Day: March 3, 2019

SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docks on ISS

SpaceX’s new Dragon capsule successfully docked on the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA and SpaceX confirmed during a live broadcast of the mission. “We can confirm hard capture is complete,” NASA said. The announcement was met with applause at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The […]

India refuses to share proof of strikes in Pakistan amid doubts of militant deaths

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan/SRINAGAR, India – A top Indian minister said on Saturday the government would not share proof that “a very large number” of militants were killed in air strikes inside Pakistan this week, after doubts were raised there were any casualties in the attack that stoked tensions between […]

An airstrike and its aftermath

Tensions have been elevated since Pakistan-supported militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in a suicide bombing on Feb. 14, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday when India launched an airstrike on what it said was a militant base inside Pakistan. […]

U.S. wants to know if Pakistan used U.S.-built F-16 jets to down Indian warplane

ISLAMABAD  – The United States is “seeking information” on whether Pakistan used U.S.-built F-16 jets to down an Indian warplane, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said on Sunday, which may violate the F-16 sale agreements between Washington and Pakistan. Pakistan says it did not use F-16s in shooting […]

India-Pakistan border quiet but Kashmir tense amid militancy crackdown

SRINAGAR, India/MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan  – As India and Pakistan seemingly dial down hostilities that brought the arch enemies to the brink of another war, a massive crackdown on militancy in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region is killing both militants and security personnel in big numbers. At the Line of Control […]

Electrics, compacts and SUVs share stage at Geneva auto show

FRANKFURT, Germany — Carmakers are hoping to give consumers a glimpse of the future at this year’s Geneva auto show as they roll out new electric cars and try to re-energize an industry facing serious challenges on several fronts. The Geneva International Motor Show is taking place against […]

US, South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the U.S. are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in what they call an effort to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis. The decision announced by both countries Sunday came after […]

SpaceX’s new crew capsule aces space station docking

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s new crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, acing its second milestone in just over a day. No one was aboard the Dragon capsule launched Saturday on its first test flight, only an instrumented dummy. But the three station astronauts […]

Severing cricketing ties with nations not our domain: ICC tells BCCI

Dubai, Mar 3: The International Cricket Council has turned down the BCCI’s request to sever ties with countries from which “terrorism emanates”, saying the ICC has no role to play in matters like these. In the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, in which more than 40 CRPF personnel […]

No reports of ceasefire violation by Pak along LoC since Saturday night: Officials

Jammu, Mar 3: There were no reports of ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts since Saturday night, even as the army was on high alert and maintained a tight vigil, officials said. Barring ceasefire violation in Nowshera sector […]

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