WASHINGTON, March 23 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. space agency NASA said Wednesday it’s moving ahead with a long-term demonstration of laser communications that eventually “could become the high-speed internet of the sky.” The mission, known as Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and scheduled for launch in summer 2019, “recently successfully passed a key decision point review […]

CAIRO, March 23 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. ban of large-sized electronic devices on inbound flights from Middle East has triggered confusion and outrage in some listed countries, while Britain followed the U.S. ban with slight difference in its list. Turkish government on Wednesday sent a letter to the U.S. administration demanding removal from the ban […]

WASHINGTON, March 23 (NsNewsWire) — The White House said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with British Prime Minister Theresa May after a deadly attack in London killed at least four. Speaking at the daily briefing, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the United States condemned the attack and applauded the quick response of […]

WASHINGTON, March 23 (NsNewsWire) — The Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition had offered airlift for Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State (IS) near its de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria. “This is the first time we have conducted an air movement, air assault, with the Syrian Arab Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),” […]

LONDON, March 23 (NsNewsWire) — British police confirmed that death toll in Wednesday’s terror attack outside the Parliament in central London has risen to five. Metro Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters that about 40 people were injured in the attack, reports Xinhua. Rowley, also London’s top anti-terror officer, said that the officer who […]

WASHINGTON, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a bill that set a goal for the country’s space agency NASA to send humans to Mars by 2033. The bill, known as the NASA Transition Authorization Act, authorized 19.5 billion U.S. dollar budget in spending for NASA for the fiscal […]

MOSCOW, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — Russia continued to be the world’s largest oil producer in January for the second consecutive month, official data showed Tuesday. Russia’s daily oil output averaged at about 10.8 million barrels in January, slightly more than 10.5 million barrels in December, according to data released by the Russian Federal State Statistics […]

PARIS, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — The investigation by France‘s National Financial Office into Francois Fillon, a right-wing candidate for the French presidential election 2017, and his wife Penelope Fillon, has been widened to include “aggravated fraud, forgery and use of forgeries,” the French press reported on Tuesday. The investigators wanted to determine whether the couple […]

MOSUL, Iraq, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — Iraqi government forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants in Mosul’s western side evacuated hundreds of civilians from Mosul’s IS-held city center on Tuesday, as troop progress slowed down faced with strong resistance from IS militants, Iraqi officers said. “Our forces evacuated hundreds of civilians to prevent terrorists from using […]