China has opened to traffic the world’s longest expressway tunnel, marking a major infrastructure milestone in its western region. The newly inaugurated Tianshan Shengli tunnel in Xinjiang significantly...
Israel has formally recognised the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state, becoming the first country to do so more than three decades after the region declared separation...
The United States has carried out what President Donald Trump described as “powerful and deadly” military strikes against Islamic State (IS) operatives in north-western Nigeria. The action marks...
India has taken over as a Vice Chair of the Kimberley Process from 25th December and will assume the chairpersonship of the global initiative from January 1 next...
A Sikh Nagar Kirtan, or religious procession, held in South Auckland, New Zealand, on December 20 was disrupted by a protest involving a traditional Māori haka, triggering political...
Russia has announced plans to install a power plant on the Moon within the next decade to support its lunar exploration programme and a proposed joint research facility...
The Bezymianny volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, devastated by a massive Soviet-era eruption in 1956, is close to regaining its original height, offering scientists a rare, long-term view...
Kuwait has signed a $4.1 billion agreement with China to complete the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port, marking a major step in the Gulf nation’s efforts to...
NASA has lost contact with its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, a long-serving Mars orbiter that has been studying how the Red Planet’s atmosphere is escaping...
India Optel Limited has signed a key collaboration agreement with France’s Safran Electronics & Defense to enable local manufacturing of two high-precision, combat-proven defence systems. The move marks...
