Airspace

The US is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force intelligence officer testified to Congress. The Pentagon has denied Grusch’s claims of a cover up. In a statement, the Defense Department spokeswoman Sue Gough said investigators have not discovered “any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.” The statement did not address UFOs that are not suspected of being extraterrestrial objects. Watch to know what transpired at the hearing.

Taiwan says China planning to close airspace amid military drills

China and Taiwan's foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Germany offers Poland Patriot missiles to defend airspace

Lambrecht said Germany is present with these air defence weapons in Slovakia already and wants to extend that through 2023 or even beyond.

Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing US drones to use its airspace

Acting Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a news conference in Kabul that American drones have been entering Afghanistan via Pakistan.

Israel to boost Asia flights when Saudi Arabia opens airspace

In the absence of open relations between the countries, however, and given talks on including Oman in the expanded corridor, Israeli Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli said implementation could take several weeks at least.

Saudi Arabia to open its airspace for all air carriers, Joe Biden welcomes decision

The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said the country's airspace was now open to all carriers that meet its requirements for overflights, in line with international conventions that say there should be no discrimination between civil aircraft.

Britain says Ukraine controls majority of its airspace

"Russia has very limited air access to the north and west of Ukraine, limiting offensive actions to deep strikes with stand-off weapons," it said on Twitter.

Air India can't operate flights to Kabul as Afghanistan airspace closed

An Air India aircraft tasked to fly to Afghanistan to bring out people will no longer be able to go, after visuals showed chaotic scenes at the Kabul airport as thousands were looking for a way out.

Citroen C1 facelift to be unveiled at Geneva 2014

Citroen will debut its new C1 at Geneva next month. This is the first full redesign of the car since its launch in 2005.

'Technical problems' delayed signal to Merkel plane: Iran

Berlin, Jun 1 (PTI) Iran today clarified the move to close its airspace for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's India-bound plane saying it was due to "technical problems", a day after Berlin termed it as unacceptable and summoned the Iranian envoy.