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Venezuelan general nabbed in drone assassination plot against Maduro as suspect list grows to 34
The investigation into an assassination attempt on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro using drones has widened to include the arrest of two high-ranking military officers, the nation's top prosecutor said Tuesday. The list of suspects — including an exiled opposition lawmaker — has now risen to ...
Venezuela to try opposition lawmakers for failed drone attack on President Nicolas Maduro
Venezuela's all-powerful constituent assembly was to launch proceedings Wednesday to try opposition lawmakers over a failed "attack" on President Nicolas Maduro, who also accused exiled opposition leader Julio Borges over the incident. Constituent Assembly chief Diosdado Cabello called the session to strip the lawmakers of ...
Venezuela vows to 'root out' plots after Maduro alleged assassination bid backed by Colombia
Venezuelan authorities vowed Monday to "root out" plots against President Nicolas Maduro after what they said was a weekend drone "assassination" bid backed by Colombia. An accusation by Maduro that his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, was behind the incident has worsened already fraught ties ...
Risk of drone strikes is highlighted by apparent attack in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused political foes of trying to kill him during an open-air speech Saturday using explosives-laden drones, prompting a host of questions about the alleged attack and who might have been behind it. Wherever the investigation leads, Maduro's allegations raised the specter ...
Unknown group targets Venezuela's Maduro with drone bombs during nationally broadcast speech
Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an apparent assassination attempt that took place while he was delivering a speech to soldiers, broadcast live on television on Saturday. A previously unknown group calling itself "Soldiers in T-shirts" claimed responsibility, saying it ...
U.S. forces in Africa boosting security of troops in wake of deadly Niger ambush
The U.S. military in Africa has taken steps to increase the security of troops on the ground, adding armed drones and armored vehicles and taking a harder look at when American forces go out with local troops, the head of the U.S. Africa Command ...
The United States started arming drones in the West African nation of Niger earlier this year, according to the U.S. Africa Command. "In coordination with the Government of Niger, U.S. Africa Command has armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft already in Niger to improve ...
Cockroach 'bots' and rugged delivery drones wow at U.K.'s biggest air show
Boffins at U.K. engineering giant Rolls-Royce proudly displayed an array of miniature robots at this year's Farnborough air show, best known as a major marketplace for passenger planes but also a test bed for the aviation industry's wilder imaginings. Designed to speed up engine overhauls, ...
The Iranian-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen said it had attacked a Saudi Aramco refinery in Riyadh on Wednesday using a drone, but the oil company said a limited fire at the plant was due to "an operational incident. "Our drone air forces have targeted the ...
Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
Australia will invest 7 billion Australian dollars ($5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech U.S. drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. Canberra has been embarking on its largest peacetime naval investment through a massive ...
Google bars uses of its artificial intelligence tech in weapons, unreasonable surveillance
Google will not allow its artificial intelligence software to be used in weapons or unreasonable surveillance efforts, according to its latest ethical principles released Thursday. The new restrictions could help management at Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., defuse months of protests by thousands of ...
It's the hands-free experience you never knew you needed — a Japanese company has developed a drone-powered parasol it says can hover over users, protecting them from the sun. The drone-powered sunshade — being developed by Asahi Power Service Co. in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture — ...
