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  Tehran (AFP) July 15, 2019 Iran's atomic energy agency said Monday it could reverse its nuclear programme to its status before curbs were imposed under a landmark 2015 agreement with world powers. "If the Europeans and the Americans don't want to carry out their duties... we will decrease our commitments and... reverse the conditions to four years ago," agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said, quoted by IRNA state news agency. "These actions are not out of obstinacy. It is to give diplomacy a chance so that the other sid ... read more |
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EU urges Moscow to continue to respect nuclear missile treaty pull-outBrussels (AFP) July 14, 2019 The European Union on Sunday urged Russia to ensure continued respect of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, after Moscow suspended its participation in the agreement. ... more  
Pentagon gets 3rd acting chief since Mattis -- temporarilyWashington (AFP) July 15, 2019 US President Donald Trump's administration named its third acting defense secretary in seven months on Monday, underscoring the lack of permanent leadership at the Pentagon since James Mattis quit. ... more 
EU holds Iran nuclear crisis talks as Tehran issues fresh threatsBrussels (AFP) July 15, 2019 European foreign ministers held crisis talks Monday on saving the beleaguered Iran nuclear deal as Britain warned the "small window" for success was closing and Tehran issued fresh threats of restarting its atomic programme. ... more  
Erdogan hails S-400 deal as Turkey marks 2016 coup bid anniversaryIstanbul (AFP) July 15, 2019 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hailed the controversial delivery of a Russian missile defence system despite the threat of US sanctions, as Turkey marked the third anniversary of a bloody coup attempt. ... more |
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As ransomware rages, debate heats up on responseWashington (AFP) July 14, 2019 City services in Baltimore, Maryland, were paralyzed earlier this year when a ransomware attack locked up computer networks and made it impossible for residents to make property transactions or pay their municipal bills. ... more  
New developments with Chinese satellites over the past decadeBeijing, China (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 To date, 17 Chinese self-developed FengYun (FY) meteorological satellites have been launched, which are widely applied in weather analysis, numerical weather forecasting and climate prediction, as w ... more  
Blood, bones paired to probe IS crimes against Iraq's YazidisBaghdad (AFP) July 14, 2019 Six drops of blood and a vial of ground-up bone: a sample of evidence that an Iraqi forensics lab has gathered of the Islamic State group's multiple brutal crimes against the Yazidis. ... more 
In Iraq, minority children haunted by ghosts of IS captivityKhanke Displacement Camp, Iraq (AFP) July 14, 2019 Brainwashed and broken, the Islamic State group's youngest victims are struggling to recover from years of jihadist captivity as they return to their own traumatised minority communities in Iraq. ... more  
Air strikes hit hospital, kill 11 civilians in northwest Syria: monitorJisr Al-Shughur, Syria (AFP) July 10, 2019 Regime and Russian air strikes on northwestern Syria on Wednesday killed 11 civilians including four children and knocked a hospital out of service, a monitor said. ... more |
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As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to touristsKashgar, China (AFP) July 15, 2019 From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang as a tourist idyll, welcoming travellers even as they send locals to internment camps. ... more  |
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From crafts to Kalashnikovs: arms souk thrives in Yemen's TaezTaez, Yemen (AFP) July 15, 2019 Once overflowing with handicrafts, the old Al-Shinayni market in Yemen's third city of Taez is now bursting with Kalashnikovs and bullets as traders scramble to scratch out a living in the war-wracked country. ... more 
Islamic State's 'caliphate' in Syria, IraqBaghdad (AFP) July 14, 2019 The Islamic State group's Iraq and Syria "caliphate" was eradicated in March 2019, five years after it was proclaimed, largely reducing the jihadist militants to scattered sleeper cells. ... more 
Iraq's minority Yazidis, brutalised by ISLalish, Iraq (AFP) July 14, 2019 It has been five years since the Islamic State group swept across Sinjar, a mountainous corner of northwest Iraq home to an ethno-religious minority known as the Yazidis. ... more 
Pakistan joins US-led call for Afghan ceasefire, talksWashington (AFP) July 12, 2019 Pakistan, which supported Afghanistan's former Taliban regime, on Friday joined the United States, Russia and China in a call on the insurgents to agree to a ceasefire and negotiations with Kabul. ... more 
Iraq's former prime minister Abadi hints at comebackBaghdad (AFP) July 13, 2019 Iraqi ex-prime minister Haider al-Abadi is eyeing a sequel to his turbulent single term, he hinted to AFP, warning a failure to tackle sectarianism and corruption risks seeing his country "fall apart". ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) July 13, 2019 
Turkey ignored US warnings as it continued Saturday to take delivery of Russia's S-400 missile defence system near Ankara, a defence minstry statement indicated.
"Delivery of S-400 Long Range Air and Missile Defence Systems resumed today," the statement said.
"The fourth Russian plane carrying S-400 parts landed at Murted Airport outside Ankara," it added.
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 Paris (AFP) July 10, 2019  The French government said Wednesday that its missiles had been found in Libya on a base used by rebel forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, in an embarrassing admission that raises fresh questions about its role in the conflict.
Confirming a report in the New York Times, the defence ministry said in a statement that US-made Javelin missiles discovered in a camp south of Tripoli at the end of June ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2019 
The U.S. Navy's MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has reached initial operational capability, paving the way for fleet operations and training.
On June 28, the sea-based, vertical lift drone manufactured by Northrop Grumman was declared to achieve operational capability, the Navy said Monday.
The aircraft is designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness and precisi ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 08, 2019 
The US Defense Department recently released an outline of the new satellite architecture for its Space Development Agency (SDA), a space force military branch that will oversee the development of sensors and weapons to counter advances by Russia and China.
The architectural layout of the agency's military satellite setup will consist of a layer which tracks and targets missiles threats in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 15, 2019 
BAE Systems received a $45 million contract to improve the firing capabilities of the howitzers of the U.S. Army, the company announced Monday.
The company will work to increase the range and rate of fire of current and future M109A7 self-propelled howitzers in the Extended Range Cannon Artillery Increment 1 prototype series. ERCA will be integrated onto the M109A7, replacing its curren ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 15, 2019 
US President Donald Trump's administration named its third acting defense secretary in seven months on Monday, underscoring the lack of permanent leadership at the Pentagon since James Mattis quit.
Owing to complex bureaucratic rules, the acting defense secretary of the past four weeks, Mark Esper, was forced to step down as Trump submitted his formal nomination for the permanent job to Cong ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2019 
Rear Adm. Brian Fort was elevated to commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan in a change of command ceremony Wednesday in Yokosuka, Japan.
Fort, who also serves as commander of Naval Region Japan, relieved Rear Adm. Gregory J. Fenton. Fort will now oversee shore readiness of the fleet, all shore installations and is the primary liaison between the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defens ... 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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 Khanke Displacement Camp, Iraq (AFP) July 14, 2019 
On the floor of her stuffy, dimly-lit tent in Iraq, Yazidi survivor Layleh Shemmo nimbly tugs floral pink fabric through her sewing machine, stitching together a living for her broken family.
Working in the Khanke displacement camp in the country's northwest, Shemmo glances down at the name tattooed on her left hand: Kero, her husband, still missing five years after the Islamic State group r ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) July 8, 2019 
Facing a wobbly ally in the United States and an increasingly bellicose China, Australia's military strategists are cautiously debating whether the country needs to consider developing its own nuclear deterrent.
For a long time, the country's defence forces had relatively little to worry about.
A century-old alliance with the United States brought bankable security guarantees, while min ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) July 16, 2019 
Malaysia will lodge a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the European Union's plan to phase out the use of palm oil in biofuels, a minister said Tuesday.
The Southeast Asian country is the world's second biggest palm oil producer after Indonesia and would be hit hard by the EU's plan to cut its use in biofuels by 2030.
"Malaysia will file a WTO complaint... hopefully by Nov ... more |
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 Kathmandu (AFP) July 13, 2019 
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 40 people across South Asia in the last two days, officials said Saturday.
The monsoon, which lasts from June to September, causes widespread death and destruction across South Asia each year.
In Nepal, 27 people have died in floods and landslides after heavy rains hit the country's eastern region and the so ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2019 
With eyes bright, Sun Zezhou, chief designer of China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, speaks fast but clearly.
"Every time I see the moon, I think how Chinese probes have left permanent footprints on it, especially Chang'e-4, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the far side. As a member of the mission, I'm very proud," said Sun.
Chinese engineers began plans for the Chang'e-1 lunar probe i ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 14, 2019  Riot police and protesters fought running battles in a Hong Kong shopping mall Sunday night as unrest caused by a widely loathed plan to allow extraditions to mainland China showed no sign of abating.
Police used pepper spray and batons against small groups of protesters, who responded by hurling bottles and other projectiles, in a night of fresh violence in the international hub.
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 Christchurch, New Zealand (AFP) July 13, 2019 
Dozens of New Zealanders handed in their firearms Saturday as a gun buyback scheme went into operation aimed at ridding the country of semi-automatic weapons in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks.
The first of more than 250 collections to be held nationwide was in Christchurch, where 51 Muslim worshippers were gunned down while at prayer less than four months ago.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2019 
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense announced that it seeks developers of laser- and radio frequency-guided weapons to shoot down drones and other enemy threats.
The concept is not new. The United States first employed non-lethal lasers in military service in 2014, largely to disable enemy electrical sensors, and the United Kingdom spent $37 million on a laser prototype in 2017. ... more |
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