Baghdad (AFP) March 26, 2020 - The United States on Thursday granted Iraq a 30-day waiver to keep importing Iranian gas despite American sanctions, two Iraqi officials told AFP, the shortest extension yet.
N'Djamena (AFP) March 26, 2020 - The jihadist group Boko Haram this week killed almost 100 soldiers in Chad, badly denting the reputation of an army that President Idriss Deby Itno presents as a regional bulwark against terrorism.
Khartoum (AFP) March 25, 2020 - Sudanese Defence Minister Lieutenant General Jamal al-Din Omar died of an unspecified illness Wednesday while in neighbouring South Sudan for peace talks with his country's main rebel groups, the military announced.
Washington DC (AFP) Mar 25, 2020 - Oil prices were mixed in volatile Asian trade on Monday, but remained at multi-year lows due to the double shock of the coronavirus pandemic and the Saudi-Russia price war. Both main contracts
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 25, 2020 - Interconnected healthcare and many other future applications will require internet connectivity between billions of sensors. The devices that will enable these applications must be small, flexible,
Espoo, Finland (SPX) Mar 25, 2020 - Fuel cells and water electrolyzers that are cheap and efficient will form the cornerstone of a hydrogen fuel based economy, which is one of the most promising clean and sustainable alternatives to f
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 23, 2020 - Creating and controlling on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars is a key goal of scientists around the world. Production of this safe, clean and limitless energy could generate ele
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 23, 2020 - A team of DESY scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle some of the laser energy fed into the system to boost the energy of the accelerated electrons a second ti
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 20, 2020 - U.S. Central Command announced Friday that U.S. and coalition troops deploying to the Middle East will be put under a 14-day pre-deployment quarantine to avoid placing unnecessary strain on medical facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2020 - Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport a glowing tattoo or check a reading, like that of a stopwatch, directly on the skin. In its current form, however, this t
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 19, 2020 - USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Harry S. Truman began operations with a B-52 bomber in the Arabian Sea this week, the Navy announced on Thursday.
London, UK (Sputnik) Mar 19, 2020 - OPEC+'s failure to come to a consensus on possible oil supply cuts amid the global economic slowdown expected due to COVID-19 has sent oil futures tumbling, with the OPEC basket trading for $30.63 o
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 19, 2020 - Duke University and Michigan State researchers said Thursday they have engineered a new type of supercapacitor for wearable electronics that remains functional after being stretched eight times its original size.
Baghdad (AFP) March 19, 2020 - Between plummeting oil prices, political deadlock and reduced global appetite for a bail-out, Iraq is on the cusp of financial calamity that could force austerity measures and renew anti-government protests.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 18, 2020 - Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source that is available everywhere, notwithstanding changes in sunlight, wind, or ocean currents. The Earth's reservoirs of steam and hot water can be tapped
Princeton NJ (SPX) Mar 18, 2020 - An international team of scientists led by a graduate student at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has demonstrated the use of Artificial Intelligence
