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  Seoul (AFP) May 24, 2019 North Korea said on Friday its deadlocked nuclear talks with Washington "will never be resumed" unless the US adopts a new approach, again blaming it for the collapse of the Hanoi summit in February. US President Donald Trump's second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un broke up without an agreement or even a joint statement as the two failed to reach a deal on sanctions relief and what Pyongyang would be willing to give up of its banned nuclear weapons and ballistic programmes. Accordi ... read more |
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Trump strikes dovish tone on N. Korea, IranTokyo (AFP) May 27, 2019 President Donald Trump Monday hailed a "great respect" between the US and nuclear-armed North Korea, as he also held out the possibility of talks with Iran, stressing he did not want "terrible things" to happen. ... more 
Iran says US troop boost 'threat to international peace'Tehran (AFP) May 25, 2019 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday a US decision to deploy 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East is a "threat to international peace," state media reported. ... more  
Two U.S. Navy ships pass through Taiwan Strait as tensions with China riseWashington (UPI) May 24, 2019 Two U.S. Navy ships moved through the Taiwan Strait this week, adding to tensions with China amid a trade dispute between the two nations. ... more 
Iraq urges Iran to respect nuclear accordOslo (AFP) May 24, 2019 Iraq's top diplomat Friday called on Iran to respect the landmark deal covering its nuclear programme, which has been weakened by the US decision to withdraw from it and Tehran's backing away from certain commitments. ... more |
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Modi earns global praise for landslide win in Indian electionNew Delhi (AFP) May 23, 2019 Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to build an inclusive India on Thursday after scoring a landslide election win that he hailed as the "biggest event in world democracy". ... more  
NATO warns Russia of 'full range' of responses to cyberattackLondon (AFP) May 23, 2019 The head of NATO told Russia and other potential foes Thursday that the Western military alliance was ready to use all means at its disposal to respond to cyber attacks. ... more 
Pompeo: Huawei not truthful about ties with China's governmentWashington (AFP) May 23, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo charged Thursday that Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is not truthful about its relationship with China's government. ... more 
China slams US 'lies' about Huawei's government tiesBeijing (AFP) May 24, 2019 China ramped up a war of words with the United States over Huawei on Friday, accusing Washington of spreading "lies" about the telecom giant thrust to the centre of their trade war. ... more  
Iraq warns of 'danger of war' as Iran's top diplomat visitsBaghdad (AFP) May 26, 2019 Iraqi leaders have warned of the risks of war during a visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, whose country is locked in a tense standoff with the United States. ... more |
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Three French IS members sentenced to death in IraqBaghdad (AFP) May 26, 2019 An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced three French citizens to death for joining the Islamic State group, the first IS members from France to be handed capital punishment, a court official said. ... more  |
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Two air strikes kill 14 Afghan civilians: UN missionKabul (AFP) May 23, 2019 Two air strikes have killed 14 civilians in Afghanistan in recent days, the United Nations said Thursday, as the US intensifies its air war across the country. ... more  
Army's new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile warhead successfully testedWashington (UPI) May 22, 2019 A warhead for the U.S. Army's DeepStrike long-range surface-to-surface missile program had a successful test, maker Raytheon Co. announced on Wednesday. ... more 
UK has warned 16 NATO allies of Russia hacking attempts: foreign ministerLondon (AFP) May 22, 2019 Britain has shared with 16 NATO allies details of malicious Russian cyber activity in their countries over the last 18 months, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt was to say on Thursday. ... more 
US, Japan, S. Korea start 'first-of-its-kind' naval drillTokyo (AFP) May 23, 2019 The United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia have kicked off "first-of-its-kind" naval drills near Guam, the US Navy said Thursday, amid mounting tensions with China and North Korea. ... more  
US Navy Ships to Deploy Lasers as Anti-Missile Defense in 2021Washington DC (Sputnik) May 27, 2019 In an attempt to outflank Russian and Chinese naval tactics, the US Navy is rushing to put a laser defense system on its destroyers - first, for the purpose of improving targeting, but eventually sc ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 16, 2019  The US believes it is "possible" Turkey will decide against buying a Russian air defense system whose proposed purchase has strained relations between the NATO allies, a top official said on Thursday.
Washington has warned for months that Turkey's adoption of the Russian S-400 missile system would endanger Western defense and jeopardize Ankara's planned purchase of 100 of the US's F-35 steal ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) May 22, 2019 
Turkey insisted it would go ahead with its controversial decision to buy the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, saying it was preparing for any possible sanctions from the US.
Turkey's push to buy the S-400 system has strained relations with the United States, a NATO ally, which worries about integrating Russian technology with Turkey's Western equipment.
Defence Minister Hulusi A ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2019 
Washington has warned that Chinese-made drones could be giving spy agencies in Beijing "unfettered access" to stolen data, according to a report in American media.
The Department of Homeland Security sent out an alert on Monday flagging drones built in China as a "potential risk to an organization's information", CNN reported.
The US government has "strong concerns about any technology p ... more |
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 Carlsbad CA (SPX) May 23, 2019 
Viasat Inc has been awarded a contract by the Administrator of the Space Enterprise Consortium, under the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program, to deliver and test the first-ever Link 16-capable LEO spacecraft.
Leveraging the Company's leadership in satellite innovation and military communications, the Viasat-designed spacecraft is intended to enhance warfighters' situa ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2019 
The Department of Defense (DoD)'s Joint Logistics Enterprise, which spans both supply chain and logistics operations, provides the means to muster, transport, and sustain military power anywhere in the world at a high level of readiness. To operate successfully in an increasingly contested global security environment, however, the logistics enterprise needs to change how it operates.
In pa ... more |
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 Nanterre, France (AFP) May 22, 2019 
Documents and money have been stolen from an office used by Indian military personnel near Paris, a French prosecutor said Wednesday, with the break-in thought to be linked to India's purchase of French Rafale fighter jets.
The robbery took place overnight Saturday-Sunday in Saint-Cloud, a suburb west of Paris, near the offices of France's Dassault Aviation, which is building 36 fighter jets ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 24, 2019 
Two U.S. Navy ships moved through the Taiwan Strait this week, adding to tensions with China amid a trade dispute between the two nations.
This is the fifth time this year U.S. warships have sailed through 110-mile wide strait separating Taiwan from the Chinese mainland.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble and fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl ... 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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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 26, 2019 
For months, Alia Ali endured the din of fighting in Iraq's second city Mosul. Then a missile slammed into her home, killing her husband and her hearing.
The 59-year-old lost her sense of sound in the final phase of the ferocious battle between government forces and jihadists of the Islamic State group, not long before the guns fell silent in July 2017.
For nearly nine months, air strikes ... more |
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 Majuro (AFP) Marshall Islands (AFP) May 26, 2019 
As nuclear explosions go, the US "Cactus" bomb test in May 1958 was relatively small - but it has left a lasting legacy for the Marshall Islands in a dome-shaped radioactive dump.
The dome - described by a UN chief Antonio Guterres as "a kind of coffin" - was built two decades after the blast in the Pacific ocean region.
The US military filled the bomb crater on Runit island with rad ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) May 21, 2019  The Netherlands said it was issuing its first "green bond" on Tuesday, becoming the first top-rated country to tap into a growing market for investments in environmental projects.
It is aiming to raise between four and six billion euros ($4.5 billion to $6.7 billion) up to July 2040, according to HSBC, one of the banks handling the operation, although the Dutch government did not immediately ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 23, 2019 
The American military is going to set up tents near the US-Mexico border to temporarily house adult undocumented migrants held by immigration authorities, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Military personnel will erect the tents, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run the camps, a statement by Pentagon spokesman Major Chris Miller said.
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shan ... more |
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 Taiyuan (XNA) May 27, 2019  The attempt to launch a remote sensing Yaogan-33 satellite carried by a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province was unsuccessful on Thursday morning.
The first and second stages of the rocket worked normally, while the third stage had abnormal operation.
Based on monitoring data, the third stage of the rocket and satellite debris ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 21, 2019  The Dalai Lama on Tuesday sought to defuse a diplomatic controversy caused by a new book which said the Tibetan spiritual leader and China's President Xi Jinping had agreed to meet in 2014 but India refused to host the event.
In "Defining India - Through Their Eyes", author Sonia Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government scuttled a proposed meeting between the Buddhist leader and ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) May 16, 2019 
Russia on Thursday presented a draft resolution to the Security Council accusing the UN's chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW, of politicization just before a new probe begins of chemical attacks in Syria.
The draft text, seen by AFP, states that the Council - where Russia holds veto power - is the only international body that can impose measures on countries that violate the Chemical Weap ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) May 27, 2019 
In an attempt to outflank Russian and Chinese naval tactics, the US Navy is rushing to put a laser defense system on its destroyers - first, for the purpose of improving targeting, but eventually scaling the lasers up to being weapons in themselves.
The US Navy aims to begin replacing its present anti-missile weapons systems with laser-based ones beginning in 2021 with the guided missile d ... more |
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