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Iran claims 'complete control' of key waterway for energy transitTehran (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they had total control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global energy transit, as Israel launched a new wave of strikes on the Iranian capital. ... more  
EU says 'ready' to defend interests after Trump Spain threatBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 The European Commission said Wednesday it was 'ready' to defend EU interests after President Donald Trump threatened to sever trade with Spain for refusing to allow US use of its bases to attack Iran. ... more 
France to boost nuclear arsenal, could deploy atomic weapons to European alliesIle Longue, France (AFP) Mar 2, 2026 President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France will expand its atomic arsenal and could deploy nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries for the first time, as he unveiled an unprecedented plan to bolster security on the continent. ... more  
Saudi Arabia intercepts drone attack targeting huge refinery: defence ministryRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Saudi Arabia intercepted a drone attack in targeting its massive Ras Tanura refinery, the defence ministry said Wednesday, following an earlier hit on the complex along its Gulf coast this week. ... more |
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'Narrative war': disinformation surges as conflict roils Middle EastWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Recycled images, video game footage passed off as missile strikes, and AI-generated combat visuals: the US-Israeli assault on Iran has unleashed a torrent of online disinformation that analysts are calling a war of narratives. ... more  
France's Dassault accuses Airbus of sabotaging European aircraft projectSaint-Cloud, France (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 France's Dassault Aviation on Wednesday accused Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain in the multibillion-euro FCAS warplane programme, of seeking to sabotage the project. ... more  
NASA announces overhaul of Artemis lunar program amid technical delaysCape Canaveral (AFP) Feb 27, 2026 NASA on Friday abruptly said it was shaking up its Artemis lunar program that has suffered multiple delays in recent years, a bid to ensure Americans can return to the Moon's surface by 2028. ... more 
US court convicts Japanese yakuza for trafficking nuclear materialNew York (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A member of Japan's yakuza crime group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons. ... more |
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Europe reacts to Macron's atomic offerBerlin (AFP) Mar 2, 2026 President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France could deploy nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries for the first time as he invited eight European countries to take part in exercises with French deterrent forces. ... more 
Iran says 'trying' to swiftly appoint new supreme leaderTehran (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Iran said on Wednesday it was trying to swiftly appoint a new supreme leader after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes on the weekend. ... more 
Trump insists he struck Iran on his own termsWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 President Donald Trump and his team scrambled Tuesday to reclaim the narrative on why he decided to attack Iran, after his top diplomat suggested the US struck only after learning of an imminent Israeli strike. ... more 
Gulf defences unprepared for Iranian drones, analysts sayParis, France (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 By stepping up long-range drone strikes against Gulf countries, Iran is exploiting the inadequacy of their defences against the low-cost threat in a bid to pressure the United States to end the war, analysts said. ... more |
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Chinese cable project opposed by US sparks row in ChileSantiago, Chile (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 US concerns over a proposed Chinese fiber optic cable linking Asia with South America under the sea led to a spat Tuesday between Chile's outgoing left-wing president and his Washington-backed successor. ... more  
Nearly 150 missing after Iranian warship sinks off Sri LankaColombo (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Nearly 150 people were missing and several dead after an Iranian warship sank Wednesday off Sri Lanka following what crew members reported as an explosion, officials said. ... more 
France deploys aircraft carrier to Mediterranean over Iran warParis, France (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 France is sending its flagship aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean in response to the widening conflict in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday. ... more 
Hezbollah says targeted Israel's Haifa naval base after strikes on LebanonBeirut, Lebanon (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it targeted northern Israel's Haifa naval base on Tuesday in response to the Israeli military's ongoing strikes against the Iran-back movement's strongholds in Lebanon, including the southern suburbs of Beirut. ... more |
 
Exiled Kurd group says Iran conducted deadly strike on fighters in IraqErbil, Iraq Mar 4, 2026 An Iranian Kurd group exiled in Iraq told AFP an Iranian strike on its fighters killed a member of its ranks, as the Middle East war raged across multiple fronts. ... more  
Israel orders southern Lebanon evacuated as campaign expandsBeirut, Lebanon (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Israel ordered residents of a vast region of southern Lebanon to leave their homes on Wednesday, as the military expanded its campaign of air strikes and reportedly sent ground troops deeper into the country. ... more  
Air strike hits Iraq base housing pro-Iran group: faction sourcesBaghdad (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 An air strike hit a military base in southern Iraq housing the Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group on Tuesday, two sources from the armed faction said. ... more  
KSAT prepares Hyperion in orbit relay test for satellite dataBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 27, 2026 Hyperion will move KSATs HYPER concept from design into on orbit demonstration, using relay satellites to act as ground stations in space and shorten the time it takes operators to receive satellite ... more |
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Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firmLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2026 Infleqtion, a provider of neutral atom based quantum computing and sensing systems, has completed its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp X and is now listed on the New York Stock Excha ... more 
NATO trains storming Baltic beach to deter RussiaPutlos, Germany (AFP) Feb 18, 2026 Thousands of NATO troops including from Spain and Turkey joined an exercise Wednesday on Germany's Baltic coast that defence officials labelled a show of readiness to deter Russia. ... more  
Deep sea wrinkles reveal ancient chemosynthetic microbesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 A chance observation on a Moroccan hillside has revealed that some wrinkled rock textures from the deep sea may actually be fossilized microbial communities, not just products of underwater landslid ... more  
Einstein probe catch may show black hole shredding white dwarfTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 An unusual high energy outburst captured by the China led Einstein Probe space telescope is offering a rare look at how an intermediate mass black hole may tear apart and consume a white dwarf star. ... more |
 
ESA signs Ramses spacecraft and cubesat deals for Apophis flybyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 On 10 February 2026 the European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB Italia to develop the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, known as Ramses, securing the next phase of Europes dedicated m ... more  
Cheops spots inside out exoplanet quartetParis, France (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Many students learn memory tricks to remember the order of the Solar System's planets, with rocky worlds close to the Sun and gas giants farther out. Astronomers have now found a nearby planet ... more  
NASA Stennis proves water systems ready for Artemis IV upper stage trialsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 A major water system activation at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) has moved NASA Stennis Space Center a step closer to Green Run testing of the exploration upper stage for the Artemis IV mission. ... more 
Chang'e-6 farside samples reshape lunar impact historyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute, and collaborating institutions have used samples f ... more |
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NATO fund backs SatVu thermal intelligence constellation expansionLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 SatVu has closed a 30 million pound funding round to accelerate the build-out of its space-based thermal imaging constellation, bringing its total equity funding to 60 million pounds as it moves fro ... more  
Swift observatory changes operations ahead of planned orbit reboostLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 NASA has adjusted operations of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to reduce atmospheric drag and prepare the spacecraft for a planned orbit-raising mission. On Feb. 11 the mission team temporarily ... more 
Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first timeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Hydrogen sulfide is what makes rotten eggs stink. But the discovery of this gas in the atmospheres of four distant, Jupiter-like planets is turning heads for a pleasant reason: It solves the mystery ... more 
Light based computing module aims to cut AI power demandBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 A Penn State team has demonstrated an optical computing module that could lower the energy cost of artificial intelligence by shifting key calculations from electronic circuits to light based hardwa ... more |
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