ISTANBUL (AA) — Türkiye has successfully launched its first indigenous high-resolution earth observation satellite, called the IMECE. The Turkish-made pioneering satellite was blasted off early on Saturday from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in the US state of California at 0648 GMT. The launch marks the first time that Türkiye will have an e...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Tuesday it had thwarted more than 8,000 cyberattacks in the previous Iranian calendar year that ended on March 20. Amir Muhammadzadeh-Lajevardi, CEO of Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC), said as many as 8,321 cyberattacks targeting the country’s critical infrastructure network were successfully...
ANKARA (AA) – A Kuwaiti newspaper has introduced a virtual news anchor as part of a trial aimed at utilizing artificial intelligence in journalism. The anchor was named Fedha, a classic Kuwait name meaning silver, and appeared on the Twitter account of Kuwait News website. The introduction of the virtual news anchor marks a significant [...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Moatasem Jibril, a young man from Sudan, has been conducting technological experiments to manufacture robots by using recycled electronic waste. Living in a mud house in the city of Omdurman, west of the capital Khartoum, Jibril did not give up on his dream of making a robot even after having to […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Tuesday blamed Iran for a cyberattack that targeted a leading engineering educational institute in the country last month. In a statement, the Israel National Cyber Directorate said the cyberattack on the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa city was carried out by a hacking group that works for Iran. [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The launch of the Arab world’s first long-term space mission for Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi was delayed Monday because of a ground problem, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced. The “Crew-6” mission was scheduled to be launched Monday from the Kennedy Space Center NASA in the US to conduct 19...
ROME (AA) – The energy released by twin earthquakes that hit the 10 southern provinces of Türkiye was 130 times stronger than the one that occurred in Italy in 2016, a prominent Italian scientist has said. Carlo Doglioni, head of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), reiterated that the Anatolian plate might [&he...
LONDON (AA) – Russian and Iranian hacker groups “continue to successfully” target specific individuals and groups in the UK, Britain’s cyber-security body has warned. In a statement, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) detailed ongoing activity by specific hacker groups to gather information. “The Russia-bas...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Djibouti has signed a $1 billion deal with Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group to set up a rocket and satellite launch site in the country. The project “also includes the construction of a port and highway of international standing in the northern region of Obock for the transport of materials necessary […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia’s space corporation has said that it signed memorandums with two Iranian companies on launch services. “As a result of international events, conferences and exhibitions organized with the participation of Roscosmos and enterprises of the rocket and space industry … Memorandums of cooperation in the field of l...
