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| January 06, 2014 |
 UAS Test Site Selection Good News for NASA Langley, Wallops by Kathy Barnstorff for Langley Research Center - Hampton VA (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 The selection of six unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test sites by the Federal Aviation Administration may have an impact on NASA aeronautics research, especially at two NASA Virginia facilities. NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton and NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore are expected to work with the Virginia Tech team, which is ba ... more |  |
 Two new radar stations to be placed into service in Russia in 2014 Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 06, 2014 - Two new radar stations of the missile warning system will be placed into service in Russia's Kaliningrad and Irkutsk regions this year, the Defence Ministry's press service and information department said. Work to set up radar stations will also continue in the Krasnoyarsk, Altai, Orenburg and Arctic regions, the ministry said. The main centre of missile attack warning has four new-g ... more |  |
 Qinetiq Paramarine Ship and Submersible Design Software Supports UBC Academic Program Portsmouth, UK (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - QinetiQ Paramarine Ship and Submersible Design Software has been selected by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to support their academic programme. Paramarine will be used by students on a recently introduced Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering course. UBC, established in 1915, is one of Canada's leading research universities and has ... more |  |
 Israel successfully tests Arrow space missile interceptor Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 06, 2014 - Arrow III, an upgraded component of the Israeli missile shield, was successfully tested for the second time, the country's Defense Ministry announced. The kamikaze satellites launched by the system are capable of intercepting missiles in space. A long-range Arrow III interceptor was fired from Palmahim air base, south of Tel Aviv, on Friday morning. It left the Earth's atmosphere, carried ... more |  |
 Israel rejects US proposals on Jordan Valley: minister Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - Israel rejects any US-proposed security concessions for the Jordan Valley, a cabinet member close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, as US Secretary John Kerry visited the Middle East. "Security must remain in our hands. Anyone who proposes a solution in the Jordan Valley by deploying an international force, Palestinian police or technological means ... does not understand the ... more |  |
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 US ready to aid Russia on Olympic security: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - The United States is ready to help Russia's security operation for the Winter Olympics, the Pentagon said Saturday, after twin suicide bombings sparked concern next month's extravaganza could be targeted. US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel offered American support during a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, the Pentagon said. Hagel's phone call came after se ... more |  |
 Pakistan's truck art masters fret as NATO withdrawal looms Karachi (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - Pakistan's truck artists, who transform ugly lorries into flamboyant moving works of art, fear boom times for their trade could be at an end as NATO winds down its mission in Afghanistan. The workhorses of the Pakistani haulage industry are often ageing, patched-up Bedford and Dodge models, but almost without exception they are lavishly decorated. Elaborate colourful designs, calligraphy ... more |  |
 Greek defence probe brings belated gains Athens (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - A corruption probe into long-forgotten defence contracts has given authorities in Greece a small financial victory, along with the promise of revelations into decade-old graft. The sum of over 9.0 million euros ($12.3 million dollars) has been handed over to the state by Antonis Kantas, a former defence ministry official turned state witness. Kantas, 72, was a deputy procurement director ... more |  |
Kerry: Mideast peace plan will be 'fair, balanced' Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that any Middle East peace plan would be "fair and balanced," as he held a fourth day of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. "I can guarantee all parties that President (Barack) Obama and I are committed to putting forward ideas that are fair and balanced, and to improving the security of all peoples," Kerry told reporters in Jerusalem. ... more |  |
 Iraq readying 'major attack' to retake Fallujah Fallujah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - Iraq is preparing a "major attack" to retake militant-held Fallujah, a senior official said Sunday, spelling a new assault for the city, west of Baghdad, where US forces repeatedly battled insurgents. Washington said it would help Baghdad in its fight against Al-Qaeda-linked militants but that there would be no return of US troops. The takeover of Fallujah and parts of Anbar provincial c ... more |  |
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 Iran exiles call for UN probe into dissident deaths in Iraq Paris (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - An exiled Iranian opposition group on Sunday called for the United Nations to probe the deaths of dozens of Iranian dissidents in Iraq, which it blames on the Tehran-friendly government of Baghdad. The call came ten days after a rocket attack on Camp Liberty, which houses exiled Iranian dissidents near Baghdad airport, left four dead according to the France-based National Council of Resistan ... more |  |
 US urges Tokyo to improve ties with neighbours after shrine visit Tokyo (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has urged Japan to improve relations with neighbouring countries after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war shrine, an American official has said. Abe enraged China and South Korea when on December 26 he made his first visit as premier to Yasukuni shrine, which honours Japan's war dead including several high-level officials executed for w ... more |  |
Iraq city seizures illustrate Qaeda group's resurgence Baghdad (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - The seizure by Al-Qaeda-linked militants of a major Iraqi city and parts of another illustrates their resurgence, and harkens back to the darkest days of the insurgency that followed the 2003 US-led invasion. The Al-Qaeda franchise in Iraq fell from the height of its influence in the years after the invasion, suffering defeats by American forces, especially after Sunni tribesmen joined them ... more |  |
Iraq's Fallujah falls to Qaeda-linked militants Fallujah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - Iraq has lost Fallujah to Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, a senior security official said on Saturday, putting militants who repeatedly battled American forces for the city back in control. Parts of the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, west of Baghdad, have been held by militants for days, harkening back to the years after the 2003 US-led invasion when both were insurgent strongholds. Fighting e ... more |  |
 US challenges ruling on 'Orwellian' NSA snooping Washington (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - The US government said Friday it has lodged an appeal against a judge's ruling that the National Security Agency's "almost Orwellian"bulk collection of telephone records is illegal. Separately, spy chief James Clapper revealed that a secret court had renewed the NSA's authority to gather call "metadata," despite the controversy triggered when the program came to light. Last year, leaked ... more |  |
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Key Syria opposition bloc reaffirms peace talks rejection Beirut (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - A key group within Syria's mainstream opposition National Coalition reaffirmed Friday that it will not attend peace talks slated for later this month in Switzerland. "After meetings with many international delegations in recent weeks... the Syrian National Council confirms it sees no reason to attend the Geneva conference," SNC member Samir Nashar told AFP by telephone. Nashar also forec ... more |  |
S. Korea dismisses Kim Jong-Un's peace gesture Seoul (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - South Korea on Friday dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's conciliatory words in his New Year message as an empty gesture, urging Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear programmes to show it is committed to better relations. In his speech on Wednesday, Kim hailed the execution last month of his once-powerful uncle Jang Song-Thaek and accused the United States and South Korea of manoeuvring fo ... more |  |
Israel, US carry out missile test during Kerry visit Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - Israel and the United States carried out a joint missile test Friday, the defence ministry said, as US Secretary of State John Kerry pushed for a Middle East peace deal. The Israel Missile Defence Organisation and US Missile Defence Agency completed a "successful" launch of the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile system over the Mediterranean, an Israeli defence ministry statement said. The A ... more |  |
Four-of-5 world leaders use Twitter; Obama leads the pack Washington (UPI) Jan 2, 2013 - Four out of 5 world leaders use Twitter, an annual ranking of the use of social media among world leaders by the Digital Policy Council found. The numbers are an increase of 8 percent compared with the number of leaders using the service in 2012, the Washington group said in a release Thursday. The survey also ranks the Top 10 tweeting leaders in the world, placing President Obam ... more |  |
Kerry on third day of Mideast shuttle Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry was Saturday seeking to brush aside bitter recriminations and push forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on a third day of shuttle diplomacy. After five months of mostly sticking to a deal not to air their grievances in public, the mutual distrust between the sides has burst into the open with the top US diplomat's 10th trip back to Israel. And US o ... more | |
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