Iran urges US to ‘depoliticize’ oil market
Tehran: Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh on Thursday said that the US should not use oil market for its “political ends”.
Iraq protests resume despite curfew
Baghdad: Iraqi protesters took to the streets of Baghdad for a third day on Thursday despite a curfew that took effect after anti-government protests descended into violence and left at least 12 people dead and hundreds injured.
6 dead in Taiwan bridge collapse
Taipei: Six people have been confirmed dead after a bridge collapsed in Taiwan earlier this week, officials said. Taiwanese rescuers retrieved the body of the last missing person on Thursday. The bridge at the Nanfang’ao fishing port in Yilan County collapsed on Tuesday, smashing onto fishing boats moored underneath.
3 astronauts return to Earth from ISS
Washington: Hazzaa Ali AlMansoori, the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), returned to Earth on Thursday from the International Space Station (ISS) alongside NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
Russian man sues Apple for ‘turning him gay’
Moscow: A Russian man has sued Apple after claiming that a message sent to his iPhone drove him to homosexuality, the media reported on Thursday.