Google recently banned more than a dozen Android apps from its Play Store, including Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads. Researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within the apps. That code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia defense contractor. The company had paid developers to incorporate its cod...
ANKARA – South Korea has said that it has successfully test-fired a solid-fuel space rocket a week after North Korea’s inter-continental ballistic missile launch (ICBM). The test was conducted at Taean, 150 kilometers (around 93 miles) southwest of Seoul. “(The test) came at a very grave juncture in which North Korea has rece...
ISTANBUL – China has launched three new satellites into space to undertake scientific space environment surveys and model correction. The indigenously-built Long March-11 carrier rocket was blasted into space with the satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, shortly entering their planned orbit. The three s...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has opened final negotiations to buy 88 F-35 Stealth fighter jets from Lockheed Martin in a deal worth about $15 billion. The jets will replace Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18 aircraft. There is still an outside chance that if negotiations with American giant Lockheed Martin bog down, Canada could turn [...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India said Sunday the army successfully test-fired an air defense system off the coast of Odisha’s Balasore. The medium range surface to air missile (MRSAM) was tested around 10.30 a.m. (0500GMT) and it “intercepted a high-speed aerial target at long range,” the Defense Research and Development Organization said on Twitter. Th...
WASHINGTON – North Korea’s launch of an apparent long-range ballistic missile risks “significant escalation of tensions in the region,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. The UN chief strongly condemned the launch. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement “another breach of the DPRK’s announ...
PARIS – The French Defense Ministry has announced the successful testing of a modern version of the nuclear-capable ASMPA missile. The medium-range air-to-surface missile, developed by MBDA missile systems, was fired from a Rafale jet from Air Force Base 120 in Cazaux, southwestern France, according to a ministry statement. The first tes...
MOSCOW (AA) – A Moscow court on Monday banned Meta-owned social networks Facebook and Instagram in Russia over “extremist activity.” The Tverskoy district court said in a ruling that it agreed to “the claims of the Prosecutor General’s Office to ban the activities of Meta corporation” and the decision “...
MOSCOW – Telegram has surpassed WhatsApp to become Russia’s top messaging application, the mobile operator Megafon has announced. Megafon said the use of Telegram in Russia has increased rapidly since February 24, when Russia launched an attack on Ukraine. The share of Telegram in the total messaging traffic rose from 43% to 63% in the [...
Amman, Jordan – Jordanian startup incubator TechWorks is helping inventors and innovators bring their ideas to life and establish successful businesses. Backed by a foundation set up by Crown Prince Hussein, TechWorks opened its doors in 2018 to offer facilities that “plug into entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems” and t...
