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  Istanbul (AFP) June 2, 2022 Turkey is seeking to enhance its role as a geopolitical player, unafraid to deploy strategic assets and political objections to drive hard bargains, even at risk of irritating allies, analysts say. Ankara is a player on all regional issues from the war in Ukraine, maritime corridors and NATO enlargement to incursions in Iraq or Syria and friction with neighbouring Greece. And President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003, can use them all to burnish his credentials as a stron ... read more |
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China's diplomatic gambit heralds new 'Battle for the Pacific'Sydney (AFP) June 3, 2022 A 10-day South Pacific island-hopping tour by China's top diplomat focused world attention on a usually overlooked region, opened a new front in Beijing's quest for global influence and challenged decades of Western primacy. ... more  
West must brace for 'long haul' in Ukraine: NATO chiefWashington (AFP) June 2, 2022 Western nations need to brace for a long "war of attrition" in Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday following White House talks with US President Joe Biden. ... more  
Protests as N.Korea takes helm of world disarmament bodyGeneva (AFP) June 2, 2022 North Korea on Thursday skipped the diplomatic niceties for a combative tone when it took the helm of the Conference on Disarmament. ... more 
Iran probes death of Guard, denies assassinationTehran (AFP) June 3, 2022 Iran said on Friday it has launched an investigation into the death of a member of its Revolutionary Guards and denied reports that he had been assassinated. ... more |
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Israel warns over Iran nuclear programJerusalem (AFP) June 3, 2022 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Friday that Israel was prepared to use it's "right to self defense" to stop Iran's nuclear programme. ... more 
US says to back IAEA resolution despite Iran warningWashington (AFP) June 2, 2022 The United States confirmed Thursday it would join Europeans in backing a resolution urging Iran to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog, despite warnings from Tehran that the move could scuttle diplomacy. ... more  
Ursa Major announces new engine to replace unavailable Russian-made enginesDenver CO (SPX) Jun 02, 2022 Ursa Major, America's only privately funded company that focuses solely on rocket propulsion, has introduced the latest in its line of engines. Arroway is a 200,000-pound thrust liquid oxygen and me ... more  
ai solutions to support US Space Force for Prototype Operations I ContractLanham, MD (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 a.i. solutions announces that it has been awarded a Small Business Set-Aside Prime Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) wi ... more |
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Germany to deliver air defence system to Ukraine: ScholzBerlin (AFP) June 1, 2022 Germany will deliver to Ukraine an air defence system capable of shielding a "large city" from Russian air raids, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday, rejecting accusations his government had been slow to arm Kyiv. ... more  
Kleos executes agreement with US Navy for maritime domain awareness exerciseDenver CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 Kleos Space Inc., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service provider (MaaS), announces successful execution of a Cooperative Research and Devel ... more  
Canada says Chinese jets put pilots 'at risk' in international airspaceOttawa (AFP) June 2, 2022 Canada's military has accused Chinese airforce pilots of unprofessional and risky behavior during their recent encounters in international airspace. ... more 
Russia says killed hundreds of foreign 'mercenaries' working for UkraineMoscow (AFP) June 2, 2022 Moscow said Thursday that it has managed to stem the arrival of foreign "mercenaries" in Ukraine over the past month and that it has killed "hundreds" of them. ... more |
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Sweden announces $100 mn in aid to UkraineStockholm (AFP) June 2, 2022 Sweden on Thursday announced additional aid of one billion kronor ($102 million, 95 million euros) to Ukraine, consisting of both financial aid and military equipment including anti-ship missiles and anti-tank launchers. ... more 
Israel holds military drills amid Iran tensionsJerusalem (AFP) June 2, 2022 Dozens of Israeli fighter jets conducted exercises over the Mediterranean and warships held Red Sea drills this week, the army said Thursday, as it readies for different "scenarios" against Iran. ... more  
50 IS fighters jailed in Syria returned to IraqBaghdad (AFP) June 1, 2022 Fifty Iraqi fighters of the Islamic State group detained by Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria have been returned home to face legal action, security services said Wednesday. ... more  
In Iraq, centuries-old black community still on the marginsZubair, Iraq (AFP) June 2, 2022 Adnan Abdelrahman shows off the drums he learned to play at age 12. He belongs to Iraq's centuries-old black minority, guardians of musical traditions but relegated to the margins of society. ... more  
Interpol warns of flood of illicit arms after Ukraine warParis (AFP) June 1, 2022 Many of the weapons being sent to Ukraine will eventually wind up in criminal hands in Europe and beyond, Interpol's chief warned Wednesday, urging countries to start scrutinising arms-tracking databases. ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 19, 2022 
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.
The announcement came on the 85th day of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, with thousands killed. Belarus, Moscow's main ally, has allowed Russian troops to use the country bordering Ukraine as a rear base.
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 Berlin (AFP) June 1, 2022 
Germany will deliver to Ukraine an air defence system capable of shielding a "large city" from Russian air raids, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday, rejecting accusations his government had been slow to arm Kyiv.
Scholz told parliament Berlin would also be sending more weapons to Ukraine.
"The government has decided that we will send the Iris-T system - the most modern system that G ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) May 28, 2022 
Iranian state television on Saturday broadcast footage of an air force base for drones under the Zagros mountain range in the west of the country.
The exact location of the base was not revealed, although the TV reporter said he travelled on a helicopter for nearly 40 minutes from the city of Kermanshah to reach it.
Iran started developing drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in t ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2022 
DARPA has selected three teams for the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) program. MINC's objective is to ensure that critical data finds a path to the right user at the right time in highly contested, highly dynamic communication environments using secure control of any available communications or networking resources.
The three teams, comprising industry and university researchers ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) May 30, 2022 
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called for increased military spending in light of the security threat posed by Russia as Spain marked 40 years since joining NATO.
"The war in Ukraine has opened the eyes of European society, including in Spain," said Sanchez at a commemorative event at Madrid's Teatro Real attended by King Felipe VI and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
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 Paris (AFP) June 1, 2022  Many of the weapons being sent to Ukraine will eventually wind up in criminal hands in Europe and beyond, Interpol's chief warned Wednesday, urging countries to start scrutinising arms-tracking databases.
"The high availability of weapons during the current conflict will result in the proliferation in illicit arms in the post-conflict phase," Interpol Secretary General Juergen Stock said. ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) June 2, 2022 
Turkey is seeking to enhance its role as a geopolitical player, unafraid to deploy strategic assets and political objections to drive hard bargains, even at risk of irritating allies, analysts say.
Ankara is a player on all regional issues from the war in Ukraine, maritime corridors and NATO enlargement to incursions in Iraq or Syria and friction with neighbouring Greece.
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. The device - an ultrathin silicon nanowire - could enable smaller, faster microelectronics with a heat-transfer-efficiency that surpasses current technologies.
Electronic devices powered by microchips that efficiently dissipate heat would in t ... more |
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 Zubair, Iraq (AFP) June 2, 2022 
Adnan Abdelrahman shows off the drums he learned to play at age 12. He belongs to Iraq's centuries-old black minority, guardians of musical traditions but relegated to the margins of society.
Centred in the city of Zubair, near Basra in the far south of Iraq, the community has its origins in East Africa.
Like other remote parts of Iraq, Zubair is a place of poverty and decaying public se ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) June 1, 2022 
Iran warned Wednesday it would respond to any "unconstructive actions" taken by the UN atomic watchdog after the agency reported traces of nuclear material at undeclared sites in the Islamic republic.
Iran and the UN agency agreed in March on an approach to resolve the issue of the nuclear material found at Marivan, Varamin and Turquzabad - sites that had not been declared by Iran as having ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 3, 2022 
Asian equities rose Friday following a strong performance on Wall Street ahead of a key US jobs data release, while crude gave up some of the previous day's gains after an output hike disappointed traders.
A below-forecast reading on US private jobs offered some support to New York, even as inflation and interest rate hike concerns remained major headaches.
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 02, 2022 
One suggested way to save humankind in the event of a deadly pandemic or other extreme global catastrophe is establishing a safe refuge - on an island or in such far-out places as the moon or under water - where a portion of the human population can stay alive.
A new paper published in the journal Risk Analysis suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates that a refuge is a viable conc ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 29, 2022 
China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 Thursday set sail for its first voyage this year from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province. The vessel will carry out its 100th maritime mission during this voyage.
Yuanwang-3 has become the first ship of China's Yuanwang fleet to embrace its 100th mission.
Commissioned on May 18, 1995, Yuanwang-3 is a second-generation Chinese space tracking ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 2, 2022 
Hong Kong police have warned that people risk breaking the law if they gather on Saturday to commemorate China's Tiananmen crackdown - particularly in the city's Victoria Park, the site of a once annual candlelit vigil.
Discussion of the 1989 clampdown, when the government set troops and tanks on peaceful protesters, is all but forbidden in mainland China.
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 1, 2022 
Fifty Iraqi fighters of the Islamic State group detained by Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria have been returned home to face legal action, security services said Wednesday.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) handed them over at the Rabia border post, Iraq's joint operations command said in a statement.
It said the captives would be questioned by the interior ministry's intelligence ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 26, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate recently signed a five-year Strategic Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces that extends the loan of a laser diode system NMSU will use in testing novel cooling solutions for directed energy laser and high power microwave systems.
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