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Suspected Kurdish militants fire rockets at Turkey's Diyarbakir airport: Media

Suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey`s main southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday, sending passengers and staff scrambling for shelter, Dogan news agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Aug 28, 2016, 11:01 AM IST

Naxals attack ITBP troops with guns and rockets in Chhattisgarh

More than 600 rounds of ammunition were fired from both sides, ANI reported citing ITBP.

Jun 09, 2016, 09:15 AM IST

ISIS launches chemical warfare in Iraq, Kurds are target: Report

Chlorine, a choking agent, was first used as a chemical weapon during the First World War. 

Feb 28, 2016, 19:36 PM IST

Two new NASA rockets to study Earth's magnetic field

The US space agency is planning to launch two sounding rockets over Norway this winter to study how particles move in a region near the North Pole where Earth's magnetic field is directly connected to the solar wind.

Nov 25, 2015, 18:37 PM IST

40 dead as Syria govt rockets hit Damascus suburb: Monitor

Forty people were killed on Friday when rockets fired by Syrian government forces crashed into a market in a rebel-held area outside Damascus, a monitor said.

Oct 30, 2015, 16:19 PM IST

China launches new rocket with four micro-satellites

 China on Friday put four micro-satellites into orbit, launched atop a new version of its long established Long March-11 carrier rocket.

Sep 25, 2015, 13:34 PM IST

Rebels fire hundreds of rockets at Syrian Shi'ite villages: Monitor

 Insurgents fired nearly 400 rockets at two Shi`ite villages in northwestern Syria on Friday and detonated at least nine car bombs, a monitor said, in a new assault on besieged government-held areas.

Sep 19, 2015, 05:11 AM IST