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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Mortgage rates boosted US home sales 1.3% in August

9:23 pm September 19, 2019

WASHINGTON: U.S. home sales rose 1.3% in August to the highest level in 17 months, as mortgage rates near historic lows have spurred a rush of home-buying. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that homes sold last month at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.49 million units, the best performance since March 2018. […]

Iran diplomat warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack

8:56 pm September 19, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Iran’s top diplomat said Thursday that any attack on his country over a drone-and-missile strike on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry will result in “all-out war,” further pushing up tensions across the Persian Gulf. The comments by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif represented the starkest warning yet by Iran in a long […]

‘NASA analysing images of Chandrayaan-2’s landing site’

1:37 pm September 19, 2019

Houston: NASA is analysing, validating and reviewing the images clicked by its lunar orbiter of the area on the Moon where India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission made an unsuccessful attempt to soft land its Vikram module, according to a media report that quoted a project scientist of the US space agency. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft […]

NASA manager casts doubt on 2024 moon landing by astronauts

2:43 am September 19, 2019

CAPE CANAVERAL: A top NASA manager cast doubt Wednesday on the space agency’s ability to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. Kenneth Bowersox, acting associate administrator for human exploration and operations, told a Congressional subcommittee that NASA is doing its best to meet the White House-imposed deadline. But he noted: “I wouldn’t bet my […]

US says attack on Saudi oil site was an Iranian ‘act of war’

2:34 am September 19, 2019

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations an “act of war” against the kingdom by Iran, as the Saudis displayed missile and drone wreckage and cited other evidence they said shows the raid was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.” Iran, which has denied involvement […]