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  Washington (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 Pentagon officials are watching for Pakistan's next moves after Washington froze security aid payments to Islamabad, saying it is not doing enough to target Afghan Taliban and Haqqani group bases. The Trump administration's decision to withhold hundreds of millions from its "coalition support funds" has riled Pakistan, with some there calling for retaliatory measures that might hamper America's warfighting efforts in neighboring Afghanistan. Most problematic for America as it wages its 16-year w ... read more |
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More than 60 years of tensions between the two KoreasSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Tensions have remained high in the more than 60 years since North and South Korea fought a fierce war from 1950-53. ... more 
Trump says willing to talk with North Korean leaderCamp David (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would be willing to speak directly with Kim Jong-Un, voicing hope that rare talks between North and South Korea could help deescalate the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear drive. ... more 
Missile attack 'proves' Iran backing Yemen rebels: Saudi-led coalitionRiyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 A Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said a ballistic missile intercepted over southern Saudi Arabia on Friday served as proof Iran supported the Shiite Huthi rebels. ... more  
Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel ballistic missileRiyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Saudi Arabia on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen into the kingdom's south, as Riyadh and its allies said the attack "proved" Iran's support for Yemen's Huthi rebels. ... more |
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N. Korea 'likely' to join Winter Games, says IOC officialBeijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 North Korea's Olympic representative said Saturday the reclusive nation was "likely to participate" in next month's Winter Games in South Korea, Kyodo news agency reported, in the latest sign of a thaw in Korean tensions. ... more 
NKorea must stop nuke testing before any talks with US: HaleyWashington (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 North Korea must stop conducting nuclear tests before the United States would enter into any talks with the isolated Pyongyang regime, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday. ... more 
Turkey commissions study for future missile defense systemWashington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018 Turkey reinforced its partnership with Eurosam, Aselsan and Roketsan to further the country's strategic cooperation in the development of its national security assets. ... more  
Spain king pays homage to father Juan Carlos in comebackMadrid (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 Spanish King Felipe VI on Saturday paid homage to his father Juan Carlos as the former monarch, fresh from celebrating his 80th birthday, made a public comeback after complaining bitterly of being left on the sidelines. ... more 
Macedonia PM sees solution to Greece name dispute by JulyAthens (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 Macedonia and Greece have a real chance to solve a festering quarter-century-old name dispute by July, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Sunday. ... more  
Too fat to march: Spanish Legion soldiers put on dietMadrid (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 The fierce reputation of Spanish Legion soldiers is being put to the test: too fat, some of them have been offered a weight-loss plan to save the "prestige" of the force. ... more  
Raytheon to support Silent Knight Radar developmentWashington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018 U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded a contract to Raytheon for the Silent Knight Radar Operational Flight program development. ... more |
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Hackers already targeting Pyeongchang Olympics: researchersWashington (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 Hackers have already begun targeting the Pyeongchang Olympic Games with malware-infected emails which may be aimed at stealing passwords or financial information, researchers said Saturday. ... more  
Navy taps Northrop Grumman to support E-2D HawkeyeWashington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018 Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for Advanced Radar Processor hardware sets in support of the Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye, an all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning aircraft. ... more 
Over 2,000 Afghans sent by Iran killed in Syria: officialTehran (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 More than 2,000 Afghans deployed by Iran have been killed fighting in Syria on the side of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, an official in the volunteer force told Iranian media. ... more |
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Saudi warplane crashes in Yemen: coalitionRiyadh (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 A Saudi warplane from the coalition battling rebels in Yemen crashed on Sunday because of "technical failure", the coalition and state media said, adding that both crew were rescued. ... more 
Air strikes kill at least 17 civilians in Syria rebel enclave: monitorBeirut (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 Regime and Russian air strikes on a rebel-held enclave near the Syrian capital killed at least 17 civilians on Saturday, a war monitor said. ... more 
Israel grants bail to Palestinian woman in 'slap video' caseNabi Saleh, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Israel on Friday released a Palestinian woman on bail after she was charged with assaulting an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank following a viral video of the incident. ... more 
Afghan air force has made progress but work not yet done: Pentagon reportWashington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018 The Pentagon's Inspector General said this week that U.S. and coalition forces are making progress in training the Afghanistan air force, but that work still needs to be done concerning strategic planning and other logistical and maintenance requirements. ... more  
From Science Fiction to Reality: U.S. Navy Technology and InnovationWashington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 From the 1930s on, science fiction comics, books and movies had plenty of futuristic portrayals of "ray guns" shooting some kind of mysterious energy. Decades later, Star Wars and Star Trek he ... more 
Olive branch or booby trap? N. Korea's new tone divides analystsSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un could be laying a trap for the US and the South with his apparent olive branches towards Seoul, analysts say, warning that Pyongyang's ultimate goal is to divide their 70-year alliance. ... more 
Taiwan demands immediate halt to new China flight routesTaipei (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 Taiwan on Thursday demanded China immediately close new flight routes launched close to the island, calling it a "reckless" and politically motivated move. ... more |
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 Suspension of S.Korea drills practical, not political: Mattis 
North Korea accepts South's offer of talks next weekSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Nuclear-armed North Korea on Friday accepted the South's offer of talks next week, hours after Seoul and Washington agreed to defer joint military exercises which always infuriate Pyongyang until after the Winter Olympics. ... more 
Russia says US 'looking for reasons' to pressure IranMoscow (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Friday said Washington is "looking for reasons" to pressure Iran on its nuclear programme. ... more 
US imposes sanctions on Iranian missile firmsWashington (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on five Iranian companies it alleges are working on part of the Islamic republic's illegal ballistic missile program. ... more |
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Saudi Arabia on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile over the kingdom's south near the border with Yemen, state media reported, hours after Yemeni rebels said they had launched an attack.
The Huthi rebels, locked in a war against Yemen's Saudi-backed government, said they had fired a missile at the kingdom's southwestern province of Najran in a statement tweeted by their Al-Masirah televis ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018Turkey commissions study for future missile defense system Riyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel ballistic missile  Moscow (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Russia accuses US of breaking treaty over defence system sale to Japan |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 
Naval Sea Systems Command has tapped Raytheon with a contract to support the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile design agent.
The contract, announced on Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $37.5 million and falls under a cost-plus-fixed fee modification to a previously awarded contract for technical and engineering support of Raytheon's Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile.
... moreWashington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Raytheon awarded contracts for missiles in support of foreign countries  New Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2018India buys Israeli missiles ahead of Netanyahu visit  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Navy contracts Raytheon for changes to Sidewinder missiles |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 
General Atomics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for Block 5 kits for the MQ-9 Reaper, just as the U.S. military begins to phase out the MQ-1 Predator drone.
The contract was announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, tapping General Atomics for Block 5 kits, in addition to other services worth more than $14.1 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-pr ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Northrop Grumman tapped to deliver three Triton UAVs  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017General Atomics receives more than $328.8M for drone systems  Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017Boeing unveils entry in unmanned aerial tanker competition for the Navy |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 
With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2017Harris contracted by Army for radios for security force assistance brigades  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests  McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018  Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany have developed an environmentally-friendly red light flare popular in fireworks displays and among Soldiers who use them in training and battlefield operations as signaling devices.
The formula is a lithium-based red-light-emitting pyrotechnic compositi ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weapons  Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Boeing to produce 6,000 Small Diameter Bombs Madrid (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Too fat to march: Spanish Legion soldiers put on diet |
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 Oslo (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 
Norway on Wednesday announced it has suspended arms and ammunition exports to the United Arab Emirates because of the nation's involvement in the Yemen war.
"The development of the armed conflict in Yemen in the autumn of 2017 has been serious and there are severe concerns for the humanitarian situation," the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The UAE is part of a Saudi Ar ... moreWashington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017Raytheon to support inventory management for Army  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Department of Defense seeks to speed up acquisition process  Brussels (AFP) Dec 11, 2017EU launches defence pact with submarine drones |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 
President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for China's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country, as geopolitical tensions mount in Asia.
Xi's exhortation to the world's largest fighting force, parts of which were revealed only late Thursday, came during what state media characterised as a rare address by the Chinese leader to the country's entire military.
... moreAthens (AFP) Jan 7, 2018Macedonia PM sees solution to Greece name dispute by July Madrid (AFP) Jan 6, 2018Spain king pays homage to father Juan Carlos in comeback  Colombo (AFP) Jan 2, 2018China boosts investment in Sri Lankan mega-project |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 
As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a technique that leverages the scattering of laser light to identify molecules, has a limited capacity to detect molecules in diluted samples because of low signal yield.
A team of researchers from the University of Hyderab ... more Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Researchers find simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide onto gold nanorods  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Discovery sets new world standard in nano generators  Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
More than half of Iraqis displaced by conflict to other parts of the country have returned to their homes, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.
At the end of December, more than 3.2 million displaced Iraqis had gone home while 2.6 millions still lived away, the International Organization for Migration said.
Iraqi forces have regained large swathes of the country from the Islamic Sta ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Crossing the river a major challenge in devastated Mosul  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Iraq faces 'new war' - on corruption  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 27, 2017HRW accuses Yazidi fighters in Iraq of executing civilians |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 
North Korea must stop conducting nuclear tests before the United States would enter into any talks with the isolated Pyongyang regime, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday.
"They have to stop testing. They have to be willing to talk about banning their nuclear weapons. Those things have to happen," she said Sunday, one day after President Donald Trump indicated he woul ... moreMoscow (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Russia says US 'looking for reasons' to pressure Iran Seoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018North Korea accepts South's offer of talks next week Seoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Olive branch or booby trap? N. Korea's new tone divides analysts |
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 Xian, China (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday launched a state visit to China at the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, a nod to his Chinese counterpart's scheme to revive the famous trading route.
Along with his wife Brigitte, Macron visited the famous terracotta warriors in the northern city of Xian, a centuries-old Big Wild Goose Pagoda - a Buddhist site - as well as the city's mosqu ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2017China tightens rules on oversea cash withdrawals  Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2018China's Ant Financial drops MoneyGram deal as US approval fails  Islamabad (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investment |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 
Two sleeping bags and "many blankets" are not enough to keep Jin Yang-Hun comfortable in the pup tent in which he lives just blocks from the White House.
Yet Jin isn't going anywhere, even as dangerously cold wind chills are forecast to sweep across the eastern United States this weekend.
Jin, a US citizen originally from South Korea, is among almost 7,500 homeless people in the United S ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2017UN's Guterres issues year-end 'red alert' for a world divided  Freetown (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Sierra Leone mudslide survivors living back in danger zone  Ain Issa, Syria (AFP) Dec 26, 2017Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Jan 02, 2018 
China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time, in the first half of 2018, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).
The preparation work for the launch has been completed, and the rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, said Zhang Di, an official with CASIC.
... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 08, 2018Scientist Reveals What is so Special About the New Chinese Moon Mission  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology  Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
A Tibetan who has waged a campaign to preserve his region's ancestral language was put on trial in China for inciting separatism Thursday in a case Amnesty International denounced as "ludicrously unjust".
Tashi Wangchuk was featured in a New York Times documentary that followed him on a trip to Beijing, where he attempted to get Chinese state media and courts to address what he describes as ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Migrant worker evictions tear at Beijing's backbone  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018French President Macron to visit China next week |
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 Lima (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 
Peru's defense minister resigned on Wednesday, becoming the second cabinet member to step down after President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski controversially pardoned former leader Alberto Fujimori, who had been incarcerated for murder and other rights abuses.
Diego Nieto's departure, confirmed to AFP by a ministry official, comes after the culture minister Salvador del Solar resigned. The head of th ... more San Francisco (AFP) Dec 23, 2017Authorities probe ex-Marine held in San Francisco terror plot: FBI  Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 25, 2017Nigerian army thwarts Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri  Sydney (AFP) Dec 22, 2017Australia ends air strike campaign in Iraq and Syria |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development and production of a high power fiber laser. AFRL plans to test the laser on a tactical fighter jet by 2021.
The contract is part of AFRL's Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program, and is a major step forward in the maturation of protective airborne laser systems. ... more Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Lockheed Martin developing technology to intercept missile threats with Directed Energy  White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones |
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