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Aerospace And Defense Industry

EgyptAir to buy 12 Bombardier aircraft for $1.1 billion

Nov 14, 2017

Flagship state carrier EgyptAir signs letter of intent to order 12 Bombardier CS300 passenger aircraft for $1.1 billion

Yemen flights canceled after coalition shuts all ports

Nov 6, 2017

Yemen's national airlines have canceled all flights to the country's only two functioning airports after the Saudi-led coalition has announced a complete shutdown of all ports, air, sea, and land

Saudi-led coalition warns Iran over Yemen missile launch

Nov 6, 2017

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is blaming a rebel missile launch on Iran and warning it could be 'considered as an act of war'

Oct 18, 2017

Parts of unmanned Russian spaceship burn up over Dubai

Parts of an unmanned Russian cargo spaceship burned across the night sky of the Arabian Peninsula, drawing gasps from Dubai to Riyadh before breaking up in the atmosphere and scattering in the ocean

Dubai dreams of flying taxis darting among its skyscrapers

Sep 30, 2017

Dubai is hoping to one day have flying, pilotless taxis darting among its skyscrapers

Sep 28, 2017

Russia's Putin visits Turkey as ties between the two deepen

Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to Turkey for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on developments in Iraq and Syria and Turkey's decision to purchase a Russian-made missile defense system

Business ties complicate Muslim states' response to Rohingya

Sep 21, 2017

The muted response of the Muslim world to the exodus of Rohingya Muslims may have roots in lucrative business interests in Southeast Asia

Report: Iran group hacks aviation, petrochemical industries

Sep 20, 2017

Cybersecurity firm warns that a suspected group of hackers in Iran are targeting the aviation and petrochemical industries in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and South Korea

Iran approves nearly all of Rouhani's Cabinet picks

Aug 20, 2017

Iranian lawmakers have approved 16 Cabinet members nominated by recently re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, including the first defense minister unaffiliated with the elite, hard-line Revolutionary Guard in 25 years

Clearing Iraqi cities of explosives may take decades

Aug 18, 2017

In wake of battles with Islamic State militants, Iraqi cities may faces decades of work to clear unexploded bombs and explosive traps left behind