High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response. To make that airspace more accessible, NASA is developing an air traffic management system covering those altitudes and supplementing its work with real-time data from a research balloon in Earth's stratosphere. Aircraft at high altitudes - 50,000 feet or higher, or roughly 10
Top U.S. officials will hold discussions with their Mauritius counterparts in Port Louis later this month to underscore the continued importance of the Chagos archipelago and the joint U.S.-UK base on Diego Garcia to the nations' national security. The discussions will focus on bilateral security...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Israel's decision to resume land registration procedures in a large part of the occupied West Bank, his Spokesman said on Monday. The development follows an Israeli cabinet decision from May 2025 and applies to Area C of the West Bank, which encompasses...
The European Commission has published its report to track progress towards the EU's goal of halving road deaths and serious injuries by 2030. While progress has been made in reducing road fatalities, the report reveals that the current pace is insufficient. A total of 19,940 people were killed on...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a number of deals towards building nuclear power plants in Central Europe using cutting-edge U.S. nuclear energy technologies, advancing the United States and the Central European countries' mutual security interests in the region. These announcements pave the way for improving the region's energy security, grow industrial strength, and meet emergi
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized a shipment of counterfeit handbags, jewelry, and scarves in Pittsburgh. This shipment, which was destined to an address in Pittsburgh, would have been valued at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $307,870, had it been authentic, according...
UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and California Governor Gavin Newsom have signed a new agreement to deepen ties on decades of cooperation on climate, clean energy and the environment between the United Kingdom and the U.S. state. The agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), was signed in London...
NASA announced that the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft, has been completed. The flight took place at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, using one of the agency's F-15B research jets. The NASA-designed, 40-inch Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATN
More than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria were destroyed in air strikes carried out by U.S. Central Command forces earler this month. U.S. forces struck ISIS infrastructure and weapons storage targets with precision munitions delivered by fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and unmanned aircraft during February 3 - 12, CENTCOM said in a press release. Operation Hawkeye Strike was launched in response to
The detection of a newly identified recombinant mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains underscores the need for continued genomic surveillance, the World Health Organization said, as the overall global public health risk assessment remains unchanged. WHO confirmed that two cases...