Tag: USA
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“Border Security” with USA: Brussels ready to give deep access to biometric data in EU states
The European Commission wants to negotiate an agreement that would allow US authorities direct access to police-stored fingerprints and facial images in Europe. Potentially, all travelers could be affected by such queries – and people in need for protection. At…
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After Russia, US company replicates Iran’s drones – but their design dates back to the 1980s in Germany
Some rival states are currently building visually similar flying wing kamikaze drones. The origins of the technology lie in a development by Dornier in the 1980s. Initially, only Israel pursued the concept further. A US company has presented the Low-Cost…
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Armed drones in Rojava: Activists support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned systems
For a long time, the Turkish military held air supremacy in Kurdistan with drones. However, more and more systems are being shot down. Now Kurdish militias are arming themselves. Activists from the USA, Europe, and Rojava are helping. As the…
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More and more countries are negotiating mutual swaps of police data, while the US is pushing for a ring exchange with EU systems
The EU will soon be putting two new, huge information systems for travellers into operation. The personal data stored there is arousing the US government’s interest. In police databases, authorities store facial images, fingerprints and other identification information of both…
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US military stockpiles cluster munitions in Germany, which thus could be in breach of the Oslo Convention
According to a media report, the US army is stockpiling cluster munitions for Ukraine in a depot in Rhineland-Palatinate. But the Oslo Agreement, however, probits transport through and storage in Germany. The US Army stores cluster munitions in the Miesau…
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Bundeswehr spying from space: A Musk rocket has launched the last two SARah satellites
The German military wants to use a new radar spy system to spy through trees and camouflage nets from space. Secret service agents could also benefit from this. On Sunday, the German Armed Forces launched two more satellites from their…
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Large majority against killer robots: 164 states vote in favour of UN resolution, Israel and Iran abstain
A resolution on autonomous weapons systems initially only formulates warnings; a legally binding instrument is planned for 2026. The vote could provide the necessary tailwind for this. On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a critical resolution on “Lethal…
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Bombs and missiles on Rojava: Turkey continues airstrikes in Northeast Syria
Using drones and fighter jets, the Turkish air force is bombing primarily civilian infrastructure in Kurdish Rojava in northern Syria. It is not only the power supply that has collapsed as a result. Turkey continued its airstrikes on the Rojava…