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  Panama City (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country's leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks. On his first trip overseas as the top US diplomat, Rubio took a guided tour of the canal accompanied by its Panamanian administrator as a South Korean-affiliated oil tanker and Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship passed through the vital link between the Atlantic and Pac ... read more |
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Russia slams Trump plan for 'Star Wars' missile shieldMoscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Russia on Friday criticised President Donald Trump's plan to build a "Star Wars"-like missile shield for the United States, saying it risked turning space into an arena of "confrontation". ... more  
US Navy awards Lockheed Martin $383M for advanced strategic missile developmentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $383 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to advance the next iteration of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile, reinforcing ... more  
Eyeing Trump and Putin, EU, UK, NATO leaders talk defenceBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 EU leaders huddle Monday with Britain's prime minister and the head of NATO to discuss efforts to boost Europe's defences faced with an aggressive Russia - as Donald Trump demands America's allies spend much more. ... more 
Starmer to urge Europe to 'bear down' on Putin at landmark talksLondon (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 Prime Minister Keir Starmer will urge European leaders to "continue bearing down" on Russian President Vladimir Putin when the UK premier becomes the first to attend a European Council gathering since Brexit on Monday. ... more |
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Iran Guards unveil underground missile facility for naval warfareTehran (AFP) Feb 1, 2025 The naval arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled a new underground missile facility on the south coast in footage aired by state television Saturday, two weeks after unveiling an underground naval base. ... more |
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WhatsApp says disrupts Paragon spyware campaignWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Meta-owned WhatsApp announced Friday it has disrupted a spyware operation by surveillance firm Paragon Solutions that targeted approximately 90 users, including journalists and civil society members, through malicious PDF files sent in group chats. ... more  
Turkey army expels officers for Ataturk pledge of allegianceIstanbul (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Turkey's military said Friday it had dismissed five trainee officers and three of their superiors for pledging allegiance to the founder of modern Turkey in front of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ... more  
Hezbollah says Nasrallah funeral to be held on February 23Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 The funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will be held on February 23, the group's current chief said on Sunday, months after his predecessor's death in an Israeli air strike. ... more  
US conducted air strikes on IS targets in Somalia, Trump saysPalm Beach, United States (AFP) Feb 1, 2025 The United States military on Saturday conducted air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump announced. ... more |
North Korea 'Kim Jong Il' birthday tours to open: tour agencySeoul (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 A tour operator said Monday it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, offering foreign tourists the first chance to visit since the pandemic. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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NORAD responds to 'multiple' Russian jets near Alaska, YukonWashington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2025 Russian military jets were "not seen as a threat" when they flew through international airspace not far from the border with Canada and the United States, the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed. ... more  
Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeekTaipei (AFP) Feb 1, 2025 Taiwan has banned workers in the public sector and at key infrastructure facilities from using DeepSeek, saying it was a Chinese product and could endanger national security. ... more  
Russian missile attack hits Odesa, wounding sevenKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 A Russian missile attack struck the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday evening, wounding at least seven people and damaging historic buildings, officials said. ... more  
US charges former Fed official with spying for ChinaWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 US prosecutors announced Friday that they have charged a former Federal Reserve advisor with spying on behalf of China while posing as a part-time lecturer at a local university. ... more |
 
South Korea, Ireland watchdogs to question DeepSeek on user dataSeoul (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Data watchdogs in South Korea and Ireland said Friday they would ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, as governments from around the world turned a spotlight on the service. ... more 
Palestinian ministry says Israeli raid in West Bank kills oneJerusalem (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 The Palestinian health ministry said one person was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Sunday, a day after a deadly series of air strikes in the occupied territory. ... more 
Russia and Ukraine trade blame for attack on Kursk schoolKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday for a strike on a school in a Ukrainian-occupied town in Russia's Kursk region, while Kyiv said new missile and drone attacks killed at least 18 people in Ukraine. ... more 
Blast near Ukraine army recruitment centre wounds oneKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 An explosion near a recruitment centre for the Ukrainian military on Sunday wounded one person, police said, as Kyiv struggles to draft more recruits to fight off Russia's invasion. ... more |
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Netanyahu appoints Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel's new army chiefJerusalem (AFP) Feb 1, 2025 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named retired Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel's new armed forces chief Saturday after his predecessor resigned last month taking responsibility for failing to stop Hamas's October 2023 attack. ... more 
DRC foreign minister accuses Rwanda of illegal occupation amid M23 conflictWashington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2025 The Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister on Friday accused Rwanda of illegally occupying part of its territory, after the M23 rebel group captured the eastern Congolese city of Goma. ... more 
How things stand in China-US trade tensions with Trump 2.0Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to wield the United States's vast economic weight to hit back at China for its alleged unfair trade practices and role in America's deadly fentanyl crisis. ... more 
'Not interested': Analysts sceptical about US, Russia nuclear talksParis (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 The United States and Russia have pledged their readiness to resume nuclear disarmament talks after years of confrontation, but analysts are sceptical that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin can or even want to reach a breakthrough new agreement. ... more |
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Iran says ready for nuclear talks if West is 'serious'Tehran (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 Iran is ready to discuss its nuclear programme if Western countries show they are "serious", the foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying in an interview published on Thursday. ... more |
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EU countries urge investment bank to up defence fundingBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 A majority of EU countries have called on the bloc's lending arm to increase funding for defence, as leaders prepare for talks Monday on boosting Europe's military might faced with the threat from Russia. ... more 
Hamas confirms Deif's death in Gaza as Israeli strikes hit Lebanon; US kills Qaeda operative in SyriaWashington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2025 Hamas' military wing has confirmed the assassination of Chief of Staff Mohammed Deif, months after Israel said it killed him in Gaza during a summer airstrike. ... more 
Japan scrambles jets as Russian bombers fly over high seasTokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian bombers flew over international waters around the country, Tokyo's top government spokesman said Friday. ... more 
Japan, US ministers express 'firm intent' to reinforce defence allianceTokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani agreed in a phone call Friday to continue efforts to strengthen the countries' alliance, Tokyo said. ... more |
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