SANAA, FEB 19 : A missile attack targeted a cargo ship in the Red Sea late on Sunday and damaged it, the British Maritime Trade Operations Agency (UKMTO) reported, and the attack was conducted despite…
MALDIVES, FEB 19 : Marking a historic moment for the Maldives aviation industry, Manta Air, carrying a group of journalists and a few other tourists, made its first international charter flight from Kempegowda International Airport…
WASHINGTON, FEB 18 : Four anti-ship missiles were fired from areas controlled by the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, in Yemen, with at least three of them targeting Danish merchant ship MT…
COLOMBO, FEB 18 : Sri Lanka has made record earnings from tourism in the first 45 days of this year, amounting to 7 billion rupees (about 22.4 million U.S. dollars) from 306,708 tourists, state media…
TOKYO, FEB 17 : Japan launched its new flagship H3 rocket on Saturday in a second attempt, the live feed of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) showed.The vehicle was launched from the Tanegashima Space…
DOHA, FEB 17 : Doha will host the second international meeting on Afghanistan under UN auspices from February 17–18.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will preside over the two-day session together with regional organisations' special envoys on…
TEHRAN, FEB 17 : The Iranian Defence Ministry unveiled an anti-ballistic missile defence system and a low-altitude air defence system on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA reported.The domestically developed "Arman" anti-ballistic missile system and…
WASHINGTON, FEB 16 : The United States Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday that it disrupted a hacking network with ties to Russian intelligence."The Justice Department is accelerating our efforts to disrupt the…
WASHINGTON, FEB 16 : The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that nations are successfully reducing tobacco use, with about 1 in 5 adults worldwide consuming tobacco in 2022, and urged countries to continue…
TOKYO, FEB 16 : Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) will start test flights of its new MQ-9B Sea Guardian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) on the Kanoya air base in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in April…
