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Iranian officials have admitted its military “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. It comes after pressure from the US and Canada citing intelligence over Iranian involvement into the plane crash on Wednesday. Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight PS752 crashed shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers […]

The US Navy said a Russian navy ship “aggressively approached” its destroyer in the Arabian Sea on Thursday while it was conducting routine operations. The USS Farragut gave five warning blasts on its horn before the Russian warship changed course, avoiding collision. The Russian Defence ministry has denied any wrongdoing, stating it was the US

A world’s first TV innovation is being demoed behind closed doors at the CES tech expo. A special 8K screen uses a special kind of pixel to achieve a unique 3D effect. What is more it also pairs up to a torch-like gadget to let owners re-illuminate scenes as they play. Omar Mehtab went for

Thousands of baby animals left orphaned by Australia’s bushfires are in need of constant care. Volunteers around the world have been helping by knitting and sewing special pouches and wraps. They are collected by animal rescue organisations which then distribute them to carers. One Australian mum and her daughter who live in Singapore are among

On 7 January Puerto Rico was hit by a series of earthquakes, the most powerful the island has seen in 102 years. At least one person died and 300 homes were destroyed in a 6.4-magnitude quake and 6.0 aftershock. Two-thirds of the island is without power, and a quarter is without running water. Thousands of

Samsung has developed a way for smartphone owners to type on a table or other surface as an alternative to tapping on the handset’s own screen. Its SelfieType software tracks the user’s fingers via the phone’s front-facing camera and works out where the taps would correspond to being on a Qwerty keyboard. Chris Fox tried

Women across Europe have taken to the streets over the past year to demand their governments do more to protect them from sexual violence. Their anger was fuelled by two high-profile Spanish cases, which have forced countries to question how they prosecute rape. A minority of countries in Europe base their legal definition of rape

A Ukrainian Boeing-737 with more than 170 people on board has crashed in Iran, officials say. Iran’s Red Crescent said there was no chance of finding survivors. The Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed just after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, said the Fars state news agency. The plane was flying to the

At least two airbases housing US troops in Iraq have been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles, according to the US Department of Defence. Footage reportedly of the missiles was broadcast on Iranian state TV. It said the attack was a retaliation after the country’s top commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a

When 13-year-old Sir Darius Brown (yes, his real name) heard about displaced dogs being euthanised after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, he had an idea. His sister had taught him how to make bow ties and he decided to donate some to local animal shelters. It helped the dogs to get adopted faster. Now