Drones becoming ‘real’ threat to commercial aviation
AFP, Singapore :Civilian drones are increasingly becoming a “real and growing threat” to the safety of commercial aviation, industry group IATA warned today, calling for...
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Saudi Arabia deploys jets in Turkey for anti-IS fight
AFP, Dubai :Saudi Arabia has deployed warplanes to a Turkish airbase in order to “intensify” its operations against the Islamic State group in Syria, a...
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Isreal to build 1,800 new houses in West BankAP, Jerusalem A watchdog group says Israel began building 1,800 new settlement homes in the West Bank...
Manmohan assails Modi’s Pakistan policies
Reuters, Mumbai :Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh criticised his successor Narendra Modi’s government in a rare interview, saying it has failed to capitalise on...
Russia decries `new Cold War` as East-West tensions cloud talks
AFP, Munich :The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian premier said Saturday, as Moscow came under attack at a global security...
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit record high: UN
Reuters, Kabul :Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan rose to record levels for the seventh year in row in 2015, as violence spread across...
Republican contenders say no court nominee for Obama
AP, Greenville :Republican White House hopefuls called for President Barack Obama to step aside and allow his successor to nominate the next Supreme Court justice,...
Einstein’s gravitational waves detected in scientific milestone
Reuters, Washington/Cambridge :Scientists said on Thursday they have for the first time detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesised by physicist Albert Einstein...
More major attacks in Europe ‘a certainty’: French PM
AFP, Germany :More major attacks in Europe are a “certainty”, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told an audience at the Munich Security Conference today.“We have...
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US deploys Patriot missiles in S KoreaAP, SeoulThe United States temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea in response to North Korea’s...
After 1,000-year split, Pope, Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba
Reuters, Havana :Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for...
Russia keeps bombing despite Syria ceasefire
Reuters, Munich :Major powers agreed on Friday to a pause in combat in Syria, but Russia pressed on with bombing in support of its ally...