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  Moscow (AFP) Mar 11, 2025 Ukraine targeted Moscow in a "massive" overnight drone attack, authorities said Tuesday, with Russia's defense ministry claiming it shot down 337 UAVs across the country. "The Defense Ministry's air defense continues to repel a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow," mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram early Tuesday. Russia's military shot down 91 drones around the capital, the defense ministry said in a statement, adding it downed another 126 over the Kursk region bordering Ukraine. ... read more |
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Maxar Space Systems Secures Contract for New High-Power Communications SatelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 Maxar Space Systems, a leader in satellite manufacturing and advanced space solutions, has been awarded a contract to develop a geostationary (GEO) high-power communications satellite for a private ... more  
Spire Establishes Two-Way Optical Link Between Satellites in OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has successfully demonstrated a two-way optical communication link between two satellites in o ... more 
UAF scientist designing satellite to hunt small space debrisFairbanks AK (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government effort to design a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than on ... more  
Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile Establish Joint Venture for European Satellite Mobile ServicesLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 Vodafone Group Plc (LSE: VOD), a leading telecommunications provider in Europe and Africa, and AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company developing the first space-based cellular broadband ne ... more |
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Qatar calls for Israel to come under international nuclear weapons treatyWashington DC (UPI) Mar 9, 2025 Qatari officials have called on international leaders to bring Israel's nuclear facilities under the watch of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and for Israel to join the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty as a non-nuclear state. ... more |
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Russian strikes kill 12 in eastern UkraineKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Mar 8, 2025 Russian strikes overnight had killed at least 12 people in eastern Ukraine as of Saturday morning, the country's emergency service said, days ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia between US and Ukrainian negotiators aimed at a truce. ... more 
Israel says struck suspects retrieving drone in GazaJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2025 The Israeli military said it conducted an air strike on Saturday in the Gaza Strip targeting several people attempting to retrieve a drone that had crossed into the Palestinian territory. ... more 
Lockheed Martin Introduces Versatile Counter-UAS Defense SystemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 With small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) presenting an evolving security challenge, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is pioneering a novel strategy to counter these emerging threats. In a recent field de ... more  
Russian disinformation 'infects' AI chatbots, researchers warnWashington (AFP) Mar 10, 2025 A sprawling Russian disinformation network is manipulating Western AI chatbots to spew pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers say, at a time when the United States is reported to have paused its cyber operations against Moscow. ... more |
 
Families of MH370 victims in China seek end to decade of 'torment'Beijing (AFP) Mar 8, 2025 Relatives of Chinese passengers lost on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 gathered in Beijing on Saturday seeking answers from authorities 11 years after the plane disappeared in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries. ... more  |
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Colombian guerillas release hostage security forcesEl Plateado, Colombia (AFP) Mar 9, 2025 Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier held hostage in southwest Colombia were released Saturday, with fresh tensions erupting in the coca-producing region after they had left. ... more
FARC dissidents capture 29 Colombian soldiers, policeCali, Colombia (AFP) Mar 8, 2025 Colombian guerrillas took 29 soldiers and police hostage during a gun battle in a key cocaine-growing region, the government said Friday, a fresh blow to the country's fragile peace process. ... more 
Israeli air strike in Gaza ahead of new talks on truce with HamasGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Mar 9, 2025 Israel carried out an air strike on militants in northern Gaza on Sunday, rattling an already fragile ceasefire as it prepared for fresh talks in Doha on the future of its truce with Hamas. ... more 
One dead as Israel army says strikes Hezbollah militant in south LebanonJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2025 The Israeli military said it targeted a Hezbollah militant with an air strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday, as Lebanese media reported one killed and another wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a car. ... more |
 
Some fuel lodges in the inner walls of fusion vessels. Researchers now have a better idea of how muchPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 10, 2025 To develop a practical fusion power system, scientists need to fully understand how the plasma fuel interacts with its surroundings. The plasma is superheated, which means some of the atoms involved ... more  
US halts commercial satellite imagery access for KyivWashington (AFP) Mar 7, 2025 Washington has "temporarily suspended" Ukraine's access to US government-purchased commercial satellite imagery, a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency spokesperson said on Friday. ... more  
European rearmament should avoid US firms: AirbusFrankfurt, Germany (AFP) Mar 7, 2025 European governments should make sure increases in defence spending go to European firms and avoid dependence on US companies, the head of Airbus's defence division said in an interview published Friday. ... more 
Greens cast doubt over Germany's defence spending plansBerlin (AFP) Mar 10, 2025 Germany's Green party on Monday threatened to torpedo plans put forward by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz to invest hundreds of billions in defence and infrastructure. ... more |
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No talks with US under 'maximum pressure' policy, Iran FM tells AFPJeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Mar 7, 2025 Iran will not resume negotiations with the United States on its nuclear programme while President Donald Trump applies his "maximum pressure" policy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told AFP on Friday. ... more 
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as U.S.-South Korea joint military drill kicks offWashington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2025 North Korea launched several ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Monday afternoon, Seoul's military said, on the first day of a large-scale joint U.S-South Korea military exercise on the Peninsula. ... more 
NATO says won't let 'security vacuum' emerge in BosniaSarajevo (AFP) Mar 10, 2025 NATO chief Mark Rutte on Monday threw support behind Bosnia's federal government, which is locked in a power struggle with ethnic Serb leaders, saying the alliance would not allow a "security vacuum to emerge" ... more 
French defence minister to host key European counterparts on UkraineParis (AFP) Mar 7, 2025 France's defence minister is to hold talks next week with counterparts from Britain, Germany, Italy and Poland to discuss support for Ukraine, an aide said on Friday. ... more |
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Military chiefs in Paris to discuss Ukraine security guaranteesParis (AFP) Mar 11, 2025 Military chiefs from 30 European and NATO countries willing to contribute to security guarantees for Ukraine after any negotiated truce with Russia are to meet in Paris on Tuesday. ... more |
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Zelensky again urges air truce after 'massive' Russian attackKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Mar 7, 2025 Russia launched a "massive" drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed calls for a mutual halt to aerial attacks on critical infrastructure. ... more
Russia accuses U.K. of spying, expels 2 British diplomatsWashington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2025 The Russian government on Monday expelled two British diplomats and gave two weeks for them to exit the country over allegations of espionage. Britain said the allegations are "baseless." ... more
Musk says X hit by major cyberattackSan Francisco (AFP) Mar 10, 2025 Elon Musk said X was hit Monday by a major cyberattack, raising questions as to whether the politically divisive billionaire is being targeted or his decision to gut staff at what was once Twitter is haunting the social network. ... more  
UK condemns Beijing's 'dangerous' South China Sea activityLondon (AFP) Mar 10, 2025 UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy slammed "dangerous and destabilising" activity by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, following a weekend visit to the Philippines. ... more |
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