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Russia starts first Moscow-Pyongyang passenger flights in decades

MOSCOW: Russia will launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea’s capital Pyongyang on Sunday, Russian authorities said, as the two former communist...

Nasa working on deploying six helicopters on Mars: All about Skyfall

NEW DELHI: Building on the triumph of Ingenuity helicopter that achieved the first powered flight on another planet, Nasa is now preparing an ambitious...

For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief

NEW YORK: For nearly a decade, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been using science to warn about ever more dangerous climate change in increasingly...

How to repair a camera 595 million km away from Earth? Nasa just did it

NEW DELHI: In a remarkable feat of remote engineering, NASA successfully revived a damaged camera aboard its Juno spacecraft as it orbited Jupiter, approximately...

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 21 people, health authorities say

GAZA: Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 21 people late Tuesday and early Wednesday. More than half of those killed were women and...

Iran ready for war with Israel, will not halt nuclear prog: Pezeshkian

TEHRAN: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said his country is prepared for any war Israel might wage against it, adding he was not optimistic...

‘Hell on Earth’: Battling hunger, Gaza doctors faint

UN warns of catastrophe amid Israeli attacks DEIR AL-BALAH: The UN on Tuesday said that its staff members, including doctors and aid workers in Gaza,...

Pope urges immediate end to ‘barbarity’ of Gaza war after church damaged

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV slammed the “barbarity” of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the “indiscriminate use of force,” days...

China starts construction on world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet

HONG KONG: China’s Premier Li Qiang announced the start of construction on what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, located on the eastern...

South Korea mulls allowing individual tours to North Korea as tensions ease

SEOUL: South Korea is considering allowing individual tours to North Korea as it studies ways to improve relations with its neighbour, a spokesperson for...

Astronauts back from space reveal shocking eye problems, Nasa on alert

NEW DELHI: Space travel is not easy, especially if astronauts are spending over six months in zero gravity. Nasa is working on alarming vision...

How & why SpaceX is reason Trump admin cannot breakup with Musk

NEW DELHI: Soon after a public spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, the Trump administration initiated a review of SpaceX's contracts with the...

Syria clears Bedouin fighters from Suwayda city, declares halt to clashes

DAMASCUS: Syria’s government has announced that Bedouin fighters have been cleared from the city of Suwayda and that government forces have been deployed to...

First-ever AI malware ‘LameHug’ hides in ZIP files to hack Windows PCs

NEW DELHI: A new family of malware called LameHug is infecting systems around the world using the very same tech that powers AI chatbots...

Your smart TV might be secretly working for criminals

Google discovered 10 million hacked devices NEW DELHI: Google filed a federal lawsuit against 25 Chinese entities operating the BadBox 2.0 botnet, which has infected...

Starliner that stranded Sunita Williams in space will not fly until 2026

NEW DELHI: The International Space Station (ISS) is experiencing one of its busiest periods on record, with spacecraft arrivals and departures occurring almost every...

Syria’s Sharaa says protecting Druze citizens is ‘our priority’ amid Israeli strikes

DAMASCUS/CAIRO: Syria’s interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protecting Druze citizens and their rights is “our priority,” as Israel vowed to destroy...

Israel to boost defence spending by $12.5 bn

JERUSALEM: Israel will increase defence spending by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) this year and in 2026, the finance and defence ministries announced on...

US Senate approves cutting billions in foreign aid as Trump demands

WASHINGTON: United States senators have passed a package of sweeping cuts that would slash Washington’s foreign aid expenditures by about $8bn as part of...

UN agency sounds alarm as 1 in 10 children in Gaza now malnourished

US nurse tells of Israeli authorities confiscating supplies of baby formula being brought into Gaza by medical workers Palestinian children are seen in front of...

Twelfth volcanic eruption in four years felt in Iceland near capital

LONDON: The Sundhnukur volcano has erupted near Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, the 12th volcanic eruption in the North Atlantic island nation since 2021, the Icelandic...

US visa refusal tied to unlisted social media account

Know the new rules and their implications WSHINGTON: A F-1 US visa applicant shared how their US visa application was refused after they failed to...

EAM Jaishankar meets Chinese Prez along with other SCO FMs

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterparts from the SCO member nations on Tuesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a...

China’s economy grows at steady pace despite Trump’s trade war

BEIJING: China’s economy grew at an annual rate of more than 5 percent in the second quarter, according to official data, staying on track...

Zuckerberg to spend ‘hundreds of billions of dollars’ to construct several massive AI data centers

NEW DELHI: Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook parent company Meta plans to invest “hundreds of billions of dollars” in constructing several massive AI...

Israeli missile hits Gaza children collecting water

JERUSALEM: At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went...

EAM Jaishankar meets Chinese Vice President, stresses ‘mutually beneficial’ outcomes through normalised ties

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, during his meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Monday, emphasised that the continued normalisation of...

Trump says US will send Ukraine Patriot air defense systems as Russian attacks continue

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the...

Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is now worth $129 bn, ranks world’s 11th richest man

NEW DELHI: The mystery behind Bitcoin’s creator has once again captured global attention this time, not for innovation, but for wealth. The elusive individual...

Hundreds sign letter opposing ban on Palestine Action, calling it ‘major assault on freedoms’

LONDON: Hundreds of trade unionists, activists, politicians and campaigners have signed an open letter condemning the UK government’s recent decision to ban the protest...

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