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  Singapore (AFP) June 10, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrived in Singapore Sunday for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a "one-time shot" at peace. Bringing the Korean War to a formal end 65 years after hostilities ceased will also be on the table at the first-ever meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting president of its "imperialist enemy". It is an extraordinary turnaround from the tensions of last year, wh ... read more |
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A nuclear-powered summitSingapore (AFP) June 10, 2018 Seven decades of antagonism and mistrust will shadow Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un as they sit down for their unprecedented summit in Singapore - historical baggage that will weigh heavily on discussions over North Korea's nuclear arsenal and how far Pyongyang is willing to go to meet US demands that it be permanently dismantled. ... more  
Putin says ready to meet Trump 'as soon as' Washington is readyQingdao, China (AFP) June 10, 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said he was ready to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump as soon as Washington was ready, adding Vienna could be a possible venue for such a summit. ... more 
N. Korea's Kim arrives in Singapore for historic Trump summitSingapore (AFP) June 10, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore Sunday for an unprecedented summit with Donald Trump, an attempt to address the last festering legacy of the Cold War, with the US president calling it a "one time shot" at peace. ... more 
Iran says time for Europe to save nuke deal almost overTehran (AFP) June 10, 2018 Iran's powerful parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Sunday that the time for Europe to show it can save the nuclear deal was coming to an end. ... more |
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Iran postpones debate on terror financingTehran (AFP) June 10, 2018 Iran's parliament voted Sunday to suspend discussion of joining the UN Terrorism Financing Convention for two months, while it waits to see whether its nuclear deal with world powers will survive. ... more  
Despite Trump deal, China's ZTE, Huawei to face closed doors in US marketWashington (AFP) June 10, 2018 Chinese telecoms companies like ZTE and Huawei face severely tightened access to the US market despite the Trump administration's deal this week to give ZTE a lifeline after it agreed to a steep fine. ... more 
Chinese government hackers steal trove of US Navy data: reportWashington (AFP) June 8, 2018 Chinese government hackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive information from a US Navy contractor, including secret plans to develop a new type of submarine-launched anti-ship missile, the Washington Post reported Friday. ... more  
Bulgaria OKs spending on new fighter jets, armoured carriersSofia (AFP) June 8, 2018 Bulgaria's parliament approved on Friday to spend over 3.2 billion leva (1.6 billion euros, $1.9 billion) for new fighter jets and armoured carriers to update its ailing fleet of Soviet-built equipment. ... more  
Putin says 'premature' to divulge details of Ukraine prisoner exchangeQingdao, China (AFP) June 10, 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday it was too early to discuss in detail a possible prisoner exchange with Ukraine, amid hopes for the release of film director Oleg Sentsov and others during the World Cup. ... more |
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 Suspected Russia raids kill more than 50 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 
Colombia: 28 ex-fighters sentenced for crimes with 6,000 victimsBogota (AFP) June 9, 2018 A Colombian court has sentenced 28 former paramilitary fighters to "alternative penalties" for acts committed from 1997 to 2006 that claimed some 6,000 victims, the public prosecutor's office said Saturday. ... more  |
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Taliban agrees to unprecedented Eid ceasefire with Afghan forcesKabul (AFP) June 9, 2018 The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion on Saturday, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country's security forces that was greeted with relief by war-weary Afghans. ... more 
Canada says no longer aiding Iraqi KurdsOttawa (AFP) June 8, 2018 Canadian special forces have ended their training support for Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters, the defense department confirmed on Friday, after Ottawa suspended the assistance in October. ... more  
Sadr strengthens legislative bloc ahead of Iraq poll recountBaghdad (AFP) June 8, 2018 Nationalist Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the largest share of seats in Iraq's May legislative elections, has strengthened his parliamentary position by forming an alliance with two other lists. ... more 
Australian commandos accused of Afghan war crimesSydney (AFP) June 8, 2018 Australian special forces have been accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan in a secret defence report leaked Friday that described a "complete lack of accountability" from top military brass. ... more 
Trump appeals court ruling he can't block Twitter criticsNew York (AFP) June 5, 2018 The US Department of Justice on Wednesday said it will appeal a federal judge's ruling last month that President Donald Trump cannot legally block Twitter users who disagree with him. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 08, 2018 
The Department of Defense modified a contract with Raytheon for full production of the Standard Missile-6.
The modified contract award from Naval Sea Systems Command adjusted the total cumulative value of the deal to more than $44.8 million. The contract enables Raytheon to provide "long-lead material in support of fiscal 2017 Standard Missile-6 full-rate production requirements and spa ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 2, 2018 
Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia's top of the range S-400 air defence missile system, Le Monde daily reported.
Citing information it had obtained, Le Monde said Friday that Riyadh had written to French President Emmanuel Macron asking him to intervene to prevent the deal going ahead and to help preserve regional stability.
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 Marseille, France (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 
Marking a world first, researchers from the Etienne Jules Marey Institute of Movement Sciences (CNRS / Aix-Marseille Universite) have drawn inspiration from birds to design an aerial robot capable of altering its profile during flight. To reduce its wingspan and navigate through tight spaces, it can reorient its arms, which are equipped with propellers that let it fly like a helicopter.
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 Quantico VA (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 
Marine Corps Systems Command is improving the way Marines communicate with a reliable and convenient on-the-move system.
The Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, is a narrowband satellite communication system that uses commercial cell phone technology to increase access to voice and data communication while on the battlefield. The Marine Corps will be the first service to widely deploy t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2018  The U.S. Army awarded a $44.1 million contract modification to AM General LLC to produce 300 expanded-capacity high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles, commonly known as Humvees.
The South Bend, Ind., manufacturer can also deliver optional equipment under the terms of the contract modification, the Defense Department said Thursday. The department expects AM General to finish work by Februar ... more |
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 Sofia (AFP) June 8, 2018  Bulgaria's parliament approved on Friday to spend over 3.2 billion leva (1.6 billion euros, $1.9 billion) for new fighter jets and armoured carriers to update its ailing fleet of Soviet-built equipment.
The decision was backed by 151 lawmakers, with seven voting against and one abstention.
It will allow the defence ministry to restart the investment project for acquiring at least eight n ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) June 7, 2018  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday hailed German plans to increase defence spending by 80 percent by 2024 as "a step in the right direction" amid US demands for Europe to pay its way.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly lashed European allies for failing to meet a commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defence by 2024, with economic powerhouse Germany coming in for particular cr ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 04, 2018 
Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand - and much faster than recently possible. In the journal Nature Communications, Carlos Castro and Ratnasingham Sooryakumar and their colleagues from The Ohio State University report that the control system reduced the response time of prototype nano-robot components from several minutes to less than a ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 8, 2018  Nationalist Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the largest share of seats in Iraq's May legislative elections, has strengthened his parliamentary position by forming an alliance with two other lists.
The former militia leader reached a coalition agreement on Thursday with Shiite Ammar al-Hakim's Al-Hikma list and the secular outgoing vice-president Iyad Allawi, whose list was comprised largely of ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) June 10, 2018  Iran's powerful parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Sunday that the time for Europe to show it can save the nuclear deal was coming to an end.
"This issue must be clear that Iran's officials will not wait for Europe's endless promises," Larijani, a key establishment figure, told parliament in a televised address.
"The time for negotiations is coming to an end and if Europe considers it ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 7, 2018 
Washington and Beijing have reached a deal to ease sanctions that brought Chinese smartphone maker ZTE to the brink of collapse, the US Commerce Department announced Thursday.
The deal could be a harbinger of progress in separate and fraught trade talks between the world's two largest economies although Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday reiterated a denial that there was any connect ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) June 1, 2018 
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hailed Friday the peace accord reached in his country, but warned it would take at least 15 years to build a truly peaceful society.
Speaking before the UN Labour Organization's annual assembly, Santos stressed that "peace is much more than just silencing the weapons."
"Building peace is like building a cathedral; it is a long and complex process th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 7, 2018 
Chinese authorities have called on the public to help track down fugitives abroad by publishing the names, photos and even addresses of 50 high-profile suspects beyond its grasp.
A massive anti-graft campaign launched by President Xi Jinping includes a push to repatriate allegedly corrupt officials who have fled abroad - an effort known as "Sky Net".
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 Paris (AFP) June 8, 2018 
An Iraqi refugee in France thought to be a former senior member of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Paris and indicted on suspicion of "war crimes" over his alleged involvement in a massacre in his country.
The 33-year-old man, referred to as Ahmed H, is accused of having participated in the June 2014 capture and execution of an estimated 1,700 young, mainly Shiite army recruits ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 
The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.
The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator.)
The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kilowatts to test their ability to zap ... more |
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