Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that those who make claims over the three Iranian islands should not test the Iranian nation’s resolve to defend its territorial integrity, referring to the latest statement by the…
Category: 2. World
-
US armed forces learning lessons from conflict in Ukraine
The United States is studying the experience of using autonomous weapon systems during combat operations in Ukraine and learning lessons, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said when speaking at the forum organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential…
Continue Reading
-
Merz urges Israel to refrain from annexing West Bank
“We should keep the path toward Palestinian statehood open,” the German chancellor’s office quoted him as saying during a visit to Jordan.
Therefore, no steps should be taken toward the annexation of the West Bank of the Jordan River, whether…
Continue Reading
-
7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Alaska
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 was registered in Alaska, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
Continue Reading
-
Hamas sets condition for handing over its weapons
Khalil al-Hayya, the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, announced the movement’s condition for handing over its weapons to a government affiliated with the State of Palestine.
Al-Hayya stressed that Hamas will surrender its weapons only when the…
Continue Reading
-
Death toll passes 900 after devastating Indonesia floods
ReutersThe death toll in Indonesia from recent flooding has passed 900, with hundreds still missing.
More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when a rare and powerful cyclone formed over the Malaca Strait last week, bringing torrential rain and…
Continue Reading
-
New Doha museum Lawh Wa Qalam celebrates Indian art legend
Qatar FoundationA new museum in Doha is spotlighting the Indian artist’s legacy in an imaginative way At the edge of Doha, a new grey-blue building rises like a drawing on its skyline, its shimmering tiles shifting with the sun and casting…
Continue Reading
-
Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Tokyo
Getty ImagesAround seven million people suffer from dementia in Japan Last year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in Japan. Almost 500 were later…
Continue Reading
-
Hong Kong to vote in election as city mourns deadly fire
Getty ImagesHongkongers are mourning the worst blaze the city has seen in more than 70 years Hongkongers are voting in an election seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire that angered some in the city.
The government has mounted…
Continue Reading
-
How solar storms that cause the Northern Lights have the power to wreak havoc on Earth
Much of the planning for a severe space weather is based on the Carrington Event of 1859, the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.
This created rapid variations in the Earth’s magnetic field that caused electricity to be generated…
Continue Reading