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The US presidential elections have been a gripping spectacle, not only because they were spectacularly ugly and divisive but also because of what is at stake in America and the world.

BELGRADE - Former head of American diplomacy Madeleine Albright believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "smart, but very evil man", and that Russia is a country that provokes, and then feels offended.

Turkey demanded the aircraft carrying Greek Prime Minister and government’s ministers to Iran not to be landed on the Greek island of Rhodes arguing that Rhodes is a demilitarized area. They even suggested prime minister’s aircraft Embraer to be refueled in Ankara so as to give an overflight permission to Embraer to fly over Turkish airspace.

A new communication system donated to the Greek Police (ELAS) by the British government is expected to go into operation in the next four to six months, Kathimerini understands.

The UK on Tuesday said it is sending Reaper spy drones to fly intelligence-gathering missions over Syria in an extension of British operations against Islamic State (IS) militants.

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Hollywood has hailed a major victory after being given the all-clear to use drones for film and television production, paving the way for more unmanned aerial systems in American skies

A UN Security Council committee blacklisted more than a dozen foreign extremist fighters tied to militant groups

Syria's government said it has turned over all its chemical weapons and adhered to an international treaty, after US accusations that it had carried out several chlorine gas attacks.

Boeing has delivered the third Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Armed Forces, further increasing the country’s self-defense capabilities.

The AEW&C aircraft was delivered on schedule on Sept. 4 at Konya Air Base, the fleet’s main operating base. Boeing is scheduled to deliver the fourth aircraft for the program in 2015.

Boeing has delivered the third Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Armed Forces, further increasing the country’s self-defense capabilities.

The AEW&C aircraft was delivered on schedule on Sept. 4 at Konya Air Base, the fleet’s main operating base. Boeing is scheduled to deliver the fourth aircraft for the program in 2015.