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  Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 14, 2023 The Ukrainian military on Monday said it had pushed Russian forces out of pockets of territory along front lines in the east and south of the country, building on a gruelling counter-offensive launched two months ago. The gains - announced by Ukraine's deputy defence minister - came as Russia claimed its forces had progressed in the eastern Kharkiv region, undermining Kyiv's highly anticipated campaign. The Russian army said its its forces repelled six attacks and counterattacks in Ukraine's ... read more |
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Kim calls for North Korea to boost missile production: KCNASeoul (AFP) Aug 14, 2023 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a "drastic boost" in missile production during visits to key weapons factories, state media said Monday, as South Korea and the United States prepared for joint drills next week. ... more 
Russian bombardment of southern Ukraine kills 7, injures 6Washington DC (UPI) Aug 13, 2023 Russian shelling and missile strikes in Odessa and southern Ukraine's Kherson region killed seven people and injured six, with Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donbas and Kharkiv also coming under fire, authorities said. ... more  
Niger scraps jail sentence for head of group supporting militaryNiamey, Niger (AFP) Aug 14, 2023 A Niamey court on Monday scrapped a nine-month jail sentence handed to Abdoulaye Seydou, head of a leading activist group which supports the ruling military, his entourage said. ... more 
Air strike kills at least 26 in Ethiopia's AmharaNairobi (AFP) Aug 14, 2023 An air strike has killed at least 26 people in Ethiopia's embattled Amhara region, a hospital official and a resident told AFP on Monday, as deadly clashes rock the region. ... more |
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  UK scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers north of Scotland  
Russian warship fires warning shots to stop cargo ship in Black SeaWashington DC (UPI) Aug 13, 2023 Russian naval forces in the Black Sea forced a cargo ship heading to a Ukrainian port to stop after firing warning shots, Russia's Defense Ministry said Sunday. ... more |
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Taiwan VP vows to 'resist annexation' during sensitive US tripNew York (AFP) Aug 14, 2023 Taiwanese Vice President William Lai vowed on Sunday "to resist annexation" in a speech given during a weekend trip to the United States that China has opposed. ... more  
China's defence minister to visit Russia, Belarus this week: ministryBeijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2023 Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia and Belarus this week, his ministry said on Monday, as relations between Beijing and Moscow flourish with high-level visits and phone calls. ... more 
US, South Korea to kick off major joint military exercise next week amid NKorea threatsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 13, 2023 The United States and South Korea will kick off a major joint military exercise next week, both sides announced Monday, amid ongoing regional tensions and provocative rhetoric from North Korea. ... more  
Two militants killed attacking convoy of Chinese workers in PakistanQuetta, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 13, 2023 Two separatist militants were killed Sunday when they attacked a convoy carrying Chinese workers to a Beijing-financed port project in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials said. ... more |
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 US sends Ukraine more ammunition after accounting revision 
Six Malian soldiers killed in attack: armyDakar (AFP) Aug 13, 2023 Six Malian soldiers have been killed in an attack by "armed terrorist groups" in the north of the country, according to an army report. ... more |
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China fumes asTaiwan VP's US visit proceedsBeijing (AFP) Aug 13, 2023 China on Sunday vowed "resolute and forceful measures" over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice President William Lai to the United States it said it was closely monitoring. ... more 
Poland launches 4,000-member army task force near Belarus borderWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2023 Poland has inaugurated a permanent military task force of 4,000 soldiers near its border with Russian ally Belarus for the purposes of "training and defense," the country's defense minister said Saturday. ... more  
Ukraine missiles shot down over Crimea bridge: pro-Russia officialMoscow (AFP) Aug 12, 2023 Russia air defence forces shot down two Ukrainian missiles over a bridge connecting Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland, an official said on Saturday. ... more  
Lockheed Martin's NGI program completes all subsystem PDRsHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 08, 2023 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully validated designs for all elements of the nation's Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Through a series of su ... more |
  Biden asks Congress for $13 bn in new Ukraine military spending  
Russian defence minister inspects Arctic military installationsMoscow (AFP) Aug 12, 2023 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has inspected troops deployed in the Arctic as well as preparations "to defend specially important installations" in this strategic zone, his ministry said Saturday. ... more |
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Philippine military says will send more supplies to disputed reefPuerto Princesa, Philippines (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 The Philippines will send more supplies to a remote outpost on a reef in the disputed South China Sea as early as next week, a military commander said Thursday, days after Chinese boats disrupted a delivery. ... more 
Britain says Wagner fighters 'likely' training soldiers in BelarusWashington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2023 British intelligence issued a warning Friday on the "realistic possibility" that mercenaries with Russia's Wagner Group are training Belarusian troops near Poland's border, where 10,000 soldiers were sent a day earlier as Warsaw braced for a potential attack. ... more  
BlackSky signs Rocket Lab for five launchesHerndon VA (SPX) Aug 09, 2023 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) and Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) signed an agreement to buy a block of five launches that will increase capacity and introduce new capabilities into Blac ... more 
Ukraine's Zelensky fires military recruitment officials over corruption allegationsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that military officials in charge of recruitment would be replaced with wounded war veterans after allegations of corruption in recruitment. ... more |
N. Koreans ordered to protect Kim dynasty portraits from stormSeoul (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 North Koreans must prioritise safeguarding propaganda portraits of their leaders, the country's official newspaper said, as a tropical storm made landfall on the Korean peninsula on Thursday. ... more  
CIA espionage case uncovered, says China intelligence agencyBeijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2023 China on Friday said it had recently uncovered a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) "case of espionage" involving a Chinese national named Zeng who provided "core secret information" for money. ... more 
Russian strikes kill 2, injure 18 in Ukraine; drone shot down over MoscowWashington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2023 A Russian missile strike on a Zaporizhzhia hotel hosting a children's day camp and which is used by overseas aid workers killed one person and injured 16, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. ... more 
Armenia says Azerbaijan risks 'nullifying' peace hopesYerevan (AFP) Aug 11, 2023 Armenia said Friday that Azerbaijan was still blocking aid deliveries to Armenian-populated settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh, and warned this risked "nullifying" the prospect of peace between the two countries. ... more |
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Six Turkish troops killed in northern Iraq: ministryIstanbul (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 At least six Turkish soldiers were killed during clashes with outlawed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, the Turkish defence ministry said on Thursday. ... more  
Iraq court annuls death sentence in academic's murderBaghdad (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 An Iraqi court has overturned the death sentence handed down over the 2020 killing of prominent academic Hisham al-Hashemi and sent the case back to investigators. ... more  
New Zealand accuses China of foreign interferenceWellington (AFP) Aug 11, 2023 New Zealand's spy agency accused China on Friday of espionage and foreign interference, a frank assertion from a country typically wary of angering its largest trading partner. ... more  
Biden announces curbs on US investments in ChinaWashington (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 US President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order aimed at restricting certain American investments in sensitive high-tech areas in China - a move Beijing blasted as being "anti-globalization". ... more |
 
Chinese FM begins SE Asia tour as South China Sea tensions flareSingapore (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Singapore Thursday at the start of a three-nation regional tour, Beijing's embassy in the city-state said, as tensions flare with the Philippines in the South China Sea. ... more 
China says US investment policy 'severely disrupts' global supply chainsBeijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 Beijing on Thursday vowed to "safeguard" its interests against a new US policy to restrict investment in Chinese technology, accusing Washington of disrupting global supply chains. ... more  
ESA integrates Satellite Orbit Decay Forecast service to enhance satellite safetyGraz, Austria (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 After a successful test phase, the Satellite Orbit DecAy (SODA) service, which was jointly developed by TU Graz and the University of Graz, officially became part of the ESA's Space Safety Programme ... more 
DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge seeks next-gen cybersecurity solutionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 With the goal of securing the nation's vital software systems, DARPA recently announced the launch of its AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) at Black Hat USA 2023. The competition, set to span two years, lo ... more |
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DARPA taps RTX to attune AI decisions to human valuesBoston MA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 RTX's BBN division received a contract award to support DARPA's "In The Moment" program. ITM aims to develop the foundations needed for algorithms that are trusted to independently make decisions in ... more  
RTX to develop platform agnostic, beyond-line-of-sight, satcomsMcKinney TX (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a $36 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a platform-agnostic, Beyond-Line-Of-Sig ... more  
A revolution in stand-off jammingWashington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 The U.S. military is entering into an unprecedented era of competitive Electronic Warfare (EW) environments against peer and near-peer adversaries alike. Threats have evolved considerably over the y ... more 
Northrop Grumman boosts B-2 digital communicationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 In an innovative stride, Northrop Grumman Corporation, together with the U.S. Air Force, has successfully carried out an integrated airborne mission transfer (IAMT) demonstration using the B-2 Spiri ... more |
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