European Space Agency’s rocket Vega is finally set to make its maiden flight on Monday. 30m-tall Vega, first conceived in the 1990’s, will launch on what is termed a qualification flight from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Vega will carry nine satellites into orbit but the object of the mission is really to prove the rocket’s systems all work as designed. The vehicle has been…
…issiles bound for Lebanon’s Hezbollah. In a separate development, hundreds of Syrian families have fled the coastal area of central Syria amid reports of massacres. Activists said that more than 100 people, including women and children, were killed in the Sunni village of al-Bayda and the nearby coastal town of Baniyas. More than 70,000 people are estimated to have been killed since the conf…
…hould be made to turn around a “tense situation”. He made similar remarks on Tuesday. Tensions in the Korean peninsula are high following North Korea’s third nuclear test on February 12, which led to the imposition of a fresh raft of sanctions. North Korea has made multiple threats against both the US and South Korea in recent weeks, including warning of a “pre-emptive nucl…
…ade fire, with the round of violence that has followed Israel’s killing of Hamas’s military chief showing no sign of abating Israel has now put 75,000 reservists on stand-by, on top of the 16,000 called up in recent days. So far, there has been no decision on sending in the troops. However, one government minister has been quoted as saying that soldiers could launch a ground offensive…
Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza appears to have calmed after an unofficial truce was reached following days of violence. Israel said a mortar shell landed in the south of the country on Thursday after no reports of exchanges fighting. Five Israelis have been wounded since Tuesday amid some of the heaviest barrage of rocket and mortar fire from Gaza in months. Six Palesti…
Universal Orlando is altering its iconic twin roller coasters Dragon Challenge after a man claims he had his eyeball removed in one of two horrific accidents on the ride. Dragon Challenge twin roller coasters has been the most thrilling experiences at Universal Orlando for more than ten years, as they race at 60 mph and intertwine within 18 inches of each other. Universal Orlando officials have a…
…the network of tunnels used to smuggle goods and weapons from Egypt into Gaza, reports said. Israeli military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said a total of 200 targets had been hit overnight, including 120 rocket launchers and 20 smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza. Rumors have been swirling that a ground attack is imminent, but Israeli officials say no decision has been made. Israel blocked access…
An Israeli strike on a home in Gaza has killed at least 10 people, officials say, as Sunday became the deadliest day since Israel launched an operation against Hamas militants this week. The strike targeted a Hamas official and that a number of children were killed. PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is ready to expand its operation. Gaza militants continue to fire rockets at Israel, with injuries…
…The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they targeted about 80 sites overnight into Monday alone, including militant-owned buildings, weapons storage facilities and police stations, bringing its total to 1,350 sites targeted since Wednesday. Strikes continued on Monday, with a leading figure in the militant group Islamic Jihad, named as Ramez Harb, killed as a building housing media workers was targe…
…hCrunch TechCrunch has been able to download and run the app and it is currently idle, sitting quietly in the corner, unable to connect to the service at Google. The version they were given is 1.0.2891 and seems to run without issue. They were able to log in using the Gmail account. It currently throws an error stating that “Google Drive is not yet enabled for your account.” Though not def…
JLS have announced that they are splitting up after five years together. In a statement on their official website the former British X Factor boy band thanked their fans. “We wanted to make sure that you heard it from the four of us, that we have decided to bring our time as a band to an end,” the statement said. The band also said they would put together a final album, Goodbye; The G…
President Barack Obama has met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a historical visit to the West Bank. Barack Obama has said that the US is “deeply committed” to creating a sovereign state of Palestine. Speaking after talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama said Israeli settlement activity was not “appropriate for peace”. US Secretary of State Joh…
At least two people have been killed after militants fired rockets at Peshawar airport, Pakistani officials say. More than 20 others were injured after the rockets landed in residential areas close to the airport. Security forces at the airport are reported to have fired back. Peshawar is located on the edge of Pakistan’s tribal region, the major sanctuary for al-Qaida and Taliban militants…
…the past been used a site to launch rockets. According to Israel’s ministry of foreign affairs, the last bomb attack in Tel Aviv was in April 2006, when a suicide bombing on a restaurant killed 11. The bus blast comes on the eighth day of the current flare-up in violence between Israel and militants in Gaza. Some 147 Palestinians and five Israelis have been killed. Other sites hit in Gaza i…
North Korea has been conducting tests at a rocket launch site, according to recent satellite images captured by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University. The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said its analysis of images “indicates that North Korea continues to develop long-range missiles”. There had been at least two tests of rocket motors since a failed rocket…
…mmediately and move towards the centre of Gaza city.” The conflict began last Wednesday when Israel killed a Hamas military leader, saying it wanted an end to rocket attacks from Gaza. More than 110 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed. Tuesday has seen a reduced level of violence, correspondents say, even though Israel has conducted some strikes. One was a “direct hit̶…
…t-off.” The launch of the American SpaceX's Dragon re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed by at least three days The next earliest launch opportunity is 03:44 EDT on Tuesday. SpaceX is attempting to become the first private company to send a cargo craft to the ISS; and its Dragon ship, which sits atop the Falcon rocket, has been loaded with half a to…
According to South Korean officials, North Korea’s recent rocket launch shows it has the ability to fire a rocket more than 10,000 km (6,200 miles). The estimate, which would potentially put the Western US in range, was based on an analysis of rocket debris. However, there was no confirmation that the North had the re-entry technology needed to deliver a missile. Experts believe North Korea…
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement has come into effect. Under the deal, Israel has agreed to end all hostilities and targeted killings, while Hamas will stop attacks against Israel and along the border. At least 157 people have died since the flare-up of violence began last week. Both sides continued to fire on each other as the 21:00 ceasefire deadline approached, but…
…four top security officials, including the defence minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that at least 19,106 people had been killed since March 2011. They included 13,296 civilians, including those who had taken up arms, as well as 4,861 security personnel and 949 army defectors, it said. The UN said…
…Team, the secret Navy commando unit that killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011. Three Air Force air controllers, seven Afghan soldiers, a dog and its trainer, an interpreter and the crew belonging to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment were also aboard the helicopter. It is not known if among the Saturday dead soldiers were those who took part of al-Qaeda leader killing mission in early Ma…
Syrian opposition National Coalition has chosen Ghassan Hitto as the prime minister to head a government for rebel-held regions. Ghassan Hitto is a Damascus-born IT expert who spent decades in the US. He was elected at a meeting of coalition leaders in Istanbul in Turkey. His first task will be to form a government to oversee services in areas captured from government forces. Meanwhile, the US an…
…id. Two Israeli women and a man died when a rocket fired from Gaza hit a building in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi on Thursday, Israeli officials said. The Israeli army began an initial draft of 16,000 reservists on Friday, after the government authorized the call-up of 30,000. Rumors have been swirling that a ground attack is imminent, but Israeli officials have said no decision has yet bee…
…d worth nearly $1,600 an ounce. An upcoming NASA mission to return just 60g (two ounces) of material from an asteroid to Earth will cost about $1billion. The inaugural step, to be achieved in the next 18 to 24 months, would be launching the first in a series of private telescopes that would search for asteroid targets rich in resources. The intention will be to open deep-space exploration to priva…
North Korea has announced the launch of a satellite mounted on a rocket to mark the 100th birthday of its late former President Kim Il-Sung. The rocket launch will take place between 12 and 16 April, a spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology said. South Korea said the launch would be a “grave provocation” and Japan urged the North to “exercise restraint”. T…
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