An Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashed Saturday in northern Israel subsequent to going under ” massive hostile anti-aircraft fire” from Syrian defense forces, as indicated by the Israeli armed forces. The occurrence was accounted for after an Israeli battle helicopter interacted with…
Russian security officers have captured a few scientists working at a top-secret Russian nuclear warhead facility for purportedly mining crypto-currencies. The suspects had endeavored to utilize one of Russia’s most powerful supercomputers to mine Bitcoins, media reports say. The Federal Nuclear Center…
Former Chelsea, Manchester City and AC Milan striker George Weah will be the next president of Liberia. Weah, 51, became the first non-European player to win the Ballon d’Or in 1995 – just one of many achievements over a prolific 18-year professional…
Hundreds of flights were canceled into and out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Monday, a day after a paralyzing 11-hour power outage at the world’s busiest airport left passengers marooned on airplanes idling on the tarmac. More than 400 planned flights…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a royal decree approving 72 billion riyals ($19.2 billion) worth of measures to stimulate growth in the private sector next year, state news agency SPA reported on Thursday. The measures include residential loans worth 21.3 billion riyals,…
India’s refiners imported nearly half as much crude oil from Iran in November as the month before, ship tracking data showed, cutting purchases to a 21-month low in protest at Tehran’s decision to award a giant gas field to a Russian company….
Qatar signed a multi-billion-dollar deal Sunday to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from Britain, its second major defence agreement this week, which comes during the worst political crisis in the region for years. The $8-billion (6.8-billion-euro) deal was signed in Doha by Qatar’s…
The trial to prove a prima facie case of fraud against fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya resumes here on Monday to determine if he can be extradited to India to face charges over his erstwhile Kingfisher Airlines. The 61-year-old will be back…
The largest California wildfire advanced on coastal towns near Santa Barbara on Sunday, stoked by the gusty winds and dry conditions that have fueled destructive blazes across the state’s southern region. Authorities ordered residents in parts of Carpinteria and Montecito to evacuate…
India’s fuel demand rose 6.2% in November compared with the same month last year. Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 17.41 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed. Sales of…
