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North Korea submarine ‘missing’ as US-South Korea drills continue
A North Korean submarine is missing and presumed sunk, according to reports in the US media. The vessel was operating off the North Korean coast for several days when it disappeared, a paper with close links to the US military says. The accident comes at a time of heightened tension in the region as South Korea and the US...
Syria in Last 24 Hours: ISIL Terrorists Sustain Heavy Losses in Army’s Offensive in Damascus Countryside
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army and popular forces continued their military operations against the terrorist groups in Damascus countryside, and killed scores of militants over the past 24 hours. The Syrian army killed and wounded scores of the ISIL militants in Damascus countryside. The Syrian army also inflicted heavy losses on...
South Sudan militias raped women in lieu of wages, UN says
Militias allied to the South Sudanese army have been allowed to rape women in lieu of wages during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says. Investigators found that 1,300 women were raped last year in the oil-rich Unity state alone, it added. In a separate report, Amnesty International says more than 60 men and boys...
Fifth year of Syria’s war the worst yet, aid groups say
Thirty aid agencies believe UN Security Council members have undermined their own commitments on Syria. They say the past 12 months has seen a "horrendous escalation in violence" and civilian displacement. In a new report entitled "Fueling the Fire," which was released on Friday, a group of non-government...
Why NASA still files an old British bomber design
The Canberra bomber was designed way back in the 1940s. So why is Nasa still using three of them today? BBC Future investigates. In 1944, with World War Two entering its final stages, the British Air Ministry set out requirements for a new bomber, one that would be able to fly at high speeds and high altitudes. The ministry...
North Korea attempts horror cyber terror attack on the South’s train network
NORTH Korea has tried to attack South Korea’s transport system by hacking into railway workers' emails, spy chiefs say. Bosses at South Korea’s National Intelligence Service issued a statement overnight saying they had managed to stop the brazen attempts. The agency issued the statement after an emergency...
U.S. military spending millions to make cyborgs a reality
Washington. The U.S. military is spending millions on an advanced implant that would allow a human brain to communicate directly with computers. If it succeeds, cyborgs will be a reality. The Pentagon's research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), hopes the implant will allow humans to directly...
Syria conflict: Truce ‘boosts peace talks’, leaders agree
The truce broadly holding in Syria will create momentum behind peace talks, major European powers say. The leaders of Russia, Germany, France, Italy and the UK had a telephone conversation on Friday after which they agreed to use the "positive dynamic", said the office of UK PM David Cameron. EU countries asked Russia...
West faces up to Putin aggression
"You are invited to take part in a real-time war game with our top experts and an elite team of journalists to examine the nature of Moscow's future activity in the Middle East." It's not often an email like this drops into the inbox. My mission, should I choose to accept it, would be to join one of the teams...
U.N. aims to restart Syria peace talks on March 9
The United Nations will delay the next round of Syria peace talks by two days to allow the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday to take hold, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said. International observers have acknowledged violations of the agreement intended to halt nearly five years of fighting while reporting...
Syria conflict: UN steps up aid deliveries as truce holds
An aid convoy has reached one of several besieged towns in Syria, as the UN takes advantage of a partial truce brokered by the US and Russia. The UN and its partners are stepping up deliveries of food, water and medicine, and plan to reach more than 150,000 people over the next five days. They hope to help 1.7 million in...
How Hungary Struggled With The Wave Of Suicides After World War І
The First World War was one of the "modern" wars and had such a scale and destruction, which any other war could not boast. People who lived at that time suffered from depression. Some people believed that the wave of suicides was caused by popular Hungarian song in 1933 called "Gloomy Sunday". To...