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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders 'take down' after unidentified object detected over Canada.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Saturday it was monitoring "a high altitude airborne object" over northern Canada, according to a news release from the agency.
NORAD is monitoring more objects that could be additional spy balloons
Global News reported Saturday, citing three security sources, that NORAD was monitoring one or two more objects that may be additional potential spy balloons.
Enforce Hijab Before Women Come Out 'Naked' In Summer, Iran Cleric Says
Friday imam of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran says the government will not back down in enforcing hijab, otherwise women will come to the street naked this summer.
WWII-era bomb explodes in England in "unplanned" detonation
Officials first became aware of the 550-pound bomb on Feb. 7.
Over 25,000 people have now been confirmed dead following earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Rescue teams from Germany and Austria have halted their operations due to the worsening security situation
Over 25,000 people have now been confirmed dead following earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Rescue teams from Germany and Austria have halted their operations due to the worsening security situation. DW has the latest.
Moldova names new pro-EU prime minister after government collapses
The government’s collapse comes just days after Gavrilita met with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels in order to discuss Moldova’s EU membership.
Hackers Interrupt Raisi's Revolution Day Speech On Iranian State TV
While Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was delivering his speech during the government organized revolution day ceremonies, hackers interrupted the broadcast.
Crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ as pregnant Russians flock to Argentina
South American country has seen rise since Ukraine invasion in Russian women arriving to have children and thus gain citizenship
Ukraine claims its first kill of Russia's 'Terminator' armored vehicle, believed to be one of Putin's most advanced weapon systems
Ukraine's governor of the Luhansk region shared images that appeared to show a "Terminator" armored vehicle destroyed after a direct hit.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 61% in first month under Lula
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell in January from a year earlier, satellite data showed on Friday, in the first monthly figures under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
NASA rover finds 'clearest evidence yet' of an ancient lake on Mars | CNN
India strikes 'White Gold', 5.9 mn tonnes lithium deposits found in Jammu and Kashmir
The Union Government on Thursday said that 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves have been found for the first time in the country in Jammu and Kashmir. Lithium is a non-ferrous metal and is one of the key components in EV batteries. "Geological Survey of India for the first time established Lithium inferred resources (G3) of 5.9 million tonnes in the Salal-Haimana area of the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir," the Ministry of Mines said on Thursday.
US announces 180-day exemption to Syria sanctions for disaster aid
Assad regime still insists on handling all aid shipments to war-torn and quake-ravaged country that has been all but cut off from help
Equatorial Guinea quarantines 200 after unknown hemorrhagic fever deaths
Equatorial Guinea has quarantined more than 200 people and restricted movement after an unknown illness causing hemorrhagic fever killed at least eight people, Health Minister Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba said on Friday as the government races to test samples.
‘Unspeakable botch’: Spain spends €258 million on trains that are too big for its tunnels
Two senior officials - from rail operator Renfe and infrastructure manager Adif - have been dismissed over the error.
Canada's Trudeau says he supported U.S. decision to shoot down object
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he was briefed on an unidentified object flying over American airspace and supported the U.S. decision to take it down. A U.S. F-22 fighter jet shot down the object on Friday over Alaska, U.S. officials said, the second military shootdown over U.S. airspace in recent days. "I was briefed on the matter and supported the decision to take action," Trudeau wrote on Twitter.
Bizarre video with Russian subtitles employs 'Trumpian' tactics to recruit US veterans for the war in Ukraine, Russia expert says
Experts have said the "propaganda ploy" could be linked to the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization providing soldiers for the war.