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  Seoul (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 South Korea and the United States on Monday resumed small-scale military training that was indefinitely suspended following an historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The combined marine drills were among "select" joint exercises that were indefinitely delayed in June, after Trump met with Kim in Singapore and pledged to halt "very provocative" and expensive joint military drills with Seoul. But the Korean Marine Exchange Programme (KMEP), involving ... read more |
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Pompeo says he will meet N.Korea number two in New YorkWashington (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he will meet this week in New York with North Korea's number two to discuss denuclearization and a possible second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ... more 
N. Korea warns of returning to nuclear policySeoul (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 North Korea has warned the United States it will "seriously" consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end tough economic sanctions against the impoverished regime. ... more 
US to exempt China, India, Japan from Iran oil sanctions: PompeoWashington (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 The United States will exempt China, India and Japan from oil sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, while vowing to be "relentless" in pressuring Tehran. ... more 
US sanctions: SWIFT network suspends Iran banksBrussels (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 The SWIFT banking network, the backbone for international monetary transfers, said Monday it has suspended several Iranian banks from its service, after the United States reimposed nuclear sanctions on Tehran. ... more |
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Facebook blocks 115 accounts on eve of US electionSan Francisco (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 Facebook said Monday it blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 more on Instagram after police warned they may be linked to "foreign entities" trying to interfere in the US midterm election. ... more
Facebook blocks 30 accounts ahead of US midterm electionsSan Francisco (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 Facebook said Monday it had blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on photo-sharing social network Instagram over concerns they may be linked to foreign entities and aimed at interfering in US midterm elections. ... more 
Worldwide web inventor wants new 'contract' to make web safeLisbon (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 The inventor of the worldwide web on Monday called for a "contract" to make internet safe and accessible for everyone as Europe's largest tech event began in Lisbon amid a backlash over its role in spreading "fake news". ... more  
Lockheed awarded $180.4M for F-35 Block 4 software developmentWashington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin $130.4 million for the second phase of the F-35 Lightning II Block 4 pre-modernization program. ... more 
M/V Bernard Fisher contracted for prepositioning of Air Force suppliesWashington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 Sealift has been tapped by the U.S. Navy for a $8.9 million contract modification for transportation and preposition of cargo for use by the U.S. Air force. ... more |
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Hotel poses challenge for tribal tradition in IraqRamadi, Iraq (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 The opening of a new hotel is posing a challenge to tribal customs in western Iraq's Anbar province, where locals traditionally welcome outsiders into their homes. ... more  |
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Hidden history: Radar probes mass graves from Khmer Rouge eraPrey Veng, Cambodia (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 A man walks gingerly over a small field in rural Cambodia, pushing a lawnmower-like contraption that deploys ground-penetrating radar to unearth clues of mass graves. ... more  
Australian FM to raise internment camps on China visitSydney (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 Australia's concerns over internment camps in China's far west, where up to a million people are being held without charge, will be raised this week when the country's foreign minister visits Beijing, she said Tuesday. ... more 
Blasts across Baghdad kill six people: sourcesBaghdad (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 Explosions in several Shiite-majority districts in Iraq's capital late Sunday killed six people, most of them civilians, and wounded several others, police and medical sources said. ... more  
Dozens of Yemeni rebels killed in Red Sea port city: medicsHodeida, Yemen (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 Dozens of Yemeni rebels have been killed in battles and air strikes in Hodeida, medics said Sunday, as pro-government forces advanced in the insurgent-held Red Sea port city. ... more  
Raytheon to supply Romania with Patriot missile defense systemsWashington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems.
Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems - the country's second order of the systems in the last two years - to deter any any threats to its borders.
The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile provides the "backbone" to the missile defense capabilities used by ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $45.9 million for mechanical design and engineering services for the MK41 Vertical Launch System aboard two classes of vessel for the United States, as well as allied navies.
The services to be provided under the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, include mechanical, cable and missile canister equipment alongsi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is receiving a $10.7 million contract for weather tolerance work on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle.
The MQ-9 SkyGuardian, more generally known as the Reaper, is a development of the legacy MQ-1 Predator designed to be larger and able to carry bigger payloads of sensors and heavier weapons.
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2018 
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Joint Quantum Institute have created a pristine quantum light source that has the potential to lead to more secure communications and enhanced sensing capabilities for Soldiers.
ARL's Dr. Elizabeth Goldschmidt and JQI's Dr. Sunil Mittal and Prof. Mohammad Hafezi discuss this research in their paper titled "A topological source of qua ... more |
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 London (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 
Citizens of Commonwealth countries will be able to join the British armed forces even if they do not live in Britain, the government said on Monday as it struggles to fill vacancies.
Britain's junior defence minister Mark Lancaster said in a statement to parliament that the previous five-year residency requirement for Commonwealth army recruits has been removed.
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 Geneva (AFP) Oct 31, 2018  The Swiss government on Wednesday reversed a decision to loosen restrictions on weapons exports to countries wracked by internal conflict following outcry over the planned move.
Switzerland's government, known as the Federal Council, said in a statement at it had decided "not to amend the War Material Ordinance".
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 
The United States and China will hold top-level security talks on Friday, the State Department announced, in a sign of easing tensions after months of escalation over trade and regional disputes.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will host senior Chinese officials in Washington for the second US-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue, following a meeting in J ... more |
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 Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Scientists from ITMO University and Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed a new microwave antenna that creates a uniform magnetic field in large volume.
It is capable for uniform and coherent addressing of the electronic spins of an ensemble of nanodiamond structure defects. This can be used to create super-sensitive magnetic field detectors of a new genera ... more |
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 Al-Qaim, Iraq (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 
Iraqi troops have reinforced their positions along the porous frontier with neighbouring war-torn Syria, fearing a spillover from clashes there between Islamic State group jihadists and US-backed forces.
For weeks, IS has fought back an assault by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on a key jihadist-held pocket in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province near the border with Iraq.
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 
The SWIFT banking network, the backbone for international monetary transfers, said Monday it has suspended several Iranian banks from its service, after the United States reimposed nuclear sanctions on Tehran.
"In keeping with our mission of supporting the resilience and integrity of the global financial system as a global and neutral service provider, SWIFT is suspending certain Iranian ban ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 
President Donald Trump said Friday that he expects a budding US-China trade war to end with "a very good deal."
"I think we will make a deal with China," he told journalists at the White House. "I think a very good deal will be made with China."
Markets have soared on reports that the two sides are closing in on a deal that would avoid Washington piling on still more tariffs against Chin ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 
China has invited the UN Security Council for a visit this month that will showcase its growing support for peacekeeping and include a tour of the modern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the UN ambassador said on Thursday.
The visit will highlight China's role as a global player at a time when the United States is pulling back from multilateral institutions like the United Nations.
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 Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018  China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition.
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 
China's first "cyber-dissident" Huang Qi is in danger of dying under police custody if he does not receive medical treatment for a host of severe health conditions, human rights groups warned on Monday.
Huang, 55, who was arrested in 2016 for "leaking state secrets", is currently being held in Mianyang Detention Centre in southwestern Sichuan province, according to his mother.
Huang ran ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 
The United States faces a deadline Tuesday that could lead to fresh sanctions on Russia over an attempted assassination with a lethal nerve agent of a former spy in Britain.
The State Department on August 6 found that Russia had violated a 1991 US law that seeks the elimination of chemical and biological weapons.
The determination came after Britain said that Russian operatives on March ... more |
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine month, $25.5 million contract extension to continue development of its Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept. This program, awarded Aug. 31, builds on a 2017 contract to develop an initial LPLD concept.
Lockheed Martin's LPLD concept consists of a fiber laser system on a high-performing, high-altitude airbo ... more |
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