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710 fighters of Libya’s official government killed since beginning of battle for Tripoli Seven hundred and 10 fighters of the internationally recognized Libyan government in Tripoli have been killed since the beginning of the battle for the capital, the government said in a statement. The offensive launched by eastern Libyan …

India’s space agency wants to touch down its rover on the Moon’s south pole, an area on the Earth’s natural satellite where no one has gone before. The launch is scheduled for July. “All the [ISRO] missions, whatever we have had till now [to the moon], have all landed near …

Forces of the Yemeni Army and the Popular Committees foiled advance attempt carried out by Saudi-Led Coalition forces in Jizan, inflicting the coalition heavy losses in live and equipment. Yemeni military source confirmed that Yemeni forces managed to address coalition forces advancing in the area facing Qais Mount in Jizan, …

Microsoft has a lot of sympathy for your point of view. Software updates are inevitable because the world changes, new hardware technologies are developed, new features are needed to cater to new circumstances, and new threats need new defenses. That’s true for every operating system in the fast-moving consumer world. …

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Friday for a “quick Arab action that would prevent further deterioration”, amid an already difficult situation. The President made these remarks during his meeting at the Baabda Palace with Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli. He explained that during the successive summits held in the …

Researchers at the University of Sydney say they have discovered a potential antidote for the sting of the world’s most venomous sea creature: the Australian box jellyfish. The jellyfish has about 60 tentacles that can grow up to 3 meters (almost 10 feet). They live mainly in coastal waters around …

Mohammed was found to be a popular name in several German states last year and managed 24th in the national rankings. Mohammed was among the most popular baby names for boys born in Berlin in 2018, according to a study commissioned by Germany’s government language society. The Association for the …

This week, fresh statistics from the World Gold Council revealed that net gold purchases by central banks around the world reached their highest levels since 2013, increasing by a whopping 68 percent to 145.5 tonnes over the past year. Estonia’s Central Bank has just one 11 kg gold ingot left …

Security officials and experts from more than 30 countries came together in Prague this week to work out guidelines for the deployment of 5G networks. On Friday, they issued a set of proposals to secure the rollout of the next generation of cellular technology. The nonbinding Prague Proposals warn governments …

An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near the University of Mosul in northern Iraq on Saturday, causing casualties, Iraqi Media Networks reported. The Media Networks, however, has not specified the number of those injured or killed. The IED was reportedly planted on a motorbike. Mosul was captured by Daesh back …

Boko Haram terrorists have seized a military base in northeast Nigeria, days after an attack left five troops dead and 30 missings, security sources, and residents said Saturday. A column of fighters from the IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in trucks and on motorcycles stormed into the base …

Astronomers say they may have spotted a neutron star being swallowed by a black hole for very the first time after seeing vast gravitational waves rippling across space. The waves were spotted by the twin Ligo observatory in the US and the Virgo detector in Italy following a possible collision …

Europeans are among the most pessimistic in the developed world, a new poll has found, as a large number of participants from several major countries across Europe said they feel gloomy about their national outlook, their youth and the world in general. The global survey, conducted annually by YouGov-Cambridge Globalism …

Authorities in Oman have reportedly uncovered a network of spies working for the United Arab Emirates, as the two Arabic Gulf Arab states are involved in a Cold War-like conflict amid an ongoing Riyadh-led diplomatic and trade boycott against Doha. Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper al-Akhbar, citing informed sources who requested …

The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where more than a million people have been moved to safety. Having hit land, tropical cyclone Fani had lost some of its power and was …

Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip shortly after Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters taking part in the weekly “Great March of Return” rallies, leaving two of them dead and at least 50 others injured. Palestinian sources confirmed on Friday that Israeli aircraft …

Cocaine deaths have been rising in the United States, amid the nation’s deadliest drug overdose epidemic, US health officials have said in a new report. After several years of decline, overdose deaths involving cocaine began rising around 2012 and they jumped by more than a third between 2016 and 2017, …

A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base there during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 people. There were no reports of fatalities or …

Turkey will be unable to diversify oil imports quickly after the United States ended waivers on purchases from Iran, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday, a day after a U.S.-imposed sanctions deadline passed. Turkey’s statement follows comments by China, which said last month it opposed “long-armed jurisdictions implemented by …

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismisses the likelihood of a war between Iran and the United States but says certain “accidents” might ignite a military confrontation. In a recent interview with the British online newspaper Independent at Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, Zarif …