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Peres Tours Air Force Base: 'Enemies Should Think Twice'
"Israel's air force is the best in the world," President Shimon Peres
told soldiers on a tour of the Palmahim air force base on Tuesday.
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Iran gives Russia copy of US ScanEagle drone as proof of mass production
Iran has given Russia a copy of a US spy drone as proof that its elite
forces have reverse-engineered and mass produced the American unmanned
aerial vehicle.
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Saudi spy chief says Riyadh to 'shift away from US' over Syria, Iran
Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief has said the kingdom will make a
"major shift" in relations with the United States in protest at its
perceived inaction over the Syria war.
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Fifth earthquake shakes northern Israel in one week
A 3.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the Sea of Galilee region in northern Israel on Tuesday morning.
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Israeli Minister: Our Capital Cannot Be Divided
Israel's cabinet has thrown its weight behind a bill requiring a large
Knesset majority to approve a new division of Jerusalem, while Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to the motion.
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Ashton calls for military-grade drones in EU airspace
A security strategy paper by EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton
says EU countries should use military-grade drones for border
surveillance.
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EU leaders should change tone when talking to rest of the world
Had the European Union instead of the United States fallen into partial
government shutdown, the world would not have hesitated to use this as
an opportunity to berate Europe.
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US National Security Agency 'spied on French diplomats'
NSA internal memos obtained by Le Monde detailed the use of a sophisticated surveillance program, known as Genie.
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Exoplanet tally soars above 1,000
The number of observed exoplanets - worlds circling distant stars - has passed 1,000.
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Low turn-out in Israeli mayoral, council elections
Israel recorded low voter turn-out Tuesday in local elections for mayors
and city councils across 191 municipalities around the country.