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June 27, 2022
NUKEWARS
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

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Finland, Sweden leaders to discuss NATO bid with Erdogan
Helsinki (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
SUPERPOWERS
NATO summit host Spain seeks focus on southern security
Madrid (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
MISSILE NEWS
Russian missiles hit Kyiv residential buildings
Kyiv, 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
MISSILE NEWS
Northrop Grumman awarded MDA contract for Hypersonic Missiles defense development
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 security
Ottawa (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
WAR REPORT
Disillusionment creeps in for Ukraine volunteers amid combat brutality
Kramatorsk, 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
WAR REPORT
Russians 'fully occupy' Severodonetsk, shift focus to Lysychansk
Kyiv, 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 WARS
Iraq PM on imminent Riyadh, Tehran visit in mediation bid
Baghdad (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
EARTH OBSERVATION
China launches new batch of remote sensing satellites
Xichang (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
SINO DAILY
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. ... more
NUKEWARS
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. ... more
NUKEWARS
Western allies to hold four-way talks on Iran nuclear program
Elmau 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 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. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
For the first time NanoAvionics has sold one of its orbital satellites
Columbia 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
AEROSPACE
EU seeks to prepare arrival of 'zero-emission' aircraft
Paris (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
THE STANS
Taliban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await relief
Gayan 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
NUKEWARS
Iran nuclear talks to resume in days: EU's Borrell
Tehran (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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Beyond Gravity launches its own start-up program "Launchpad"
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 24, 2022
The international space supplier Beyond Gravity is launching its own start-up program "Launchpad" in October 2022. The incubator supports young start-ups and their promising ideas around space techn ... more
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World leaders seek united front for Ukraine as war rages on
Berlin (AFP) June 24, 2022
World leaders including US President Joe Biden will seek to close ranks at back-to-back summits from Sunday on offering emphatic support to help Ukraine repel Russian invaders as the relentless war puts international unity to the test. ... more
NUKEWARS
EU top diplomat bids to 'reverse tensions' on surprise Iran visit
Tehran (AFP) June 24, 2022
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is set to travel to Tehran on Friday for a surprise visit that could breathe new life into stalled talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. ... more
MILTECH
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. ... more
NUKEWARS
Iran says 'serious' about reaching revived nuclear deal; As Pence blasts talks
Tehran (AFP) June 23, 2022
Iran said Thursday that it remains "serious" about reaching a revived nuclear deal with major powers that ends economic sanctions and to which the United States is again a party. ... more
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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. The monies ... more
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Kyiv says US precision artillery systems arrived in Ukraine
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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
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