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Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

UN nuclear chief to visit Tehran to discuss inspections

11:37 pm February 17, 2021

Berlin: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran this weekend in an effort to find a “mutually agreeable solution” that allows it to continue its inspections in the country, the organisation said Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Tehran on Saturday for discussions with senior Iranian officials, whom it did not identify. […]

COVID conspiracy shows vast reach of Chinese disinformation

12:18 pm February 15, 2021

Brussels: It took just three months for the rumor that COVID-19 was engineered as a bioweapon to spread from the fringes of the Chinese internet and take root in millions of people’s minds. By March 2020, belief that the virus had been human-made and possibly weaponized was widespread, multiple surveys indicated. The Pew Research Center found, for […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Aid groups hail US taking Yemen”s Houthis off terror list

7:49 pm February 6, 2021

Cairo: Aid agencies working in war-torn Yemen on Saturday welcomed plans by President Joe Biden’s administration to revoke the terrorist designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in order to mitigate one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, said the designation would have done nothing to address terrorism in the Arab world’s poorest country, and would only hinder […]

Iran state TV airs launch of new satellite-carrying rocket

11:13 pm February 1, 2021

Tehran : Iranian state TV on Monday aired the launch of the country’s newest satellite-carrying rocket, which it said was able to reach a height of 500 kilometers (310 miles). The footage of the solid-liquid-fueled rocket showed the launch taking place during daytime in a desert environment. The report did not say when the launch […]

Blast near Israel Embassy: Dump data of calls, CCTV footage, internet calls being examined

10:55 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: Dump data of mobile calls, Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR), CCTV footage of nearby hotels and pick and drop details of those who availed cabs are thoroughly being examined by the investigators to get a breakthrough in the ongoing probe in connection with the minor blast near the Israeli Embassy, sources said on Saturday. Israel’s ambassador to India Ron Malka, meanwhile, said […]