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  Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2019 Summer 2019 heralds the "Summer of Launch" campaign for the Space and Missile Systems Center. As the nation's launch vehicle procurer of choice, SMC leads the Department of Defense launch community as the organization prepares for four major milestones over a 31-day period. Space Test Program-2, scheduled to launch on June 24, will be the first DOD mission to fly on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy and the first to use previously flown flight hardware. SpaceX is reusing the two side boosters from the A ... read more |
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Trump says will be Iran's 'best friend' if it renounces nuclear armsWashington (AFP) June 22, 2019 US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would be Iran's "best friend" and that the Islamic republic could be a "wealthy" country if it renounced nuclear weapons, amid soaring tensions between the two nations. ... more 
US President Trump to visit Seoul after letters with KimSeoul (AFP) June 24, 2019 US President Donald Trump will visit South Korea at the weekend after the G20 summit to discuss deadlocked nuclear talks with the North with President Moon Jae-in, Seoul's presidential office said Monday. ... more 
Taiwan man convicted for N. Korea oil sales jumps to deathTaipei (AFP) June 24, 2019 Taiwan's justice ministry has expressed regret after a businessman convicted over illegal oil sales to North Korea leapt to his death. ... more 
Xi muscles in on Trump-Kim 'love' affairBeijing (AFP) June 21, 2019 US President Donald Trump once said there was "love" between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but Xi Jinping is intruding into the relationship to remind them that China is an indispensable chaperone in their nuclear dance. ... more |
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Satellite image shows Chinese fighter planes on contested South China Sea islandWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2019 A satellite image shows that at least four Chinese fighter planes were deployed to a contested South China Sea island, analysts said. ... more
Philippines agree to joint China probe over boat sinkingManila (AFP) June 22, 2019 China and the Philippines agreed to conduct a joint inquiry over the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in disputed waters, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Saturday. ... more  
Iran denies US cyber attack ahead of new sanctionsTehran (AFP) June 24, 2019 Iran denied Monday it was hit by a US cyber attack as Washington was due to tighten sanctions on Tehran in a standoff sparked by the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal. ... more 
US blocks more Chinese tech firms on national security concernsWashington (AFP) June 22, 2019 The US Commerce Department blacklisted five Chinese tech entities Friday in a new move against Beijing's supercomputing industry likely to raise tensions ahead of a meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping next week. ... more  
US, Taliban to hold more talks on ending warWashington (AFP) June 22, 2019 The United States and the Taliban will open fresh negotiations next week, the US negotiator said Saturday, as he voiced hope for progress in ending America's longest war. ... more |
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 Syria regime air strikes kill 5 civilians: monitor 
Pompeo asks Pakistan to do more on religious freedomWashington (AFP) June 21, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws after the release of Asia Bibi, who escaped a death sentence in a case that drew international scrutiny. ... more  |
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US peace plan aims to raise $50 bn, create million Palestinian jobsWashington (AFP) June 22, 2019 The United States said Saturday that its Middle East peace plan to be presented next week in Bahrain aims to raise more than $50 billion for the Palestinians and create one million jobs for them within a decade. ... more  
Betrayal, guilt, hate: post-IS, Mosul society still brokenMosul, Iraq (AFP) June 23, 2019 Haytham Salem has not spoken to his sister in years, but this is no ordinary family feud. When Islamic State jihadists overran Iraq's Mosul, he fled but his nephew joined them. ... more  
UN rights chief urges states to repatriate families of IS fightersGeneva (AFP) June 24, 2019 The UN rights chief called Monday for countries to repatriate family members of suspected foreign fighters in Syria, including some 29,000 foreign children of Islamic State group jihadists. ... more 
Suicide blast at Shiite mosque in Baghdad kills two: police sourcesBaghdad (AFP) June 21, 2019 A suicide explosion at a Shiite mosque in eastern Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded nine people on Friday, two Iraqi police officers told AFP. ... more  
$54 million study aims to improve Eurofighter Typhoon aircraftWashington DC (UPI) Jun 20, 2019 Members of the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter program at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday signed a $54 million contract to conduct studies to improve the aircraft. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 21, 2019 
Japan is considering the deployment of early warning satellites designed to detect ballistic missile launches, according to a Japanese press report.
Sankei Shimbun reported Wednesday the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, is looking into tests of infrared sensors for early-warning satellites in 2020.
The missile defense alarm system could provide advance notice of North Kor ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2019 
The U.S. Navy has completed a series of guided flight tests for the RAM Block 2A short-range, surface-to-air missile, according to its manufacturer, Raytheon.
Testing of the rolling airframe missile took place at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., and from the Navy's self-defense test ship off the coast of Southern California, the company said in a news release Wednesda ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 
A new energy-efficient data routing algorithm developed by an international team could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying - and helping - longer, report an international team of researchers this month in the journal Chaos, from AIP Publishing.
UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and military applications. In ... more |
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 Titusville FL (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's fifth Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite (AEHF-5) completed encapsulation into its payload fairing in preparation to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its launch window is currently scheduled to open at 6:00 a.m. EDT on June 27.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 
The U.S. Army participated in a joint exercise with host Bulgaria's air force, navy and land forces as part of Shabla 19 from June 10-15.
Shabla 19, which took place along the Black Sea coast in northeastern Bulgaria, is designed to improve readiness and interoperability between the Bulgarian forces and the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in Shabla, U.S. Army Europe, according ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 20, 2019  Saudi Arabia's controversial military campaign in Yemen suffered a double blow Thursday as US lawmakers voted to block President Donald Trump's arms sales to Riyadh hours after Britain temporarily suspended similar sales.
In Washington, the Senate voted to prevent $8.1 billion in US arms in a symbolic bipartisan rebuke to the president and his close ties with the kingdom.
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 Manila (AFP) June 22, 2019 
China and the Philippines agreed to conduct a joint inquiry over the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in disputed waters, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Saturday.
The June 9 incident, when the two boats collided in the South China Sea, has sparked public outrage.
Manila has accused the Chinese trawler of abandoning the vessel's 22 Filipino crew members ... 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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 Baghdad (AFP) June 21, 2019 
A suicide explosion at a Shiite mosque in eastern Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded nine people on Friday, two Iraqi police officers told AFP.
The blast hit the Imam Mahdi al-Muntadhar mosque in Baladiyat, near the massive and densely-populated district of Sadr City.
"At least one attacker wearing a belt of explosives tried to enter the building but was stopped by the guards, and ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) June 22, 2019 
Pyongyang's relationship with Beijing is "invincible" because the countries both endured Japanese rule, North Korea said Saturday, the day after the Chinese President's highly symbolic visit ended.
The commentary, in official North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun, comes shortly before the G20 summit in Japan where US President Donald Trump will meet with China's Xi Jinping.
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 Dhaka (AFP) June 19, 2019 
Hundreds of Chinese and Bangladeshi labourers clashed at the site of power plant being built south of Dhaka, police said Wednesday, leaving a Chinese worker dead and more than a dozen others injured.
Police said the violence was triggered by the death of a Bangladeshi worker at the site of a China-funded 1,320-megawatt plant, prompting locals to accuse the Chinese of trying to cover up the i ... more |
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 Nesconset, United States (AFP) June 16, 2019 
Michael Kidd, now 84 years old, fought in the Korean War. His young German shepherd Millie helps calm him down when things start to swirl, usually at night.
Harry Stolberg - a 42-year-old former Marine who served in Bosnia, Liberia and Nigeria - has a chocolate Labrador named Rocky who wakes him up from his troubled dreams.
And 31-year-old Phil Davanzo - who carried the bodies of fal ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 London (AFP) June 18, 2019 
Forced organ harvesting has been carried out "for years throughout China" and members of the Falun Gong spiritual group have "probably" been the main victims, according to a panel of lawyers.
A report by the London-based China Tribunal, released to journalists ahead of a summary to be published online on Wednesday, concluded that "forced organ harvesting continues till today".
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 Geneva (AFP) June 24, 2019 
The UN rights chief called Monday for countries to repatriate family members of suspected foreign fighters in Syria, including some 29,000 foreign children of Islamic State group jihadists.
The situation of foreign fighters and their families topped a long line of concerns listed by Michelle Bachelet in her opening address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which also included the ten ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 20, 2019 
The U.S. Marines announced Wednesday that they are testing a portable, ground-based laser prototype for shooting down drones.
The Compact Laser Weapons System, or CLaWS, is the first ground-based directed energy weapon approved by the Defense Department. It will be evaluated for several months, with the aim of upgrading it to be included in fixed-site and other mobile situations.
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