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French Government handed a law banning smartphone use in all primary and center faculties for the whole day, inclusive of breaks with exceptions in cases of emergency and for disabled youngsters. High schools can also voluntarily put into effect the measure. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said it targets to assist...

Rio de Janeiro - The National Museum of Brazil has been hit by a massive fire on late Sunday night, with images from the scene showing the entire building engulfed in flames. The cause of the blaze is unknown so far. No-one was injured in the fire, which started after...

Astronauts scrambled Thursday to patch a tiny hollow in a Russian pill that became permitting air to leak from the International Space Station. NASA and Russian space officers confused the six astronauts had been in no chance. The leak turned into detected Wednesday night time — likely from a micrometeorite...

TEHRAN: Iran’s intelligence minister said “dozens of spies” have been arrested as a part of a crackdown on espionage and twin nationals and alluded to an agent Iran had positioned within the Israeli government, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi did not provide details of the “dozens...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Donning a helmet inside a pearl silver sports sedan, Rana Almimoni skids and drifts around a Riyadh park, engine roaring, tyres screeching and clouds of dust billowing from the back. For Saudi women, such adrenaline rushes were unimaginable just weeks ago. Speed-crazed women drivers are bound to turn...

An Iranian military plane crashed in the country’s south-western province of Khuzestan today morning, Iran’s media outlets reported Aug. 26. The F-5 fighter jet belonging to the Iran’s Air Force crashed, due to technical fault, while landing in the 4th military air base in Dezful, Khouzestan province, Amir Isazadeh, governor...

The Exclusive video of fighter jet JF-17 Thunder - Pakistan Air Force (PAF) at Radom International Air Show in Poland. Exclusive video, the pilot of the aircraft, Wing Commander Zeeshan Baryal, is saying that PAF is in Poland to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Polish Air Force with Polish people....

Didi Chuxing said it will suspend a carpool service and has removed two executives after a second female customer in three months was allegedly killed by a driver in China. The ride-hailing app company said in an emailed statement on Sunday that it will halt its Hitch service starting Monday...

Australia’s new prime minister announced a peace-making Cabinet on Sunday that does not punish his rivals in a bruising power struggle that ousted his predecessor days ago and divided a government that lags in opinion polls. The fractured conservative coalition government needs to present a united front to voters ahead...

UNITED STATES - US Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office. He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017 and...

PAF - A JF-17 Thunder and a Super Mushshak aircraft of Pakistan Air Force will perform flying display in the Radom International Air Show 2018, beginning in Poland today. Another JF-17 Thunder aircraft would also be put on static display in the two-day air show. Two JF-17 Thunder and one...

A powerful magnitude 7.9 quake has struck in the Pacific Ocean, 291 km (180 miles) from Ndoi island of Fiji, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake hit at a depth of 570km (354 miles), too deep to cause a tsunami. Its power approaches the strongest deep-focus (over...