Image: X (Ferozwala) Iranian media has once again claimed that an F-35 stealth fighter jet was shot down over central Iran by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), even as the United States dismissed the assertion as false. According to reports by Iran news agency, visuals of aircraft debris were released, which Tehran described as...
Updated: Apr 3rd, 2026 Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has been elected the country’s President after he secured more votes among the three nominees, media reported on Friday. Hlaing’s two Vice Presidents are former military-appointed Prime Minister Nyo Saw, a longtime loyalist, and Nan Ni Ni Aye, the Karen State chair of the military-backed...
Updated: Apr 3rd, 2026 The Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Randy George, has stepped down and retired with immediate effect after being asked to do so by Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, in a sudden move that underscores a widening shake-up at the Pentagon. “General Randy A. George will be retiring from...
Updated: Apr 3rd, 2026 US President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi, announcing it on a delicately worded post on Truth Social on Thursday. She is the second Cabinet official dismissed by Trump, following the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on March 5. President Trump said that he was...
Updated: Apr 2nd, 2026 Efforts to reduce air pollution in East Asia, especially China, may be unintentionally accelerating global warming, as per a study. The article, titled “East Asian aerosol cleanup has likely contributed to the recent acceleration in global warming”, was conducted by Bjørn H Samset of the CICERO Center for International Climate Research...
Updated: Apr 2nd, 2026 NASA astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission are carrying their personal iPhones into deep space for the first time, a shift in how the US space agency equips its crews for human spaceflight beyond Earth’s orbit. The four-member crew — Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and...
Updated: Apr 2nd, 2026 Amazon’s cloud operations in Bahrain have reportedly suffered damage following an Iranian strike, according to a report. The Financial Times’ report citing a person familiar with the matter said the incident caused damage to facilities linked to Amazon Web Services (AWS), though details remain limited. Bahrain’s interior ministry reportedly said civil...