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  Tehran (AFP) July 17, 2022 Iran has the technical capacity to build a nuclear weapon but has not taken a decision to do so, an official told the Al Jazeera broadcaster on Sunday. Iran "has the technical ability to build a nuclear bomb" said Kamal Kharrazi, who heads an advisory board linked to Iran's leadership. But Tehran has "not made a decision to build an atomic bomb", he added. The comments come after US President Joe Biden visited the Middle East this week and signed a security pact with Israel vowing to prevent ... read more |
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UK military chief says Putin health rumours are 'wishful thinking'London (AFP) July 17, 2022 The head of Britain's armed forces has dismissed as "wishful thinking" speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin is suffering from ill-health or could be assassinated. ... more  
Russia visits Iran twice in last month to assess drones;Iran unveils naval UAV division Washington (AFP) July 16, 2022 Russian officials have recently visited Iran twice to assess combat drones, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Saturday, as Moscow looks to bolster its arsenal for the war in Ukraine. ... more  
Space Systems Command's Next Industry Day to Highlight Space Domain AwarenessLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 Space Systems Command (SSC) officials and other agencies involved in Space Domain Awareness (SDA) will meet with traditional and non-traditional space industry professionals July 28 in Colorado Spri ... more 
Iran accuses US of provoking Middle East 'crises'Tehran (AFP) July 17, 2022 Tehran on Sunday accused Washington of provoking tensions in the Middle East, a day after US President Joe Biden ended a tour to Iran's rival Saudi Arabia and arch-foe Israel. ... more |
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EU mulls sanctions as Russia accused of shelling Ukraine from nuclear plantKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 17, 2022 The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine. ... more  
Facebook, Instagram release report on efforts to protect rightsSan Francisco (AFP) July 14, 2022 Social media giant Meta, whose platforms including Facebook and Instagram regularly face concerns over their impact on civil liberties and democracy, on Thursday released its first annual report on its efforts to protect human rights. ... more  
14 dead in military helicopter crash in MexicoMexico City (AFP) July 16, 2022 Fourteen people were killed when a military helicopter crashed on Friday in northwestern Mexico, the navy said. ... more  
US official dismisses Russia claim of military target in VinnytsiaWashington (AFP) July 15, 2022 A US official on Friday dismissed Russia's claim that it targeted a meeting of the Ukrainian air force in Vinnytsia in an attack that Kyiv says killed 23 people including children. ... more |
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IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shootHajar Al Aswad, Syria (AFP) July 17, 2022 A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie. ... more 
Israel strikes Gaza Strip after rocket fire: armyGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) July 16, 2022 Israeli warplanes raided the Gaza Strip before dawn on Saturday in what it said was a retaliatory strike for rocket fire from the Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas. ... more  
Spain advances bill to honour dictatorship victimsMadrid (AFP) July 14, 2022 Spanish lawmakers on Thursday gave the first stamp of approval to a bill which seeks to rehabilitate the memory of leftwing victims of Spain's 1936-39 civil war and Francisco Franco's dictatorship. ... more  
Sadr supporters mass in Iraq prayer rally amid political deadlockBaghdad (AFP) July 15, 2022 Hundreds of thousands of Muslim worshippers loyal to Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr attended a Friday prayer service in Baghdad, in a display of political might to revive stalled talks on government formation. ... more |
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French foreign, defence ministers in Niger as Mali pullout nearsNiamey (AFP) July 15, 2022 Key ministers from France and Niger met on Friday as French forces revamp their mission in the Sahel following a planned pullout from Mali. ... more 
Libyan envoys meet in Congo ahead of reconciliation talksBrazzaville (AFP) July 15, 2022 Libyan political delegates ended a two-day meeting in Congo's capital Brazzaville on Friday, in preparation for reconciliation talks eventually leading to elections in the North African country. ... more 
Colombian forces kill FARC dissident leaderBogota (AFP) July 15, 2022 Colombian forces have killed FARC dissident leader Nestor Vera and nine other rebels in a raid in the country's southwest, the defense minister said on Friday. ... more  
BlackSky to provide advanced AI for space-based dynamic monitoringLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2022 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) received a $4.4 million award from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to support the second phase of the multi-year Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) Program. ... more  
Himars precision rockets shift the balance in Ukraine: expertsWashington (AFP) July 15, 2022 US-made precision rockets have given Ukraine forces a major battlefield boost since they were introduced in June, tilting the balance against the Russians and possibly forcing Moscow to pause its offensive, experts said. ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022  Canada's defense minister announced upgrades to Arctic air and missile defenses with the United States on Monday, citing growing threats from Russia and new technologies such as hypersonic missiles.
At a news conference at Canada's largest air base in Trenton, Ontario, Minister Anita Anand outlined Can$4.9 billion (US$3.8 billion) in military spending over the next six years.
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Camden AK (SPX) Jul 13, 2022
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the first Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270A2 launcher to the U.S. Army in a ceremony at the Precision Fires Center of Excellence in Camden, Arkansas.
"This delivery represents a significant milestone for Lockheed Martin as the modernized system will support the Army and allied partners for decades to come," said J ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 16, 2022  Russian officials have recently visited Iran twice to assess combat drones, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Saturday, as Moscow looks to bolster its arsenal for the war in Ukraine.
Iran's military hosted two showcases for Russian delegations at the Kashan airfield, on June 8 and again on July 5, Sullivan said in a statement.
Satellite imagery released by the White House s ... more |
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 Stevenage UK (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Airbus has achieved a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) next secure military communications satellite, SKYNET 6A.
Richard Franklin, Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space UK said: "Achieving this crucial milestone is tangible proof that in partnership with Defence Digital in the Ministry of Defence ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Seeking to revolutionize how the Department of Defense (DoD) objectively measures individual warfighter readiness, DARPA's newest biotechnology funding opportunity aims to develop a hand-held prediction tool for warfighter physiological states based on molecular biomarkers. The device developed under the Smart Non-invasive Assays of Physiology (SNAP) program would be readily configurable to dive ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) July 11, 2022 
The EU is creating a hub in Moldova to battle organised crime, particularly arms smuggling from war-roiled neighbouring Ukraine, an official said Monday.
EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson announced the EU Support Hub for Internal Security and Border Management at a meeting of EU interior ministers which was expanded to include counterparts from non-EU countries Ukraine and Moldova. ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) July 11, 2022 
Southeast Asian nations should avoid becoming "chess pieces", China's foreign minister said Monday, as he revealed proposing a set of "rules" to promote positive interactions between Beijing and Washington at a recent meeting.
Wang Yi held five hours of talks on Saturday with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken - their first since October - on the Indonesian island of Bali, after the pai ... more |
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 Tokushima, Japan (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 
Raman spectroscopy, an optical microscopy technique, is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique that provides rich molecular fingerprint information about chemical structure, phase, crystallinity, and molecular interactions. The technique relies on the interaction of light with chemical bonds within a material.
However, since light is a wave, optical microscopes are unable to resolve ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) July 15, 2022 
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim worshippers loyal to Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr attended a Friday prayer service in Baghdad, in a display of political might to revive stalled talks on government formation.
The huge turnout came despite scorching heat and the Shiite cleric not being there in person - an indication of his status as a political heavyweight, as well as a key religious aut ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) July 12, 2022 
Tehran hit out Tuesday at what it called Washington's "contradictory" policies, after President Joe Biden vowed to pile pressure on Iran ahead of a visit to US allies in the Middle East.
Biden has been seeking to restore the Iran nuclear deal that was abandoned by his predecessor Donald Trump, but he has refused to lift sanctions on the Islamic republic until it returns to compliance with th ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as another forecast-busting US inflation print ramped up bets on a series of sharp interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, and other central banks race to tighten monetary policy.
The keenly awaited consumer price index came in at a blistering 9.1 percent in June, the highest since November 1981, as energy costs continued to rocket on the back of rising ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Fires burning for days at Beirut's port, severely damaged in 2020 by an enormous explosion, have reignited trauma among Lebanese gearing up to mark the deadly blast's anniversary.
On August 4, Lebanon will mark two years since the explosion that killed more than 200 people. It was caused by a stockpile of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrate fertiliser catching fire.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 13, 2022 
China launched a Tianlian II-series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global network of the country's second-generation relay satellites.
A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 12:29 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province and then placed the Tianlian II-03 satellite into a geostationary orbit, according to China Aerospace Sc ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 14, 2022 
US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would call Tibet's legal status unresolved, distancing Washington from past statements that recognized the territory as part of China.
Amid mounting alarm in the United States over the treatment of minorities in the People's Republic of China, the proposed act would state that "the conflict between Tibet and the PRC is unresolved" and that "the l ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday gave the first stamp of approval to a bill which seeks to rehabilitate the memory of leftwing victims of Spain's 1936-39 civil war and Francisco Franco's dictatorship.
The proposed law threatens to fuel tensions in a nation where public opinion is still divided over the legacy of the dictatorship that ended with Franco's death in 1975.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the preliminary design review for a high-energy laser prototype that will feature an architecture scalable to more than a megawatt for the U.S. Department of Defense. The review establishes the company's technical approach for precise, low-cost, speed-of-light technology for military operations.
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