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April 6 in world history: From turning point in WWI to global invasions, genocide and bombingsApril 6th marks significant global events, from the 1896 rebirth of the Olympic Games to the US entry into World War I in 1917. The day als...- US, Iran race to find missing crew member from downed military planeTwo US warplanes crashed in separate incidents. One US service member is missing after a jet was shot down in Iran. Another US aircraft cra...
- Where aircraft go when they need a safe haven – or to die. As the Gulf war draws attention to ‘boneyards’, where does India stand?Wars, pandemics, and airspace closures have created a lucrative, if niche, global industry: Specialised airports, called aircraft boneyards...
- Iran war's energy impact forces world to pay up, cut consumptionThe closure of the Strait of Hormuz has halted 20% of global oil and LNG supply, triggering a severe energy crisis. Strikes on infrastructu...
- Food rationing, grounded planes: Economists outline how hard countries will be hit due to Iran war - a global recession next?Iran war economic crisis global oil shock raises urgent fears of fuel shortages and supply disruptions worldwide. With nearly 20% of oil fl...
- US plan to send thousands of troops to Iran: Here's what happened when Iran last fought a ground invasion 30 years agoAs the Middle East conflict enters its 20th day, Iran shows no signs of backing down amid US pressure. Reports suggest President Trump plan...
- Encrypted phone service 'Encrochat' shutdown leads to 6,500 arrests: EuropolThe system had an estimated 60,000 users when it shut down abruptly in June 2020, and Europol revealed the following month that law enforce...
- Russia strikes military base near Polish border, 35 dead, Ukraine saysThe military training facility, the biggest in the western part of the country and traditionally the site of joint drills with NATO, is loc...
- India airlifts nano nitrogen to help Sri Lanka's fertiliser crisisAmidst mounting island-wide protests by farmers demanding fertiliser following the government's sudden decision to go fully organic and ban...
- Not 'pandemic', 'corona' or 'Covid-19', but '2020' could be the word of the yearThere is no single word yet for “unending series of disastrous events” but 2020 should fit the bill.
- Terrorists planning chemical attacks on planes, warns MHAThe security personnel have been asked to be on a lookout for any substance that could be used to release deadly toxic gases on aircraft.
- French tycoon Serge Dassault passes away in his office after heart attackFrance's third wealthiest person died at the age of 93 in his office on the Champs-Elysees.
- Syria, Russia accuse Israel over air strike, deny chemical attackIsrael, which has struck Syrian army locations many times in the course of the seven-year-old civil war, has neither confirmed nor denied m...
- US readying more sanctions against Syria"We will be announcing additional sanctions on Syria as part of our ongoing effort to stop this type of activity and emphasise how signific...
- Barack Obama's India Visit: Here is sneak peek into the US President's coterie of cars and choppersDuring his first visit to India as US President in November 2010, Team Obama landed in a fleet of 40 aircraft, including the Air Force One.
- US condemns attack on Russian Embassy in KievThe US has criticised the attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev, and called on Ukraine to provide adequate security for the diplomatic miss...
- UK rules out joining military action against SyriaPrime Minister David Cameron today categorically ruled out the possibility of Britain joining any military action against Syria.
- al-Qaida may use body bombs to blow up jets: USUS security experts have warned airlines and airport authorities to be on high alert for possible al-Qaida attempts to blow up passenger je...
- Bush’s NSA warns Obama of danger that Pakistan isUS President George W Bush’s National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley has said that Pakistan’s increasingly turbulent border region poses t...
- PM to get own Air Force One in JuneSoon, very soon, in fact in June itself, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will get a plush new office, thousands of feet up in the sky.
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