London (AFP) April 26, 2024 A UK court on Friday granted conditional bail to two men accused of spying for China, in a case which has heightened Western concern over claims of aggressive Chinese espionage. British police charged the pair on Monday, on the same day investigators in Germany arrested three German nationals suspected of sharing...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2024 NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology aboard the Psyche spacecraft has successfully transmitted engineering data from beyond 140 million miles away, showcasing its capacity for future space communication. The technology, although not essential for Psyche's data transmission needs, interfaced...

Baghdad (AFP) April 26, 2024 A gunman on a motorbike shot dead a well-known Iraqi social media influencer known as Om Fahad outside her Baghad home on Friday, Iraqi security officials told AFP. An unidentified attacker shot Om Fahad in her car in the Zayouna district, a security official said, requesting anonymity because he was not cleared...

Taipei (AFP) April 27, 2024 Taiwan's defence ministry said Saturday it had detected 22 Chinese warplanes and drones around the self-ruled island in a window of less than three hours. The sorties come less than a month before the May 20 inauguration of new Taiwan president Lai Ching-te, who China regards as a dangerous separatist. "We...

Riga (AFP) April 27, 2024 Authorities in Latvia called on residents to use Saturday's annual "Big Clean-up Day" to turn basements into air-raid shelters, with many in the Baltic country concerned they could be Russia's next target. The former Soviet republic, now a member of NATO and the European Union, has a 214-kilometre (133-mile) border...

Dubai (AFP) April 26, 2024 The United States military said Friday that coalition forces "engaged and destroyed" two drones in Huthi-controlled parts of Yemen after the Iran-backed rebels launched a ballistic missile into the Gulf of Aden. The anti-ship missile launched on Thursday did not lead to any injuries or damage, US Central Command...