London (AFP) May 8, 2024 UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron will on Thursday urge NATO partners to soon start spending 2.5 percent of GDP on defence, during a major speech in which he will call for a more muscular approach to Western foreign policy. Cameron - a former UK prime minister - will say that countries need to take more assertive...

Tallinn (AFP) May 8, 2024 Estonia on Wednesday summoned Russia's charge d'affaires over GPS interference, which the NATO member said was Russian "hybrid activity" that had disrupted civilian air traffic. Estonia and fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania last month warned that widespread Russian GPS jamming increased the threat of an aviation...

Moscow (AFP) May 9, 2024 President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned his nuclear forces were "always" on alert and added that Moscow would not tolerate any Western threats, in an address at the annual Victory Day parade. In a defiant speech on Red Square before thousands of soldiers dressed in ceremonial attire, Putin heaped praise on his...

Kansas City KS (SPX) May 09, 2024 Torch.AI has unveiled its latest development, the Firefly Earth Observation (EO) capability, now integrated within its existing satellite network as part of the HALO Autonomous Fusion platform. This advancement enhances the company's support for defense and intelligence operations, crucial to national security....

Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2024 A Florida man pleaded guilty to 25 felony counts for defrauding the United States by using a front company to sell military components made by a banned Turkish company, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Orlando, Fla., resident Yuksel Senbol, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracies to defraud the...

Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 09, 2024 China successfully launched two experimental communication satellites, Smart SkyNet 1A and 1B, into medium-Earth orbit using a Long March 3B carrier rocket. The launch took place at 9:43 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. This event marks the 21st space launch in China this year...