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May 26, 2015

Israel thanks US for opposing nuke-free Mideast plan
Jerusalem (AFP) May 24, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his "appreciation" to the United States for opposing an Arab plan for a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, an Israeli official said. The Jewish state is believed to be the only country in the region that has an atomic bomb although it has never confirmed its nuclear military capacity. The Saturday phone call between Netanyahu and US Secretary of State John Kerry came with the two governments locked in bitter disagreement over America ... read more

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Iran denies agreement on military site inspections An Iranian negotiator on Sunday denied accepting military site inspections as part of a nuclear deal with world powers, a delicate issue in talks that must be concluded by the end of June. ... more		Four decades of tracking European spacecraft Forty years ago this week, a satellite ground station in Spain became the first to be assigned to what would become ESA. Since then, the network - Estrack - has expanded worldwide and today employs ... more		Russia must be more competitive in commercial space market Russia must be more aggressive in the market of commercial space launches, otherwise it might lose its competitiveness, a top Russian government official said Tuesday. It is necessary to find new ma ... more
				Commission on Proton Rocket Failure to Finish Investigation by End of May Over the last five years, there have been seven Proton carrier rocket failures. The latest took place on May 16, when a Proton-M was to deliver cargo to the ISS, but after reaching space lost its te ... more		Britain's commercial space project delayed due to Russian rocket failure The Britain's biggest commercial space project has been delayed for several months due to the recent failed launch of Russia's Proton rocket, said Inmarsat, the company behind the project, on Monday ... more

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X-37B Mysteries Continue The launch of the fourth X-37B mission has not resolved some of the biggest mysteries that surround this flight, and the X-37B program in general. X-37B is a robot mini-shuttle launched by the US Ai ... more		New Russian Super Aircraft Carrier 'Storm' to Reform Russian Navy Russia is developing a new aircraft carrier capable of transporting 90 different aircraft for various combat operations. Krylovsky State Research Center (KRSC) came up with a scale model of a new ai ... more		GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes The decentralized future of space transactions		A Tough Three Weeks in Space for Russia In the past three weeks Russia has suffered three serious launch and in-space failures. Just three weeks ago, Russia launched Progress 59, loaded with propellants, food and supplies bound for the In ... more
				Failure is not an option for Russian space industry On Saturday, a planned correction of the ISS orbit could not be carried out after the Progress M-26M's engines failed to start on time. In an unrelated incident just hours later, an emergency situat ... more		ISRO to launch first indigenous multi-object tracking radar in next 3 months The Indian space agency is set to test its sophisticated, indigenously-built, multi-object tracking radar (MOTR) on a rocket flight next month while formal commissioning is expected to take three mo ... more

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Europeans eye joint development of UAV A two-year study on development of a medium-altitude/long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle is to be jointly conducted by three European aerospace companies. ... more		Swathes of Ukraine's rebel east lose access to water A pro-Kiev official in eastern Ukraine said Sunday that swathes of the rebel-run region have lost access to water because fighting has damaged a water main. ... more		As world burns, India's Amitav Ghosh writes for the future Fire on Ice: The Arctic's Changing Fire Regime Cosmic krypton timestamps reveal Australia landscape evolution and resources		IS is recruiting, but not operational in Afghanistan: NATO General The Islamic State group is recruiting fighters in Afghanistan, the commander of foreign forces in country has said, but they are not yet operational. ... more
Iraqi forces 'failed to fight' in Ramadi: Pentagon chief Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Sunday that Iraqi forces "failed to fight" in Ramadi, which has fallen to Islamic State militants, adding the troops lacked the will to defend themselves. ... more		Rampant jihadists firm up control of Iraq-Syria border The Islamic State group took full control of a border crossing between Iraq and Syria Sunday, tightening its grip on the heart of its self-proclaimed caliphate. ... more		Syria regime 'to accept de facto partition' of country Weakened by years of war, Syria's government appears ready for the country's de facto partition, defending strategically important areas and leaving much of the country to rebels and jihadists, experts and diplomats say. ... more		Iran general says army needs more funds to counter IS A senior Iranian military official told parliament on Sunday the armed forces need a bigger budget to confront the Islamic State group whose influence is growing in neighbouring countries. ... more

	GCC denies air campaign against IS has failed The Gulf Cooperation Council on Sunday rejected claims a US-led coalition air campaign against the Islamic State group has failed following advances by jihadists in Syria and Iraq. ... more		China busts 181 'terror' gangs in year-long crackdown A "strike hard" campaign against what China calls terrorism in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang and beyond has seen 181 gangs busted, authorities said Monday, a year after the controversial measures were launched. ... more

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