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Iran says to hold indirect talks with US on nuclear sanctions![]() Tehran (AFP) June 27, 2022 Iran said Monday that its indirect talks with the United States would resume this week in a Gulf country, as part of wider efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. The negotiations will be separate from broader talks in Vienna between Iran and major powers that are mediated by the EU, the bloc's top diplomat Joseph Borrell said Saturday in Tehran. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the talks would focus on the lifting of sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran and be hel ... read more |
Finland, Sweden leaders to discuss NATO bid with ErdoganHelsinki (AFP) June 27, 2022 Finnish and Swedish leaders will discuss their stalled NATO bids with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday at the start of an alliance summit in Madrid, Helsinki said on Monday. ... more
NATO summit host Spain seeks focus on southern securityMadrid (AFP) June 26, 2022 Spain is lobbying for NATO to pay more attention to security threats on its southern flank when the military alliance gathers for a summit in Madrid later this week. ... more
Russian missiles hit Kyiv residential buildingsKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) June 26, 2022 Russian missile strikes hit residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Sunday, burying some people under rubble and hospitalising at least four, the city's mayor said. ... more Chandler AZ (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a firm fixed price Other Transaction (OT) Agreement modification to exercise options by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to continue the developm ... more |
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Canada sends 2 warships to Baltic Sea to bolster securityOttawa (AFP) June 26, 2022 Canada on Sunday deployed two warships to the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic, joining a pair of frigates already in the region, to reinforce NATO's eastern flank in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more
Disillusionment creeps in for Ukraine volunteers amid combat brutalityKramatorsk, Ukraine (AFP) June 26, 2022 Foreign fighters who have joined Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion have been shocked by the brutality of the war and some say that disillusionment is creeping in. ... more
Russians 'fully occupy' Severodonetsk, shift focus to LysychanskKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) June 26, 2022 Russia's army has "fully occupied" the key Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after weeks of fighting, its mayor said, as Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to send nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus within months. ... more
Iraq PM on imminent Riyadh, Tehran visit in mediation bidBaghdad (AFP) June 25, 2022 Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi is due to visit Saudi Arabia and Iran "in the next few hours", as part of efforts to mediate between the two countries, a cabinet source said Saturday. ... more |
China launches new batch of remote sensing satellitesXichang (XNA) Jun 24, 2022 China successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday. The satellites were launched as the sec ... more
Chinese leader Xi Jinping to attend Hong Kong handover celebrationBeijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend events to celebrate 25 years since Hong Kong's handover to China, state media reported Saturday, with the Communist Party looking to showcase its control over the city after crushing a democracy movement. ... more
Moscow to send Belarus nuclear-capable missiles within months: PutinMoscow (AFP) June 25, 2022 Russia will deliver missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. ... more
Western allies to hold four-way talks on Iran nuclear programElmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 26, 2022 The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and the United States will hold four-way talks Tuesday on Iran's nuclear programme, the French presidency said, with Tehran's oil exports as one of the issues to be raised. ... more |
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Spain warns of possible cyberattack at NATO summitMadrid (AFP) June 24, 2022 Spain's defence minister warned on Friday of a possible cyberattack during the NATO summit in Madrid next week. ... more
For the first time NanoAvionics has sold one of its orbital satellitesColumbia IL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Mission integrator and smallsat bus manufacturer NanoAvionics has sold, for the first time, one of its operational satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) including ongoing mission operations. Launched ... more
EU seeks to prepare arrival of 'zero-emission' aircraftParis (AFP) June 24, 2022 The European Commission called Friday on the members of the aviation sector to join an alliance to prepare for the advent of carbon-neutral aircraft. ... more
Taliban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await reliefGayan District, Afghanistan (AFP) June 25, 2022 Afghanistan's Taliban rulers pledged on Saturday they would not interfere with international efforts to distribute aid to tens of thousands of people affected by this week's deadly earthquake. ... more
Iran nuclear talks to resume in days: EU's BorrellTehran (AFP) June 25, 2022 Talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal will resume within days after being stalled for months, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said Saturday during a surprise visit to Tehran. ... more |
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Canada announces new Arctic air, missile defenses with US Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022 Canada's defense minister announced upgrades to Arctic air and missile defenses with the United States on Monday, citing growing threats from Russia and new technologies such as hypersonic missiles.
At a news conference at Canada's largest air base in Trenton, Ontario, Minister Anita Anand outlined Can$4.9 billion (US$3.8 billion) in military spending over the next six years.
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MDA selects Raytheon to continue developing a first-of-its-kind counter-hypersonic missile Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 24, 2022
The Missile Defense Agency has selected Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), to continue to develop a first-of-its-kind counter-hypersonic missile, the Glide Phase Interceptor. GPI is designed to intercept hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight, providing the U.S. and allies with an additional layer of defense against regional hypersonic missile t ... more |
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Volatus Aerospace Introduces AERIEPORT, an Autonomous Remote Drone Nesting Station Houston TX (SPX) Jun 22, 2022
Volatus Aerospace Corp. (TSXV: VOL) (OTCQB: VLTTF) proudly introduces its autonomous remote drone nesting solution AERIEPORT at the Annual Energy Drone and Robotics Summit in Houston, Texas.
The AERIEPORT is an all-weather solution designed to operate remotely in extreme temperatures ranging from -67F to +131F. It features an onboard weather station, a 4 SIM, 5G, highspeed LTE connection w ... more |
Northrop Grumman runs Laser Communication Demonstration for Tranche 1 constellation Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the successful ground demonstration of a secure networked laser communications system for proliferated-LEO constellations supporting the U.S. military.
Performed for SDA leadership, the demonstration validated compatibility between commercially developed laser communication and secure U.S. government encryption hardware, providing a baseline for N ... more |
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Kyiv says US precision artillery systems arrived in Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) June 23, 2022
Ukraine said Thursday that it had taken delivery of precision artillery systems from the United States which is the latest country to answer Kyiv's plea from allies for advanced weapons.
"Himars have arrived to Ukraine. Thank you to my colleague and friend @SecDef Lloyd J. Austin III for these powerful tools! Summer will be hot for russian occupiers. And the last one for some of them," Ukrai ... more |
Biden announces $1 bn in new military aid for Ukraine Washington (AFP) June 15, 2022
US President Joe Biden announced a new package of arms and ammunition for Ukraine Wednesday after speaking with President Volodymyr Zelensky and reaffirming Washington's support for Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.
The package of $1 billion worth of arms includes more artillery, coastal anti-ship defense systems and ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems that Ukraine is al ... more |
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Spain warns of possible cyberattack at NATO summit Madrid (AFP) June 24, 2022
Spain's defence minister warned on Friday of a possible cyberattack during the NATO summit in Madrid next week.
Asked if Spain feared Russia could launch such an attack, Margarita Robles told journalists "the possibility of a cyberattack exists", without mentioning the country by name.
"There are many challenges and many threats," she said, adding that there were "many people working ... ... more |
New silicon nanowires can really take the heat Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 |
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Former rights lawyer charged in UK over Iraq war claims London (AFP) June 24, 2022
British investigators have accused a former human rights lawyer of fraud in relation to war crime claims against UK soldiers during the Iraq conflict, the National Crime Agency said Friday.
British soldiers served alongside other countries' forces in the US-led invasion that began in 2003 and led to the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Ex-lawyer Phil Shiner, 65, is facing fraud cha ... more |
Moscow to send Belarus nuclear-capable missiles within months: Putin Moscow (AFP) June 25, 2022
Russia will deliver missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
"In the coming months, we will transfer to Belarus Iskander-M tactical missile systems, which can use ballistic or cruise missiles, in their conventional and nuclear versions," Putin said in a broadcas ... more |
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BRICS nations call for Ukraine-Russia talks in declaration Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2022
An influential group of emerging economies said they backed talks between Moscow and Kyiv, at the end of a two-day summit held against the backdrop of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Beijing has been hosting a virtual forum of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - which account for over 40 percent of the global population and nearly a quarter of the world's gross dom ... more |
UN working to get shelter, trauma care to Afghan quake scene Geneva (AFP) June 22, 2022 The United Nations' humanitarian agency said Wednesday it was scrambling to get emergency shelter, trauma care and food aid to the scene of a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan.
The earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more, with the toll expected to rise.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aff ... more |
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Chinese official says its Mars sample mission will beat NASA back to Earth Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2022
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface of Mars two years ahead of the planned joint effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to do the same thing.
Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of China's first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, said in a talk celebrating the 120th anniversary of Nanjing University, that China is ready to send ... more |
Chinese leader Xi Jinping to attend Hong Kong handover celebration Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend events to celebrate 25 years since Hong Kong's handover to China, state media reported Saturday, with the Communist Party looking to showcase its control over the city after crushing a democracy movement.
If Xi attends in person, the trip would be his first outside of the Chinese mainland since the pandemic began. But state media and Hong Kong offic ... more |
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Myanmar executions could be war crimes: UN Geneva (AFP) June 21, 2022
The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday.
The junta said on June 3 it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both convicted of terrorism, in what would be the country's first judicial executions since 1990.
Four people, including former ... more |
Directed Energy leader recaps time in AFRL, looks ahead to space position Kirtland AFB NM (AFRL) Jun 16, 2022
Dr. Kelly Hammett, who has led the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate for the past six years, departed AFRL June 6 for his new assignment as director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO), both located on Kirtland AFB.
"I will miss bragging on the Directed Energy team, and all that we accomplished in the six years I was in the director's seat," said Hammett. ... more |
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