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'F-35 designed to deal with threats like S-300,' Lockheed Martin official in Israel says
The F-35 fighter jet is designed to counter advanced threats just like
the one posed by the Russian-made S-300 surface to air missile system, a
senior Lockheed Martin executive who is visiting Israel said on
Wednesday.
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Putin: S-300 delivery to Iran will not threaten Israel
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Iran's
willingness and flexibility in trying to find a solution with the West
over its nuclear program had spurred his decision to lift a 2010 ban to
deliver an S-300 missile defense system to Tehran, adding that the
advanced Russian unit would not pose a threat to Israel.
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Islamic State steps up assault on Iraqi city of Ramadi
Islamic State (IS) has stepped up its assault on the western Iraqi city
of Ramadi, launching a series of suicide bomb attacks, officials say.
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Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
The State of Israel marks its annual Holocast Remembrance Day on
Thursday with ceremonies commemorating the six million Jews murdered by
the Nazis during World War II.
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Netanyahu says West is 'comatose, delusional' in face of today's Nazis: Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday compared Iran's violent
and expansionist aspirations in the Middle East to the Nazi campaign to
conquer Europe during World War II.
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Turkish 'documentary' says Jews have been 'mastermind' for 3,500 years
Mastermind, a new anti-Semitic "documentary" film, is being
repeatedly broadcast in Turkey and presents Jewish "domination of the
world" as going back 3,500 years, since the days of Moses.
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More than 220,000 Killed in Syria Conflict, Monitor Says
The conflict in Syria has left more than 220,000 dead since it began
four years ago with an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, a key
monitoring group said Thursday.
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Ukraine's State News Agency Hopes for New World War
According to Ukraine's state news agency Ukrinform, the US House of
Representatives vote on sending lethal aid to Ukraine means that the
United States is ready to begin, what the agency is calling, a "fourth
World War:"
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Putin wants neither Russian Empire nor army of clones: Q&A highlights
Russia sees no enemies among other countries and advises no one to treat
it as such. It wants to be America's equal partner and refuses to be
Uncle Sam's vassal.
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Hackers have 'begun targeting nuclear power plants,' cyber warfare expert warns
Computer hackers have begun targeting electric and nuclear power plants
around the world, as well as other critical infrastructure sites in
increasingly audacious attacks, a senior Israeli cyber security expert
warned on Thursday.