US Senate Rejects Effort to Block Arms Sales to Israel, But Support Grows Among Democrats

US arms sales to Israel

With Senator Bernie Sanders in the lead having previously been critical of US military assistance to Israel, the resolutions had smaller majorities than earlier: 73 to 24 on the first one, 70 to 27 on the second. More importantly, each of the resolutions had support of Democratic majority, which also demonstrates the increasing separation between

ISRO-NASA NISAR Mission Successfully Launched by GSLV-F16

ISRO-NASA NISAR mission

In a historic moment for space collaboration between India and the United States, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite was successfully launched into orbit on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, by ISRO’s GSLV-F16 rocket. This marks the first joint Earth observation mission between ISRO and NASA, highlighting a significant milestone in Indo-U.S. space cooperation. The

8.8-Magnitude Earthquake in Russia Triggers Tsunami: Alerts Issued Across Pacific Including Japan, U.S. West Coast & Hawaii

Earthquake in Russia

A 8.8-scaled quake was witnessed off the eastern coast of Russia early on Wednesday and generated strong waves of tsunami toward Japan and alerted the Pacific Ocean basin. The focus was close to the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Tsunami hit Russia and Japan Russia Kuril Islands Up to 1013-foot (34-meter) waves hit Russia