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U.S. aviation officials announced on March 19 they will allow online giant Amazon to carry out testing for its drone program which could be used for quick deliveries.

The Federal Aviation Administration statement said it issued "an experimental airworthiness certificate" to Amazon Logistics so it can test its unmanned aircraft design.

One of three Al-Jazeera journalists arrested for flying a drone in Paris will appear in court next week where he is expected to plead guilty, a judicial source said on Feb. 26.      

Unidentified drones flew over Paris for a second night in a row, police said Feb. 25, in the latest mystery appearance of unmanned aircraft over the French capital at a time of high security.
      

The U.S. government on Feb. 17 established a policy for exports of military and commercial drones, including armed ones, and said it plans to work with other countries to shape global standards for the use of the controversial weapons systems.

An amateur drone pilot has revealed that any remote-control unmanned vehicle can freely roam the skies over a busy Istanbul airport, despite huge risks.

State television aired footage Nov. 12 of the test flight of a drone which Iran says it reverse engineered from a US aircraft that came down over its territory in 2011.
      
The 30-second clip, broadcast before the midday news and filmed from a helicopter as well as from the ground, showed a delta-winged aircraft in flight.
      

An Iranian copy of a U.S. reconnaissance drone captured in 2011 has taken its first flight, state news agency IRNA reported on Nov. 10.
   
In December 2011, Iran said it had captured a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran that had been reported lost by U.S. forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.
   

Turkish military giant Aselsan and US partners have signaled their intent to win a contract to protect energy pipelines running through Turkey, particularly in the southeast Turkish military electronics specialist Aselsan has team up with a U.S.

Antonis Samaras’s ambition to drive Greece out of its rescue program is running into a roadblock.
The country’s prime minister might be thwarted by conditions for the European Central Bank’s asset-purchase program, as detailed by President Mario Draghi. P... ...

A cooing, gesturing humanoid on wheels that can decipher emotions has been unveiled in Japan by billionaire Masayoshi Son who says robots should be tender and make people smile.