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  Tehran (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 Iran is preparing to launch a new scientific observation satellite in the "coming days", the head of the country's national space agency told AFP on Saturday. Manufacture of the Zafar (Victory in Farsi) satellite "began three years ago with the participation of 80 Iranian scientists," said Morteza Berari, without giving a date for the launch. The 113-kilogram satellite will be launched by a Simorgh rocket 530 kilometres (329 miles) above the Earth, where it will make 15 orbits daily, said Berar ... read more |
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Iran says new US sanctions will have 'no effect'Tehran (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 New American sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme will have "no effect", Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Friday. ... more 
Ordinary inspector or nasty foeMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 03, 2020 US authorities believe that some of the satellites that Moscow launched recently might have undocumented features, such as the ability to attack other spacecraft. A graduate student at Purdue ... more  
Pompeo vows unwavering US support during delicate Ukraine visitKiev (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington's support for Ukraine was unwavering during a delicate visit Friday to the country at the heart of the US impeachment process. ... more  
Space Force decommissions 26-year-old GPS satellite to make way for GPS 3 constellationSchriever AFB CO (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 The 2nd Space Operations Squadron decommissioned Satellite Vehicle Number-36, the second to last Block IIA satellite, Jan. 27. Capt. Collin Dart, 2nd SOPS assistant flight commander of GPS mis ... more |
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Poland inks $4.6bn deal for US fighter jetsWarsaw (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 Poland on Friday finalised an agreement to buy dozens of F-35 fighter jets from the US in a multi-billion dollar deal aimed at revamping its air force and further strengthening close ties with Washington. ... more  
Pompeo pushes against China, Russia in visit to 'Stans'Tashkent (AFP) Feb 2, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Uzbekistan on Sunday for the final stop of a five-country tour in which he is manoeuvring to undercut Chinese and Russian influence. ... more  
Air strikes in northwest Syria kill 9 civiliansSarmeen, Syria (AFP) Feb 2, 2020 Air strikes by the Syrian regime and its Russian ally on Sunday killed nine civilians in the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in the country's northwest, a war monitor said. ... more 
Israel launches strikes on Gaza after rockets firedJerusalem (AFP) Feb 2, 2020 Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Sunday in retaliation for projectiles fired from the Palestinian enclave into southern Israel, the army said. ... more 
Israeli warplanes hit Hamas in Gaza after border fireJerusalem (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 Israeli warplanes hit the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers Hamas on Saturday after cross-border mortar fire by Palestinian militants, the Israeli army said. ... more |
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 Iraq: four months of anti-regime protests  
Iraqi protesters dig in heels despite new PM-designateBaghdad (AFP) Feb 2, 2020 Furious anti-government youth in Iraq's capital and south on Sunday rejected the nomination of Mohammad Allawi as prime minister, but came up against rival sit-ins by supporters of an influential cleric backing the new premier. ... more  |
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Stalemate over Iraq PM pick as deadline loomsBaghdad (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 A deadline set by Iraq's president to name a new premier was set to expire Saturday without a clear contender, despite renewed pressure from followers of influential cleric Moqtada Sadr, who flooded the streets. ... more 
Iraq PM-designate Mohammad Allawi, consensus choice amid protestsBaghdad (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 Mohammad Allawi, who was appointed Saturday as Iraq's new premier, is a former communications minister and lawmaker who inherits a complex web of political challenges and four months of anti-government protests. ... more 
US soldiers hurt in Iran missile strike up to 64: PentagonWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 The number of US troops injured by an Iranian missile strike in Iraq this month has risen to 64, according to new figures released by the Pentagon. ... more  
QinetiQ to play key role in maximising European capabilities in operational earth observationLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 QinetiQ's space business has confirmed it has secured a major new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to extend Europe's capabilities in operational Earth Observation. The new euro 75m co ... more  
Current model for storing nuclear waste is incompleteColumbus OH (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 The materials the United States and other countries plan to use to store high-level nuclear waste will likely degrade faster than anyone previously knew because of the way those materials interact, ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2020 
The United States is awaiting a green light from the Iraqi government to deploy Patriot missile defense systems to protect US troops from Iranian missile attacks, Pentagon chief Mark Esper said Thursday.
Iran launched 11 missiles at a US air base at Ain al-Assad and another at a base in Erbil on January 8 in retaliation for the killing days earlier of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a US ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2020 
New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.
The projectiles were fired 30 seconds apart and explain why the plane's transponder was not working as it hurtled to the ground - it was disabled by the first strike, before bei ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator Jan. 23, 2020, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
During the test event, the Valkyrie demonstrator's flight successfully met all of the test objectives, and the envelope was expanded be ... more |
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Jan 22, 2020 
Two U.S. Air Force F-35s were integrated with the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), providing an airborne sensor capability to successfully detect, track and intercept near simultaneous air-breathing threats in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
The December 2019 test marked the first time F-35s were used as sensors during an IBCS live ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 
US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday lifted US restrictions on landmines, saying new technology made them safer, outraging campaigners for the abolition of the explosives that maim thousands of civilians each year.
In the latest reversal of a policy of his predecessor Barack Obama, Trump gave the green light to a new generation of "non-persistent" landmines that can be switch ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 
The UN Security Council on Friday approved a slight relaxation of the arms embargo on the Central African Republic, an issue that has been a source of friction between France and Russia.
A resolution drafted by France that extends the embargo by only six months to July 31 was approved by 13 votes with Russia and China abstaining.
It allows the CAR to acquire military vehicles mounted wit ... more |
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 Athens (AFP) Jan 30, 2020 
Greece's parliament on Thursday approved an updated defence agreement with the US allowing the use of Greek military facilities as hundreds protested outside.
A majority of lawmakers ratified the Mutual Defence Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) as hundreds of Communist, left-wing and anti-war demonstrators protested on central Syntagma Square.
The agreement, which updates a deal originally si ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 
Anti-government demonstrations that erupted in Iraq on October 1 have escalated into its deadliest protest movement in decades, with more than 480 dead.
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On October 1, hundreds of people gather in Baghdad and cities in the Shiite south in leaderless protests against corruption, unemployment and poor public services.
Riot police disperse about 1,000 protesters in th ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 
New American sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme will have "no effect", Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Friday.
Washington announced new sanctions on Thursday against the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran and its head Ali Akbar Salehi.
Brian Hook, the US pointman on Iran, accused them of playing "a big role in Iran breaching its key nuclear commitments" and ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) Jan 31, 2020  For years, he criss-crossed the globe almost weekly, travelling on a British passport without a second thought, raising funds for international non-profit organisations and working for the likes of Elton John and Nelson Mandela.
But when Britain voted to leave the European Union, something changed inside Daryl Upsall, a 59-year-old businessman who has spent decades living and working in Euro ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 
Radioactive water from the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima should be released into the ocean or vaporised into the air, an expert panel advised the Japanese government on Friday.
The proposal is non-binding and sets no deadline for the government to decide or carry out procedures to deal with the water.
The panel has been weighing the issue for more than three years, but a decision i ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 
China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere.
Four new missions include the Gravitation ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2020  Beijing slammed the United States on Wednesday over Tibet-related legislation that would authorise sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the process of determining the Dalai Lama's successor.
The bill, passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, proposes freezing any US assets and banning travel to the US by Chinese officials found to be involved in "identifying or i ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 
The United States has arrested a man on allegations that he was the leader of a group of Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq, which has requested his extradition.
Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, a 42 year-old resident of Phoenix in the southwestern state of Arizona, appeared before a federal judge on Friday and is wanted in Iraq on premeditated murder charges over the death of two policemen in Fallujah i ... more |
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 Kirtland NM (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a unique directed energy weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES, that completed field testing in 2019."HADES technology was designed with the warfighter in mind," said the AFRL program manager Dan Marker. "The system works by combining a large number of high power fiber lasers in a fashion that corrects ... more |
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