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US Army is rushing to field countermeasures to defeat drones
Aware of the growing threat of bomb-laden mini drones that recently emerged in Iraq and Syria, the US Army is rushing to field countermeasures...
Five New Developments in Iran’s Race to Regional Hegemony
Iran’s dangerous race to regional hegemony marches on unabated. Five recent developments are worth noting:
Iran has built factories in Lebanon to produce weapons...
Islamists Still Perpetuating Slavery Today
Today is #MyFreedomDay to raise awareness of slavery and the fight against it.
Today Islamic extremists are still perpetuating slavery and justifying it with reference...
Realtors Investigated for Hong Kong Overseas Property Sales
Hong Kong’s securities regulator is investigating whether realtors selling overseas properties are illegally marketing investment plans, according to a lawmaker helping investors who lost...
EU court says : Employers allowed to ban the hijab
Court of Justice rules that workplace bans on political, philosophical or religious symbols are not discriminatory.
Employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible...
A perfect storm of fire and ice may have led to snowball Earth
What caused the largest glaciation event in Earth's history, known as 'snowball Earth'? Geologists and climate scientists have been searching for the answer for...
Rapid decline of Arctic sea ice a combination of climate change and natural variability
Arctic sea ice in recent decades has declined even faster than predicted by most models of climate change.
Many scientists have suspected that the trend...
Scientists Store One Bit of Data on a Single Atom- Future of Data Storage
The discovery, which was described in the journal Nature, builds on 35 years of nanotechnology history at IBM, including their Nobel prize-winning scanning tunneling...
Brexit: Nicola Sturgeon plans new independence vote
Citing threat from Brexit, Nicola Sturgeon says she will move to give voters a chance to make Scotland independent.
Scotland's leader on Monday said she...
A feast of spectacular colour as Hindus celebrate Holi
Millions in the Indian subcontinent celebrate the Hindu festival with fervour.
One of the biggest Hindu festivals, Holi holds a mythological importance - that of...
UNICEF : 2016 was worst year for Syria’s children
At least 652 children were killed in Syria in 2016, making it the worst year yet for the country’s rising generation, the United Nations’...
Egypt-Iran: A possible thaw in relations?
The time is ripe for a rapprochement between Cairo and Tehran, say Iranian analysts.
Despite recent backstage talks, Egypt and Iran are unlikely to re-establish full diplomatic...
Security Flaws in MAC Address Randomization Technique makes iOS, Android Devices Vulnerable to Tracking
Tracking mobile phones has become relatively easier since the advent of smartphones and wireless connectivity as these devices become traceable when they move across...
By boosting innate immunity, researchers eradicate aggressive prostate cancer in mice
Cabozantinib, a drug already used to treat patients with certain types of thyroid or kidney cancer, was able to eradicate invasive prostate cancers in...
Ceuta : Spanish enclave stands between hope and despair
The tiny Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla sit on the northern shores of Morocco's Mediterranean coast. Together they form the European Union's only...
