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A woman walks past an advertisement featuring Japanese and South Korean flags at a shop in Shin Okubo area in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 2, 2019

20:14 22 August 2019 / updated: 21:30 World

Pentagon Alarmed as South Korea Scraps Military Intel Deal with Japan Amid Rising Tensions

In this image from video released by the CIA, Hamza bin Laden is seen as an adult at his wedding. The never-before-seen video of Osama bin Laden's son and potential successor was released Nov. 1, 2017, by the CIA in a trove of material recovered during the May 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader at his compound in Pakistan

US Defense Secretary: ‘My Understanding’ Osama bin Laden’s Son Hamza Killed

The Missile Defense Agency's test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD). The Ground-Based Interceptor launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on June 22, 2014.

Pentagon Kills Multi-Billion-Dollar Boeing Missile Defense Contract Over Design Issues

An Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on 18 August 2019. - Gibraltar rejected a US demand to seize the Iranian oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic dispute as it prepared to leave the British overseas territory after weeks of detention.

Iranian Oil Tanker is 'Not Heading Towards' Greece, Prime Minister Mitsotakis Says

Tianhe-2 in National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou

China’s Tianhe-2 Supercomputer to Crunch Space Data From New Radio Telescope

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