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  Washington (UPI) May 15, 2019 Funding for the proposed Space Development Agency could be limited until the Defense Department submits to Congress a detailed plan for the new agency. In a draft of the Defense Department funding bill for fiscal year 2020, released on Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee appropriators would block funding for the SDA until 90 days after the secretary of defense submits a detailed plan for the new agency. The SDA is due to exist under the Department of Defense, but by 2022 will fal ... read more |
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Russia not 'fire brigade' to save Iran deal: PutinSochi, Russia (AFP) May 15, 2019 President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow was sorry to see Iran's nuclear deal falling apart but stressed Russia was not "a fire brigade" to "rescue everything." ... more 
What's behind rising US-Iran tensions in the GulfWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 President Donald Trump's order of a US military buildup in the Gulf to counter alleged threats by Iran has many worried about a looming war and others skeptical of Washington's motivations. ... more 
Iran 'will want to talk soon': TrumpWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 President Donald Trump on Wednesday predicted that Iran will "soon" want to negotiate and denied any discord in the White House over moves that critics say could lead to war in the Middle East. ... more 
Trump to visit S.Korea for talks on N.Korea nukes: White HouseWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 President Donald Trump will visit South Korea in June to meet with his counterpart Moon Jae-in over their efforts to persuade North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons arsenal, the White House said Wednesday. ... more |
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Trump bars US companies from foreign telecoms posing security riskWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday barring US companies from using foreign telecoms equipment deemed a security risk - a move that appeared aimed at Chinese giant Huawei. ... more 
San Francisco ban highlights facial recognition fearsWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 A ban on facial recognition for law enforcement in San Francisco highlights growing public concerns about technology which is seeing stunning growth for an array of applications while provoking worries over privacy. ... more  
Israeli navy tests unmanned sonar mine-sweeping vesselWashington (UPI) May 15, 2019 The Israeli Navy successfully deployed its Seagull unmanned surface vessel in exercises earlier this month, Elbit Systems announced. ... more  
F-35 suffers millions in damage from bird strikeWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 A US F-35 stealth bomber suffered millions of dollars in damage after colliding with a bird during take-off from an air base in Japan, the US Marine Corp said in a statement Wednesday. ... more  
The Baloch vs Beijing: Pakistani militancy targets Chinese investmentIslamabad (AFP) May 15, 2019 A vast Chinese-funded infrastructure project in Pakistan has become a major trigger for separatist insurgents, galvanising their movement as they employ new tactics - including suicide attacks - in an escalation that could rattle Beijing, observers say. ... more |
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 In Iraq, academics restock Mosul's barren bookshelves  
Iran showing 'maximum restraint,' US escalation 'unacceptable': ZarifTokyo (AFP) May 16, 2019 Iran is showing "maximum restraint" despite the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal, the country's foreign minister said Thursday, accusing Washington of an "unacceptable" escalation in tensions. ... more  |
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US orders embassy staff from Iraq amid Iran 'threat'Washington (AFP) May 15, 2019 The US on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil, ramping up alarm over an alleged Iran threat even as allies appeared less than convinced. ... more 
German, Dutch armies halt Iraq training amid Iran tensionsBerlin (AFP) May 15, 2019 Germany and the Netherlands said Wednesday they were halting their training of soldiers in Iraq as tensions rise between neighbouring Iran and the United States. ... more  
Special peace court orders release of Colombian former guerrillaBogota (AFP) May 15, 2019 A special peace court in Colombia on Wednesday ordered the "immediate release" of a former left-wing guerrilla leader wanted by the United States for drug trafficking. ... more 
US orders embassy staff from Iraq over 'imminent' Iran threatWashington (AFP) May 16, 2019 The United States Wednesday ordered non-emergency staff evacuated from its Baghdad embassy due to an "imminent" threat from Iranian-linked Iraqi militias, but President Donald Trump predicted Iran would "soon" want to start talks. ... more 
Trump to visit S. Korea for talks on North's nukes: White HouseWashington (AFP) May 16, 2019 President Donald Trump will visit South Korea in June to meet with his counterpart Moon Jae-in over their efforts to persuade North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons arsenal, the White House said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 13, 2019 
The Defense Department is moving the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock ship and a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery to the Middle East for additional military strength amid rising tensions with Iran.
On Friday, the Pentagon announced the ship and an additional launching system for PAC-3 missiles are part of the U.S. Central Command's original request from earlier this week fo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 15, 2019 
Boeing Co. has received a $10.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for production of Harpoon missiles for Saudi Arabia's military.
The modification calls for obsolescence redesign efforts in producing and delivering the AGM-84 Harpoon Block II missiles, a ship-based weapon, to be completed by the end of August. The Defense Department made the announcement on Tuesday.
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 Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019 
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $163.6 million contract for support services on the U.S. Army's fleet of MQ-5B Hunter drones.
The company will operate, engineer, reconfigure and maintain the unmanned aerial systems as part of the new contract, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Work will be performed at Northrop Grumman's plant in Sierra Vista, Ariz., with the contract es ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 10, 2019 
The US Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its arrival in Florida. Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ahead of its expected June launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. AEHF-5's launch comes just eight months after AEHF- ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 15, 2019 
BAE Systems Land & Armaments received a $22.7 million U.S. Navy contract to build gun mounts, the Defense Department announced.
Three MK 110 Mod 0 gun mounts and related hardware will be built at the company's Louisville, Ky., facility, with work expected to be completed by January 2022, the Pentagon said in a contract announcement on Monday.
The MK 110 gun mount includes a 57mm ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 13, 2019  Press freedom is under attack in France as three journalists face an inquiry over the leaking of a classified report on the use of French arms in Yemen, rights groups warned on Monday.
The three journalists - Geoffrey Livolsi and Mathias Destal from the Disclose website and Radio France's Benoit Collombat - have been summoned to a hearing on Tuesday and Wednesday at the domestic intelligen ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 15, 2019 
Republicans in Congress want to bar Chinese military scientists from obtaining visas to study or work in the United States, drawing criticism Wednesday from Beijing.
Companion bills in the House and Senate would compel the White House to identify a list of research and scientific institutions that the president determines are affiliated with or funded by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) May 16, 2019 
Iran is showing "maximum restraint" despite the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal, the country's foreign minister said Thursday, accusing Washington of an "unacceptable" escalation in tensions.
"The escalation by the United States is unacceptable," Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Tokyo where he is holding talks with Japanese officials.
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 Moscow (AFP) May 13, 2019 
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit a top military flight test centre and inspect new weaponry on Tuesday, hours before he meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Kremlin said.
Pompeo will visit Putin in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi for the highest-level talks between Moscow and Washington in nearly a year.
Ahead of the negotiations Putin will visit one of Ru ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 15, 2019 
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that Washington was close to resolving its differences with Mexico and Canada over steel and aluminum tariffs that have created friction among the trading partners.
The steep US tariffs imposed last year on national security grounds have become a major stumbling block to ratifying a new North American trade pact negotiated last year by the ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 14, 2019 
Mario Wannier, a career geologist with expertise in studying tiny marine life, was methodically sorting through particles in samples of beach sand from Japan's Motoujina Peninsula when he spotted something unexpected: a number of tiny, glassy spheres and other unusual objects.
Wannier, who is now retired, had been comparing biological debris in beach sands from different areas in an effort ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 16, 2019 
China's satellite navigation and location services industry achieved a total output value of 301.6 billion yuan (about 43.93 billion US dollars) in 2018, up 18.3 percent than the previous year, according to an annual industry report.
The data was published in the White Paper on the Development of China's Satellite Navigation and Location Services Industry (2019), which was released by the ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 15, 2019 
Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to meet the Dalai Lama during a 2014 visit to India but a "cautious" Delhi did not allow it to happen, a new book has claimed.
The 83-year-old Buddhist monk has made India his home since fleeing the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959 - and has been a thorn in Beijing's side ever since.
"In 2014, when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Delhi for talks wit ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 14, 2019  France was Tuesday to pay its final respects to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa last week that has sparked a row over the risks taken by the freed tourists.
French special forces Cedric de Pierrepont, 33, and Alain Bertoncello, 28, who died in the operation in Burkina Faso, will be honoured in a ceremony at the Invalides military compl ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 
A U.S. Air Force exercise involving high-energy microwaves and guided lasers to shoot down drones was a success, contractor Raytheon announced.
Dozens of unmanned aerial targets were defeated in the tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., a Raytheon statement released on Tuesday said.
The event expanded on previous directed energy demonstrations, including a U.S. Army exercise ... more |
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