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  Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2019 The US special envoy for North Korea is visiting Beijing to coordinate policies with China, officials said Tuesday, a month after the failure of a denuclearisation summit. Stephen Biegun, Washington's North Korea envoy, is here to "continue US-China coordination on policies related to North Korea", a US embassy spokesman told AFP, declining to share more details. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing that Beijing "has always maintained close communication and ... read more |
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Georgia 'will join NATO': StoltenbergTbilisi (AFP) March 25, 2019 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday reiterated the bloc's commitment to grant former Soviet republic Georgia eventual membership despite Moscow's fierce opposition. ... more 
Xi, Macron hold talks as France seeks EU unity on ChinaParis (AFP) March 25, 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris on Monday for talks with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who is aiming to forge a united Europe at a time of growing nervousness over Beijing's massive investments on the continent. ... more  
General Atomics awarded $19.7M for French MQ-9 Reaper supportWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 General Atomics has been awarded an $8.9 million contract to produce and integrate weapons on the French Air Force's MQ-9 Block 1 aircraft. ... more  
Raytheon to update Advanced Synthentic Aperture Radar for U-2 Dragon LadyWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 Raytheon signed a $320 million undefinitized contract to develop new version of the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar that flies on the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. ... more |
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Anger as wartime memorial in Malaysia calls Japanese troops 'heroes'Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 26, 2019 A newly restored World War II memorial in Malaysia sparked anger and calls for its demolition Tuesday after a sign described three Japanese soldiers honoured as "heroes". ... more 
Israel strikes Gaza over bomb balloons: armyJerusalem (AFP) March 23, 2019 The Israeli military said Saturday it launched airstrikes against two groups of Palestinians in Gaza, after they allegedly flew balloons rigged with explosives into Israel. ... more  
Post-IS Iraq treads fine line as it seeks regional roleBaghdad (AFP) March 24, 2019 Five years after the Islamic State group swept across Iraq, Baghdad is bidding to reclaim its role as a regional player while walking a tightrope between rival backers the US and Iran. ... more 
Hamas says ceasefire reached with Israel after rocket attacksGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) March 25, 2019 Israeli air strikes hit sites across the Gaza Strip on Monday in retaliation for a rare long-distance rocket attack that struck a house near Tel Aviv, but Hamas said later a ceasefire was reached. ... more 
No halt to Gaza flare-up despite 'ceasefire'Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) March 26, 2019 Israel kept up air strikes on Gaza into Tuesday and Palestinian militants launched new rockets despite a reported ceasefire deal, raising fears of a return to open conflict in the enclave. ... more |
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Oman allows US military to use its portsMuscat (AFP) March 24, 2019 Oman on Sunday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that would allow American ships and warplanes to take advantage of ports and airports. ... more  |
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BAE nabs $41.8M for work on USS AnchorageWashington (UPI) Mar 22, 2019 BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair received a $41.8 million contract for maintenance and repair of the transport dock ship USS Anchorage. ... more  
Colombian Air Force tanker refuels U.S. Navy Growlers at Red FlagWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 The Colombian Air Force's tanker refueled the entire fleet of the U.S. Navy's EA-18G Growlers during the air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag 19-2 in Nevada earlier this month. ... more 
Sikorsky-Boeing's SB-1 "Defiant" battlefield helicopter makes first flightWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 Boeing Co. announced the first flight of its SB-1 "Defiant" battlefield helicopter at its West Palm Beach, Fla., facilities. ... more 
Air Force swaps F-35A crews in flexibility exerciseWashington (UPI) Mar 22, 2019 U.S. Air Force personnel performed their first crew swap, using F-35A Lightning II fighter planes, this week at Hill AFB, Utah, the Air Force announced. ... more 
US approves $3.8 billion F-16 sale to MoroccoWashington (AFP) March 25, 2019 The United States on Monday approved the sale of 25 F-16 fighter aircraft to Morocco for $3.8 billion, the State Department announced. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 26, 2019 
The US military said Monday it had successfully tested an anti-intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, with a target launched from the Marshall Islands shot down by two interceptors based in California.
To protect against the threat from ICBMs, the US has developed the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, which is designed to fire an interceptor missile into space and use k ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2019 
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $506.9 million contract to build the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles.
The contract is for incidental services, hardware, facilities, equipment, as well as all technical, planning, management, manufacturing and testing efforts to produce the Patriot, which is an acronym for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target, the Departme ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
On a brisk February morning in the Yuma, Arizona, desert, a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with DARPA's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment system, or CODE, successfully carried out mission objectives, even when communications were offline and GPS was unavailable.
One-by-one, six RQ-23 Tigersharks lifted off, fitted with an array of sensors onboard. Next to the runwa ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch provider for all ten WGS satellites.
"We are very proud to deliver this critical asset to orbit in support of the U.S. and Allied warfighters deployed around th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
DARPA aims to apply the power of social networks to research and development via a novel social media platform purpose-built to quicken the pace of U.S. technology development. Polyplexus, which was recently launched as a public platform, is designed to increase access to scientific evidence and accelerate hypothesis development, research proposal generation, and research sponsor engagement. The ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 21, 2019 
A group of NGOs on Thursday urged France to suspend the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia and to work for a political solution in Yemen which has been ravaged by four years of conflict.
"I don't know how many more Yemenis have to die, be injured or go hungry before the world decides that the war must end," Radhya Almutawakel, head of Yemen Mwatana human rights organisation told a press conference ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 25, 2019  Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron were due to hold talks in Paris on Monday with the host leader seeking to forge a united European front to contend with Beijing's advances.
Xi's official visit to Paris will mark 55 years since Charles de Gaulle established diplomatic relations with Beijing.
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can be. Researchers have announced a potential solution - a laser-driven photoacoustic microfluidic pump, capable of moving fluids in any direction without moving parts or electrical contacts.
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 Sinjar, Iraq (AFP) March 21, 2019 
For decades, his land was his life. Now, like other Sunni Arab farmers in Iraq's diverse north, Mahdi Abu Enad is cut off from his fields, fearing reprisal attacks.
He hails from the mountainous region of Sinjar, which borders Syria and is home to an array of communities - Shiite and Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and Yazidis.
That patchwork was ripped apart when the Islamic State group rampaged ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 23, 2019 
President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly announced the cancellation of sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea.
"It was announced today by the U.S. Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional Sanctions!" Trump ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a whistlestop European tour in Rome on Friday amid growing Western unease over Italy joining the ever-expanding Asian giant's new Silk Road project.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is to sign a memorandum of understanding with Xi on Saturday for Italy to join the $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, the first G7 member to do so, despite apparent divisio ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 22, 2019 
The capsizing of a Tigris river ferry packed with Iraqi families celebrating Kurdish New Year in Mosul left at least 100 people dead, mostly women and children, the interior ministry said Friday, as grief and anger swept the Iraqi city.
Residents of the northern city, scarred by years of jihadist rule, demanded justice as Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi decreed three days of national mournin ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Growing restrictions on Hong Kong's freedoms are hurting business confidence, the United States warned in a report Friday, accusing the city's government of sacrificing human rights to support mainland Chinese priorities.
Hong Kong enjoys liberties unseen on the mainland under the "one country, two systems" framework, and has a special trading status with the US based on its autonomy from th ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 23, 2019 
The Islamic State may have lost its self-styled caliphate, but its barbaric back catalogue of grisly execution videos will continue to haunt the global imagination and serve as a template for how to sow terror, analysts say.
At the height of its reign over a vast chunk of Iraq and Syria in 2014-2015, the Sunni jihadist group had a huge digital footprint, flooding social media with slick vide ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force announced it is planning future experiments involving laser and microwave energy weapons after recent successes in testing sessions.
Future experiments in the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign are planned at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement.
The tests by the 704th Test Group, essentially the use of mi ... more |
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