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| June 03, 2014 |
 Japan hits back at China after Abe remarks spark row Tokyo (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Japan on Monday hit back at China's denouncement of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's speech at a regional security forum, firing the latest salvo in an ongoing tit-for-tat row. On Sunday, Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, told the Shangri-La dialogue in Singapore that the comments made by Abe and US Defense secretary Chuck Hagel ... more |  |
NATO, Russia 'fundamentally' differ over Ukraine crisis Brussels (AFP) June 02, 2014 - NATO and Russia had a "very frank" exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis Monday but found no common ground in the first such meeting since Moscow annexed Crimea, officials said. "I can say it was a very frank exchange of views," alliance spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council which groups the 28 member state ambassadors with their Russian counterpart. ... more |  |
 Russia lifts arms embargo to Pakistan: report Moscow (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Russia has lifted its embargo on arms supplies to Pakistan and is holding talks on supplying Islamabad with combat helicopters, the head of state-owned Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, said Monday, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported. "Such a decision has been taken. We are holding talks on supplying the helicopters," Chemezov said, adding that the negotiations were about Russian Mi-35 Hind attack he ... more |  |
 UAV Series Sets Record for Mission Hours Flown in One Week San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Northrop Grumman's High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series, which includes the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk, set a new record for mission hours flown in one week, logging 665 hours flying operational and exercise missions during the week ending Feb. 23. In 2013, Global Hawk flew an average of 433.8 hours a week. The weekly record of 665 hours set in Feb ... more |  |
 Combat robots to become Russian army new recruits Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 03, 2014 - Russia's newly established military robot design lab has finally gone into operation, Oleg Bochkarev, deputy head of Russia's governmental Military-Industrial Commission told ITAR TASS news agency. Russia's deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin was the first to have announced plans to set up a new laboratory at the Degtyarev arms factory in Kovrov last year planning to attract private investors t ... more |  |
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 Iraqi Kurdish village 'shelled by Turkey' Arbil, Iraq (AFP) June 02, 2014 - The Turkish military shelled a village in Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region on Monday, security officials and witnesses said, after a period of relative peace in the area. Turkish mortar shells hit Nezduri village near the town of Zakho, in the northern Kurdish province of Dohuk, local Kurdish security forces and residents told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. The target ... more |  |
 Iran efforts 'welcome step forward': UN nuclear watchdog chief Vienna (AFP) June 02, 2014 - UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano welcomed Iran's compliance with measures to lift suspicions about its nuclear programme on Monday, but cautioned that some doubt remained. He also appealed for patience ahead of a July 20 deadline for a deal between Western powers and Iran, as the IAEA analyses data that Iran may have sought a nuclear bomb. In a report last month, Amano revealed that ... more |  |
 White House defends release of Guantanamo detainees Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - The US administration Monday defended the release of five Guantanamo detainees in exchange for a US soldier held by the Taliban, but also ruled out similar swaps for civilian prisoners. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney took to the US morning talk shows to downplay the threat posed by the five men - influential former officials of the Taliban regime that was toppled by the US-led inva ... more |  |
 USAF crisis, contingency planning gets Northrop support Mclean, Va. (UPI) Jun 2, 2013 - A U.S. Air Force software system for contingency and crisis action planning is to be enhanced and maintained by Northrop Grumman. The services are to be provided under a five-year indefinite-delivery contract with a maximum value of $98 million, the company said. The contract was issued by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and is for the Global Adaptive Planning Collabor ... more |  |
 Prisoner swap raises questions in US and Afghanistan Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Relief at the release of the only US soldier taken prisoner in the Afghan war gave way on Monday to concern and in some cases anger over the price paid for his freedom. Five years after his capture, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was freed on Saturday after Washington agreed to hand five senior Taliban prisoners into the custody of Qatar, which brokered the deal. The agreement was warmly welcome ... more |  |
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Two Koreas in tussle over alleged defectors Seoul (AFP) June 02, 2014 - South Korea rejected North Korea's request Monday to send home all three of its citizens who were found adrift last week in a small boat across their sea border, officials said. The boat with three North Korean men on board was spotted by a South Korean coastguard vessel on Saturday off the South's east coast and the men questioned by security officials, Seoul's unification ministry said. ... more |  |
 SAIC selected for joint force development services Mclean, Va. (UPI) Jun 2, 2013 - SAIC has received a spot on a multiple-award contract vehicle to support the U.S. military's Joint Staff J-7 Directorate for personnel and readiness. The Joint Force Development Support Services award is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for training, education and exercise solutions and services. It has a five-year period of period of performance. The contract' ... more |  |
 Israel targets Gaza after rocket attacks: army Jerusalem (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Israeli warplanes raided targets in the Gaza Strip Monday after Palestinian militants fired two rockets in as many days, an army spokesman said, hours before a new government is to take office in Ramallah. The "two terror sites [were] in the central and southern Gaza Strip", the spokesman said. "Direct hits were confirmed." He did not give further details The new Palestinian govern ... more |  |
US prisoner swap ignites criticism, hopes for peace talks Kabul (AFP) June 02, 2014 - The dramatic deal to free soldier Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for Taliban prisoners ignited criticism after the insurgents' leader declared a "big victory", but also raised hopes for peace as the US prepares to leave Afghanistan. Washington has defended the swap as critical to saving Bergdahl's life, as his health had deteriorated sharply after five years spent as the only US soldier held capt ... more |  |
Worldwide logistic support worldwide for military hightlighted by Northrop Grumman Washington (UPI) Jun 2, 2013 - Northrop Grumman is touting its international military logistics operations, including in the Pacific Rim. "With our Qantas Defense Services acquisition in late February, several key programs add greater value to Northrop Grumman's global portfolio and are now part of Integrated Defense Services under Northrop Grumman Australia," said Steve Hogan, sector vice president and general manag ... more |  |
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 New security systems for Polish port Ra'Anana, Israel (UPI) Jun 2, 2013 - Intrusion detection systems from Israel's NICE Systems have been installed at a major oil transshipment port in Poland. The systems are NICE Situator and NiceVision and are being used by Naftoport as part of a security program that involves integration of previously installed solutions for enhanced incident management and situational awareness. "Integrating our disparate security ... more |  |
Nine dead in Iraq attacks as unrest spikes Baghdad (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Attacks across Iraq, including in the normally peaceful south, killed nine people Monday after unrest a day earlier left 40 dead, the latest in a protracted surge in nationwide bloodshed. The violence comes as political leaders jostle to build alliances amid what is expected to be a months-long period of government formation following April elections, with bloodletting at its worst since Ira ... more |  |
US court: weapons treaty doesn't apply to love triangle Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that an international chemical weapons treaty should not have been invoked against a woman who tried to poison her rival in a love triangle. In November, the top panel considered the case of an American microbiologist who put arsenic and potassium dichromate on the mailbox and car controls of a friend who had an adulterous fling with her husband and got preg ... more |  |
US accuses China of 'destabilising' acts in South China Sea Singapore (AFP) May 31, 2014 - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned China Saturday against "destabilising actions" in the South China Sea, and backed Japan's plans to take on a more muscular military role as a counterweight to Beijing. Stressing US commitments to allies and friends in Asia, Hagel called for a peaceful resolution of maritime disputes and issued a blunt message to China, which was represented by a high-l ... more |  |
Japan says Chinese ships sail through disputed waters Tokyo (AFP) May 31, 2014 - Two Chinese coastguard ships sailed through disputed waters off Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea Saturday, officials said, as the United States warned Beijing over increasing territorial assertiveness. The Japanese coastguard said the vessels entered the 12-nautical-mile band of territorial waters around one of the Senkaku islands, which China also claims and calls the Diaoyu ... more |  |
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