ISTANBUL: China launched a new satellite group from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday in northern Shanxi province, state media reported. The satellites were successfully placed into orbit at 7.06 p.m. (1106GMT) using a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. China, meanwhile, released its development program for space science on
ISTANBUL: At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured late Tuesday in a series of violent airstrikes on several towns and regions in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to official figures. Lebanon’s official news agency reported that the strikes in the south targeted the districts of Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil
ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday presented his ‘victory plan,’ a blueprint aimed at ending the war with Russia that continues since February 2022, to the parliament. Speaking at the Verkhovna Rada in the capital Kyiv, Zelenskyy outlined five points that formulate the plan, the first of which is
ISTANBUL: China launched a new Earth observation satellite Wednesday from northwest China, according to state news agency Xinhua. The Gaofen-12 05 satellite was sent into space at 7.45 am Beijing time (2345GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, carried by a Long March-4C rocket, entered its planned
ISTANBUL: Trkiye assisted in air evacuation of more than 2,000 people from Lebanon amid Israeli attacks, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources. As of Oct. 16, Trkiye has helped 2,120 people from 21 countries in Lebanon reach their destinations by air via Trkiye. The evacuated people are from Canada, US,
ISTANBUL: Germany’s demand for assurances from Israel that it will not use German-supplied weapons against civilians in Gaza does not relieve it of its duty to prevent genocide, experts warned. According to German media reports, Germany recently requested that Israel provide assurances that it would not deploy German weapons against
