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Yemen rebels claim ballistic missile attack on Israel Sanaa (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 Yemen's Huthi rebels said Wednesday that they had fired a ballistic missile at central Israel, with Israeli forces saying they intercepted the attack. The missile was aimed at the Tel Aviv area, the Iran-backed Huthis said. The Israelis reported it was shot down before it entered Israeli territory. "The Yemeni Armed Forces targeted a military target of the Israeli enemy in the occupied area of Yaffa (Tel Aviv) using a hypersonic ballistic missile, type Palestine 2," a Huthi military statement sa ... read more |
Japan FM raises 'serious concerns' over China military activity Tokyo (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 Japan's top diplomat Takeshi Iwaya expressed "serious concerns" to his Chinese counterpart over Beijing's increasing military activity, Tokyo said Wednesday. ... more Kabul (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, as the defence ministry vowed retaliation. ... more Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced an "inhumane" attack from Russia, which launched dozens of missiles and drones on his war-torn country's energy grid on Christmas Day. ... more Helsinki (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Sunday that Russia was a "permanent and dangerous threat" to the EU, and stressed the need for increased defence spending and support for Ukraine. ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Dec 22, 2024 China has reacted angrily to the White House's approval of $295 million in arms sales to Taiwan, according to a release Saturday from the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Los Angeles. ... more |
Reflex Aerospace ships first commercial satellite SIGI for launch Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Reflex Aerospace has announced the successful shipment of its first commercial satellite, SIGI, to Vandenberg Space Force Base on December 11, 2024. This milestone mission will deliver a payload to ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Skydweller Aero Inc., a global leader in uncrewed solar aircraft and Perpetual Flight systems, continues its rigorous Autonomous Maritime Patrol Aircraft (AMPA) flight tests. The Skydweller unmanned ... more Paris, France (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Space42 (ADX: SPACE42), the UAE-based AI-driven SpaceTech company, has secured an AED 18.7 billion (USD 5.1 billion) contract with the UAE Government to extend its provision of critical, secure comm ... more Paris, France (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 SES S.A. has announced that the SpaceRISE consortium, led by SES, has secured the Concession Contract with the European Commission to design, deploy, and manage the IRIS2 sovereign connectivity syst ... more |
Iran condemns Israel's 'brazen admission' of killing Hamas ex-leader United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Iran on Tuesday denounced what it termed Israel's "brazen admission" of having killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, accusing the country of having carried out a "heinous crime" and defending its missile-strike response. ... more Available on Amazon Books |
SpaceX launches Space Force Rapid Response Trailblazer Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 US Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) and Space Operations Command (SpOC) successfully executed a critical Rapid Response Trailblazer (RRT) mission in partnership with SpaceX. A Falcon 9 rocket ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has announced the launch of the Center for Space Technology and Operations Research (CSTOR), a new initiative aimed at advancing research, technology, a ... more Washington DC (UPI) Dec 22, 2024 Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, better known as the Houthis, has taken credit for the downing of an American military plane after the U.S. Central Command said it was shot in a friendly fire incident. ... more Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday that "some progress" had been made in negotiations to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, more than 14 months into the war. ... more |
Trump's TikTok love raises stakes in battle over app's fate Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump's repeated support for TikTok has sparked speculation about potential solutions to prevent the app's impending ban in the United States, though the path forward remains unclear. ... more Douma, Syria (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack. ... more Stockholm (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Sweden's foreign minister said Monday that China had denied a request for prosecutors to conduct an investigation on a Chinese ship linked to two severed Baltic Sea cables despite Beijing pledging "cooperation" with regional authorities. ... more N'Djamena (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, the country's defence ministry said, after N'Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power. ... more |
DR Congo president makes changes at top of armed forces Kinshasa (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the army chief as part of a reshuffle within the armed forces who are battling a rebel advance in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... more Sydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Australia said Friday it had agreed to boost Solomon Islands' police force with a multi-year funding, training and infrastructure package for the Pacific nation, which has fostered close ties with China. ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 X-Bow Systems Inc. (X-Bow), a key innovator in solid rocket motor (SRM) production and defense technology, has announced an expansion of its U.S. Department of Defense contract to supply large SRMs ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Galactic Energy, a Beijing-based private rocket manufacturer, successfully conducted its fourth sea-based launch of the Ceres 1 carrier rocket on Thursday. According to the company, the rocket ... more |
Available on Amazon Books Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 Astroscale Japan Inc. (Astroscale Japan), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., has announced a major achievement as its debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astro ... more |
China launches four Earth-observation radar satellites into orbit Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 China successfully launched four Earth-observation radar satellites into space early Tuesday morning aboard a Long March 2D rocket, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (C ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 York Space Systems (York), a Denver-based aerospace company specializing in delivering complete space mission solutions, continues to establish itself as a leading provider for both government and c ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a leading global provider of satellite communications, has been chosen by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to supply resilient networking solutions for the Replicator i ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 BlueHalo announced its selection as one of 10 vendors to deliver unclassified commercial GEOINT-derived computer vision and analytic capabilities for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA ... more |
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