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China Develops Drones that Can Stay in the Air ‘Forever’
A team of Chinese researchers from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) has successfully powered a drone using high-energy laser beams, effectively keeping it in the air “forever.” Ironically, this is also one of the rare instances where Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) like lasers, usually used in anti-drone systems to bring down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are purposed towards keeping them afloat. The technology has significant military applications and potentially revolutionizes how drones are ...
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Saudi FM Says No Normalization with ‘Israel’ without ‘Two-state’ Solution
Saudi Foreign Minister said Riyadh won’t normalize ties with the Zionist entity in the absence of a ‘two-state’ solution with Palestine. The comments by Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed normalization with Saudi Arabia in talks with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Thursday. “True normalization and true stability ...
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ISIL Group Claims Deadly Bombing of Church in Eastern DR Congo
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a bomb attack during a service at a Protestant church in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according the country’s army. The explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded 39 others, army spokesman Anthony Mualushay said on Sunday. Both tolls were provisional, he added. Mualushay said the attack during the Sunday service in the city of ...
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Gunmen Shoot Dead 'Fearless' Afghan Woman Ex-Lawmaker
Heavily-armed gunmen have shot dead a former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on Sunday that Mursal Nabizada, who had been a member of parliament in the former government, was killed in a night-time attack at her home. 'Nabizada, along with one of her bodyguards, was shot dead at her house,' Zadran said. 'The security forces have started a serious investigation into ...
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Chinese Navy Holds Confrontational Drills in South China Sea
The Chinese navy has carried out a series of confrontational drills in the South China Sea at the same time as a United States aircraft carrier group launched maritime strike training in the contested waterway. The Chinese navy’s Shandong aircraft carrier group conducted “realistic combat-oriented confrontational exercises” in the South China Sea, the Global Times news website reported on Sunday, citing a statement from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). During the drills, ...
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Qatari Energy Minister: Europe Will Return to Russian Gas
Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi predicted on Saturday that European countries will eventually resume higher imports of Russian gas, warning that market volatility could last for years. Russian gas exports to Europe plunged after Moscow's operation of Ukraine, but Al-Kaabi, who is also the head of QatarEnergy gas company, said the situation could change in the future. 'The Europeans today are saying there's no way we're going back' to Russian gas, ...
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China Rages against US, Japan's Increasingly Anti-Beijing Alliance
China speaks out after the United States and Japan vowed to further solidify their alliance against Beijing, which the allies have identified as a mutual threat. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday, two days after senior American and Japanese foreign and defense officials met in Washington, calling China's growing power the 'greatest strategic challenge' in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. 'The ...
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UK, Japan to Sign Major Defence Deal Allowing Troop Deployments
The British and Japanese prime ministers will sign a 'hugely significant' new defence deal allowing UK troops to deploy in Japan when the pair meet in London on Wednesday, Downing Street said. The agreement is the latest sign of London's growing interest in the Asia-Pacific region, and Tokyo's efforts to strengthen its alliances to face the challenges posed by China. The deal creates a legal basis for the deployment of British and ...
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China’s New Top Diplomat Pledges to Keep Strong Relations with Russia’s Lavrov: Ministry
China’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Qin Gang pledged to maintain close relations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, adding that the top diplomats of China and Russia held a telephone conversation earlier in the day. 'I am ready to maintain close relations with [Russian] Foreign Minister [Sergey Lavrov],' the statement quoted Qin Gang as saying. Qin Gang, 56, served as the Chinese ...
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