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  Tehran (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 Iran launched a satellite criticised by the United States on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, state television quoted the telecommunications minister as saying. "The Payam satellite was successfully launched this morning with the Basir satellite carrier. But the satellite unfortunately failed to be placed in orbit in the final stage," Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said. ... read more |
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Russia to Complete Military Satellite Constellation Blagovest in AprilMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 15, 2019 The communications satellites will be spread out evenly to provide seamless global coverage. They are equipped with modern Ka and Q-band transponders and support high-speed Internet, telephony and o ... more 
White House sought military strike against IranWashington (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 The White House demanded that the military draft plans for strikes on Iran after attacks in Iraq last year, sparking concern at the Pentagon and State Department, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. ... more  
Poland 'must pay' for Huawei arrest: Chinese state-run dailyBeijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 Poland "must pay" for arresting an employee of Chinese telecom giant Huawei for alleged espionage, state-run tabloid Global Times said on Monday. ... more 
China-N. Korea trade battered by UN sanctionsBeijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 China's trade with North Korea plummeted last year, data showed Monday, as harsh UN sanctions batter the nuclear-armed country's economy. ... more |
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U.S. Air Force awards Lockheed $131.6M for C-5 sustainmentWashington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019 The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics a $131.6 million contract for sustainment engineering services for the military branch's largest jet, the C-5, the Pentagon announced. ... more  
Raytheon awarded $9.3M contract for Spy-1 radar workWashington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019 The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Co. a $9.3 million contract under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement for engineering services in support of the Aegis Spy-1 radar and Mk 99 fire control system. ... more 
France orders 28 upgraded Rafale warplanes for $2.3 billionWashington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019 France's government on Monday signed a $2.3 billion contract for 28 Rafale fighter jets from French -headquartered Dassault Aviation. ... more 
South Korea to receive first two F-35A stealth jets in MarchWashington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019 Lockheed Martin plans to deliver the first two F-35A stealth fighter jets to South Korea in March. ... more  
China says detained Canadian lacks diplomatic immunityBeijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 China on Monday ridiculed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim that a former Canadian embassy official detained in Beijing still held diplomatic immunity, while Trudeau doubled down on his comments. ... more |
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Mosul demolishes iconic building used by IS for 'gay' killingsMosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 Authorities in Mosul have begun demolishing a onetime icon of modern Iraqi architecture used by the Islamic State group to throw men accused of being gay to their deaths. ... more  |
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Jordan king visits Iraq for first time in decadeBaghdad (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 Jordanian King Abdullah II met Iraq's president and prime minister in Baghdad on Monday, in the monarch's first trip to Iraq in more than a decade. ... more 
France to join North Korea surveillance at seaParis (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 France will Friday agree to join Japanese navy patrols off North Korea in a fresh sign of efforts to deepen ties and military links between Tokyo and Paris, officials said. ... more 
Iran foreign minister in Baghdad for talksBaghdad (AFP) Jan 13, 2019 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Sunday for wide-ranging talks, including on US sanctions against Tehran. ... more 
Japan FM to visit Moscow amid tensions over island disputeMoscow (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 Japan's foreign minister Taro Kono will visit Moscow next week for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on a decades-long row over four disputed islands, the Russian foreign ministry said Friday. ... more 
Iran says US hit by 'hysteria' since dropping nuclear dealTehran (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 Iran on Friday said the United States is suffering from "hysteria" over its inability to find alternatives to the landmark nuclear deal it walked away from last year. ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 
Syrian air defences shot down Israeli missiles late Friday, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source.
Most of the missiles fired by "Israeli military planes" were intercepted at around 11:00 pm (2100 GMT), the source said.
"Only a ministry of transport warehouse at Damascus international airport was hit," SANA cited the military source as saying.
The state ne ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2019 
Raytheon Missile Systems received a $21 million modification of its contract for missile improvement software for the U.S. Air Force.
The modification, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, covers work on the advanced medium-range air-to-air-missile [AMRAAM] system, brought the initial $50 million contract's value up to $71 million.
Work on program software architectur ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 9, 2019  Britain's armed forces were supporting police Wednesday at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly an hour on Tuesday.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the military had been sent to Europe's busiest airport at the request of police.
It follows a similar deployment at Gatwick Airport just three weeks ago after multi ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 15, 2019 
The communications satellites will be spread out evenly to provide seamless global coverage. They are equipped with modern Ka and Q-band transponders and support high-speed Internet, telephony and other broadcasting services.
The launch of the fourth and last military communications satellite of Russia's Blagovest constellation is tentatively planned for April, a source in the space indust ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019  General Dynamics announced the $714 million order for upgrades to 174 additional U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tanks.
The tanks will be upgraded to state-of-the-art M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 status, the company said on Tuesday.
The SEPv3 configuration includes advancements in communications, reliability, sustainment, fuel efficiency and upgraded armor. The army ordered th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 
Nearly $28 billion in funds appropriated to the Pentagon were left unspent when its authority to spend it expired in 2018, a government watchdog report says.
"If the DoD [Department of Defense] does not spend its funds within the legal timeframes, the funds expire. In FY 2018, the DoD reported $27.7 billion of expired funds, meaning that, generally, the DoD can no longer use those funds ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 
A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa intensified on Tuesday as Canada warned its citizens of the risk of "arbitrary enforcement" of laws in China after a Canadian drug suspect was sentenced to death.
The Canadian government updated its travel advice hours after a court in northeast China sentenced Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, to death at a retrial after his previous 15-year prison ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 11, 2019  For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon-based semiconductor applications.
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have been hard at work in their recently renovated lab in the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Science.
The pristine environment and smart layout af ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 
Authorities in Mosul have begun demolishing a onetime icon of modern Iraqi architecture used by the Islamic State group to throw men accused of being gay to their deaths.
Labourers and bulldozers on Monday could be seen removing rubble and twisted metal from the gutted ruins of the National Insurance Company in the city's west.
It was designed by celebrated Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 
Iran launched a satellite criticised by the United States on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, state television quoted the telecommunications minister as saying.
"The Payam satellite was successfully launched this morning with the Basir satellite carrier. But the satellite unfortunately failed to be placed in orbit in the final stage," Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said.
Payam and its ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2019 
China's trade surplus with the United States widened last year, data showed Monday, while the country's imports and exports fell in December as the long-running trade war begins to bite in the world's number two economy.
The surplus with the US is a major source of anger within the Trump administration, which imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods last year ... more |
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 Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 
After catastrophic wildfires in southern California late last year, the Israeli startup Watergen sent in its devices which pull clean water out of the atmosphere for firefighters and relief workers.
The machines, which have been deployed in other global disaster areas, were among the technologies on display at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show to highlight innovations which can be used in v ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2019 
As the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, a senior Chinese space expert said China will deepen its lunar exploration and venture further into the unknown.
China's current lunar program includes three phases: orbiting, landing, and returning. The first two phases have been accomplished, and the next step is to launch the Chang'e-5 probe to collect ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 15, 2019 
Wearing a bright floral ensemble with her short hair dyed blonde, Chinese model Ma Yinhong struts a Shanghai catwalk with a style and swagger that belie her 56 years.
She made her modelling debut just two years ago and is already in demand, working for leading fashion brands such as Dolce & Gabbana.
Ma is one of a growing number of older models sought after by Chinese and international ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 
Security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan have been "torturing children" to force them to confess to having links with the jihadist Islamic State group, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
The rights group said it interviewed 23 boys aged between 14 and 17 who were charged with, or convicted of, belonging to IS, and that 16 of them said they had been "tortured" during questioning.
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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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