator.
But sinc ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Chinese manufacturing accelerates for second straight month  Bangkok (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Myanmar's conflict-hit Rakhine a magnet for Chinese cash  Beijing (AFP) Sept 26, 2017US commerce secretary says to focus on reducing defict with China |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2017 
A NASA-produced map showing areas of eastern Puerto Rico that were likely damaged by Hurricane Maria has been provided to responding agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The hurricane, a Category 4 storm at landfall on Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, caused widespread damage and numerous casualties on the Caribbean island, an unincorporated U.S. territory with a populatio ... more Mexico City (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Signs of corruption emerge from rubble of Mexico quake  Cox'S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps  Comerio , Puerto Rico (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Water from a rock: Puerto Ricans cope with hurricane aftermath |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017  China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020.
"The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, which opened Wednesday. "The payloads will be used to co ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites  Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab  Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2017  Hundreds gathered outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong Thursday to mark the third anniversary of mass pro-democracy rallies known as the Umbrella Movement, as fears grow over Beijing's tightening grip on the city.
Tens of thousands blocked major thoroughfares in the city for 79 days starting September 28, 2014 to call for fully free leadership elections in the city, in a movement ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2017China's Communist Party expels top member ahead of congress  Taipei (AFP) Sept 25, 2017'Sing! China' concert in Taiwan halted amid protests  Beijing (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Interpol meets in Beijing as China hunts for fugitives |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017  Three years ago, Petimat Atagayeva's daughter Zalina secretly left Russia for Syria, taking her 10-month-old baby boy with her, to join the Islamic State group.
Since then, her mother has led an agonising search, desperate for any trace of her daughter and grandchild.
"She was a beautiful and intelligent young woman. She was the best of the family. How could she have done this?" Atagaye ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2017US says on track to destroy chemical weapons by 2023  Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Russia to destroy 'last chemical weapons', Putin says Panama City (AFP) Sept 28, 2017US destroys old chemical weapons left in Panama |
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 
A Lockheed Martin prototype laser weapon system proved that an advanced system of sensors, software and specialized optics can deliver decisive lethality against unmanned aerial vehicle threats.
In tests conducted with the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command in August, the 30-kilowatt class ATHENA (Advanced Test High Energy Asset) system brought down five 10.8' wingspan Outlaw un ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017DOD to invest $17M on laser weapons research in New Mexico  Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal |
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