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                             The British Oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized by Iran LONDON-Iran Seizure at least one British Oil tanker in a vital Persian Gulf waterway on Friday, a sharp escalation of tensions with the West that revived fears of a military clash, even as voices on both sides appeared to be seeking room for negotiations. The impoundment of the tanker bt Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps naval patrols came a  they after the United States said it had downed an Iranian drone menacing an American warship in the region. But Iran's standoff with Britain, in perticular, carries its own complications. Britain occupies a pivotal place in a Block of European States that have tried to broker some resolution to a broader conflict between Tehran and Washington over the fate of a 2015 deal with the word powers designed to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Prime M...

Gunman on the run after killing 2 in rush hour traffic on I-10 A man armed with a rifle shoot and killed 2 people during the busy rush hour commute on Thursday evening, Police said. The shooting happened on Houston's east side in the middle lanes of the  I-10/East Freeway near Federal. Police are investigating an early morning shooting at an apartment complex in northeast Houston. Officers say they responded to a shooting callaround 2:20 on Saturday morning at a complex off of Shady Lane and Parker Road. The family Mizael Lazaro Arellanes says he left his apartment to get tacos, but never came back. Police say that Arellanes wallet was gone,leading investigators to look into robbery as a motive. Arellanes father was at work when he got the call that his son had been shoot. He is devastated. "Just nice guy to everybody liked my son. He was a good worker", said Antonio Morales. When Officers arrived, they found the 37-year-old victim lying ...

The currency, also known as renminbi, is currently trading near its best levels against the Dollar this year at 6.5241, having slumped to 6.5800 earlier in 2016. Efforts by Chinese policymakers to shore up confidence in the economy have helped somewhat. Singapore as the Chinese yuan drops to a six-year low against the Singapore Dollar,Some money  changers here are seeing more people who that yo buy the currency. A check with some of them on Wednesday (Agu 7) showed that they are also seeing an increase in the number of customers wanting to buy British pounds in the past few days. At Aliffan Agency Money changer in the Arcade at Raffles Place, there has been a 30 to 40 per cent increase in the number of customers looking to buy Chinese yuan since Tuesday.                                                      The People's Bank of Chaina ...

ISRO Said that all spacecraft parameters are normal. The next maneuver is Trans Lunar Insertion (TLI), is scheduled on August 14 between 3am and 4am (IST). The fifth orbit raising activity for Indian's moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was performed successfully at 3.27pm on Friday,the Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO) said. ISRO said the orbit of the orbit Chandrayaan-2 was raised to 277 x 89,472 km by firing the onboard motors for 646 seconds.The manoeuvre was carried out at 3.27pm IST using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 1041 seconds (-17 minutes), 4 days after the 4th orbit-raising was completed. ISRO also informed that the next maneuver is Trans Lunar Insertion (TLI), which is scheduled on August 14 between 3am and 4am (IST). A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III, carrying the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, had lifted off at 2.43 pm on July 22 from the Staish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. ...

Washington DC [USA] ,Aug 8(ANI): In the wake of India's decision to strip special status of Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan must refrain from any retaliatory aggression, including support for infiltrations  across the Line of Control (LoC) and take demonstrable action against terror infrastucture on its soil, said a joint statement by the House Foreign Affairs Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. After downgrading diplomatic ties with India, Pakistan partially closes airspace. Pakistan on Wednesday partially closed its airspace hours after downgrading its diplomatic relations with India in the wake of New Delhi's decision to abrogate Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir  and make it a Union Territory the Narendra Modi government has made it clear that it is an internal matter and the decision has been taken keeping its interest in mind. ''At the some time Pakistan must refrain from a...

AMAZON FREEDOM  ONLINE SALE 2019 : Amazon Freedom online sale will be back once again with big discounts on Smartphones, Laptops, Electronics, TVs and Application, Home & Kitchen Applications,Clothing,Daily Essentials and more Freedom sale is being organized by e-commerce platform Amazon India, Specializing in the occasion of 73rd Independence Day. The Amazon Freedom sale will be launched from 8th August and the sale will continue till 11th August . Amazon's Freedom sales brings loads of exciting discounts under fashion category. Ladies handbags from Lavie, Baggit, Caprese, have been put up with up to 65% off, Backpacks from Safari, American Tourister and more are available with minimum 60% discount, and many more unmissable attractive offers are on board. There's also a category of pocket - friendly fashion with T-shirts under Rs 399/-, Sarees under Rs 299/-, fashion Jewellery under 499/- etc. Amazon has also given information that some of the be...

Aug. 5 (UPI).... Ben Affleck's mew film " The Way Back " is moving up its release to March 2020. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Monday that Warner Bros. Shifted the release date from Oct.18 to March 6, 2020. The upcoming film has gone through a few title changes and been refeffed to The Has Been and Torrance at different points in time. Affleck stars in the movie as a former basketball superstar who, in an attempt to put is addiction problems behind him, takes up a job coaching high school baksetball  at his alma mater. The Way Back reunites the Oscar-winner with his The Accountant director, Gavin   O'Connor, and marks his first movie with WB sence Justice League came out two years ago. The fact that the film parallels Affleck's own real -world struggles with addiction only add a deeper layer of meaning to what already sounds like a promising drama on paper. The situation has since changed changed, however, and "The W...