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  Brussels (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 NATO announced on Thursday that it will supply Ukraine with secure communications equipment by the end of the year to help Kiev combat destabilisation efforts by Russia. Alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg praised Ukraine for its "calm and restraint" during the recent naval standoff with Russia in the Azov Sea and said NATO support for Kiev would continue. After talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Stoltenberg repeated a call for Russia to free sailors seized in the Azov Sea clash last m ... read more |
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Iran urges West to end 'absurdities' on missilesTehran (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 Iran on Thursday urged the United States and its allies to stop their "absurd" accusations about Iranian missile tests, a day after Washington urged the UN to adopt punitive measures against Tehran. ... more 
Indian, Chinese troops share dance year after standoffNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 Indian and Chinese soldiers looked to have hit it off in their first joint exercises since a dangerous standoff last year, with videos released by the Indian military showing them dancing and playing football. ... more 
With tech exec arrest, Canada squeezed between China, USMontreal (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 The arrest of a top Chinese tech executive at the request of the US has snared Canada in the middle of a major international dispute involving Beijing and Washington. ... more 
US, Ukraine navy heads meet after Russia ship seizureWashington (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 The head of the Ukrainian navy is meeting his US counterpart this week in Washington, where they will discuss the Russian navy's recent seizure of three Ukrainian vessels, a US official said Thursday. ... more |
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White House asks top court to block transgender military serviceWashington (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday urged the nation's highest court to temporarily block the military recruitment of transgender people, pending the outcome of an ongoing legal battle. ... more  
Spain's Navantia to build five frigates for 4.3 bln eurosMadrid (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia will build five frigates for the country's navy in a 4.3-billion-euro agreement that will create around 7,000 jobs, the ministry for regional affairs said Thursday. ... more  
Bell Boeing to conduct engineering work on the V-22 OspreyWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2018 The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office is being awarded $18 million for engineering work on the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. ... more 
40 years in the making: Five lives changed by China's reformsBeijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 China's "reform and opening up" policy brought monumental changes to society in the world's most populous country since its launch 40 years ago under late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. ... more 
Kosovo asserts independence with new army; NATO troops in northern KosovoPristina (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 Kosovo lawmakers vote Friday on whether to give the small Balkan country its own army, a US-backed symbolic show of independence that has inflamed tensions with former wartime foe Serbia. ... more |
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US-backed forces retake IS hub in east Syria: monitorBeirut (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 Kurdish-dominated forces backed by air strikes by a US-led coalition retook full control of a key jihadist hub in eastern Syria on Friday, a war monitor said. ... more  |
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Turkish soldier killed in Syria's Afrin: ministryAnkara (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 A Turkish soldier was killed on Thursday in the northern Syrian region of Afrin after coming under fire from a Kurdish militia, the Turkish defence ministry said. ... more  
Islamic State not defeated, just transforming: expertsWashington (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 Even as the last pockets of resistance in eastern Syria hold their ground, the Islamic State group is shapeshifting into a new, but no less dangerous, underground form, experts warn. ... more 
Blackened Canteen ceremony conducted before Pearl Harbor DayWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2018 U.S. and Japanese military and civilian officials observed an annual ceremony dating back to World War II called the Blackened Canteen ceremony. ... more 
Palestinian shoots dead two Israelis in West Bank: armyJerusalem (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 A Palestinian shot dead two Israelis and wounded at least two others at a bus stop in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the army said. ... more  
Aerojet Rocketdyne awarded DARPA contract to design advanced opfires propulsion systemHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 13, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne will design propulsion concepts and technologies for a novel ground-launched tactical weapon system under a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract potenti ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 11, 2018 
The US military on Tuesday successfully conducted a test of a new ballistic-missile interceptor system, which is being co-developed with Japan.
The launch marks the second successful test in less than two months for the SM-3 Block IIA missile and its associated technologies, which had previously experienced failures.
According to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), sailors at the Aegis As ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2018 
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency shot down an intermediate range ballistic missile at high altitude from the Aegis Ashore anti-ballistic missile system in Hawaii as part of their testing program for the SM-3 Block IIA missile.
The test is the second successful use of the system, which has suffered personnel and mechanical failures in previous testing. The interceptor was fired f ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2018 
Drones can be used to explore environs too difficult and dangerous for humans to navigate, like a burned out building or the rubble of a collapsed bridge. But often, entrances to and passageways through these environments are quite small - holes and cracks measuring just a few inches wide.
Engineers at the University of Zurich have developed a foldable drone that can shrink itself to f ... more |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have devised a method for using an origami-based structure to create radio frequency filters that have adjustable dimensions, enabling the devices to change which signals they block throughout a large range of frequencies.
The new approach to creating these tunable filters could have a variety of uses, from antenna systems capable of adapt ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 
US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday urged the nation's highest court to temporarily block the military recruitment of transgender people, pending the outcome of an ongoing legal battle.
The administration said there is "too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality" to allow transgender people to serve openly - a policy enacted under Trump's predecessor Barack ... more |
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 Bratislava (AFP) Dec 12, 2018 
Slovakia will purchase 14 US-made F-16 war planes in the NATO member's largest-ever military purchase, the prime minister said Wednesday, dropping his earlier objection to the deal.
Defence Minister Peter Gajdos signed the contract with Lockheed Martin representative Ana Wugofski at a press conference in the capital Bratislava after the government approved the purchase.
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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 
NATO announced on Thursday that it will supply Ukraine with secure communications equipment by the end of the year to help Kiev combat destabilisation efforts by Russia.
Alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg praised Ukraine for its "calm and restraint" during the recent naval standoff with Russia in the Azov Sea and said NATO support for Kiev would continue.
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 
Thanks in part to their distinct electronic, optical and chemical properties, nanomaterials are utilized in an array of diverse applications from chemical production to medicine and light-emitting devices.
But when introducing another metal in their structure, also known as "doping," researchers are unsure which position the metal will occupy and how it will affect the overall stability of ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 11, 2018 
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi said on Tuesday that an ongoing political dispute over unfilled ministries in his government was out of his hands.
"It's not my decision," he told reporters gathered at a weekly news conference, in response to an AFP question.
More than two months after being appointed premier, Abdel Mahdi has yet to fill eight of his cabinet's 22 posts, including th ... more |
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 Paju, South Korea (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 
A stuffed deer stands in a former US ammunition store just outside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas, tree branches spreading up from its antlers towards the roof.
The work was installed this year at Camp Greaves, a former US army facility within the buffer zone that runs alongside the DMZ that has been converted into an arts centre and tourist attraction.
South Korean a ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2018 
China has agreed to cut tariffs on autos imported from the United States, and resume soybean purchases, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Wednesday, confirming the reports that delighted investors.
Ross told CNBC the moves by Beijing will "prove that President (Donald) Trump was right when he announced his summary of the talks" held recently with China's President Xi Jinping.
The leade ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 
Inspecting a damaged building after an earthquake or during a fire is exactly the kind of job that human rescuers would like drones to do for them. A flying robot could look for people trapped inside and guide the rescue team towards them. But the drone would often have to enter the building through a crack in a wall, a partially open window, or through bars - something the typical size of a dro ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 13, 2018 
China's Chang'e-4 probe decelerated and entered the lunar orbit Wednesday, completing a vital step on its way to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.
After flying about 110 hours from earth, an engine on the probe was ignited when it was 129 km above the surface of the moon, in line with instructions sent fr ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 
Divorced, in his 40s and fearing a solitary future, Zhou Xinsen went online like thousands of other Chinese men to find an affordable and fast solution to bachelordom - a Vietnamese bride.
He was among millions of his gender struggling on the sidelines of China's ultra competitive marriage market, where a decades-long one-child policy and sex-selective abortions of daughters has resulted in ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 
Even as the last pockets of resistance in eastern Syria hold their ground, the Islamic State group is shapeshifting into a new, but no less dangerous, underground form, experts warn.
Also known as ISIS, or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the group had long been ready to cede the territory it once held in its self-styled "caliphate," and has already begun the switch to a more clandestine ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2018 
The U.S. Army is contracting Radiance Technologies for high energy laser lethality research, assessment and support in the amount of $28.2 million.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by November 2023.
It falls under a small business contract under acquisition rules, though R ... more |
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