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: China underscored Tuesday the need and urgency to ‘jointly’ create a safe environment for cooperation between the two countries, reiterating that relations with Pakistan were a ‘priority’ in its foreign relations. It was expressed in a joint statement released in Islamabad after Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks with
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
ANKARA: Turkish security forces “neutralized” five PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, the country’s National Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The terrorists were targeted in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone in northern Syria, the ministry said. Turkish authorities use the term “neutralize” to imply the terrorists in
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
ISTANBUL: Russia on Wednesday claimed that it took control of two settlements in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions as Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine continues. A statement by the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its forces captured the village of Krasnyi Yar, located about 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) east of
