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Washington, Mar 22 (UNI) Texas and 15 other US states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, saying the ban on exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) goes against the Natural Gas Act and Department of Energy policy, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “Texas, along with Louisiana and fourteen other states,…
United Nations, Mar 22 (UNI) Another vote on a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza by the UN Security Council could happen on Friday, if the American draft is not adopted, French Ambassador to the UN Nicolas de Riviere told reporters. At the moment, there are two draft resolutions in the UN Security…
Washington, Mar 22 (UNI) The United States has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, the US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a statement on Thursday. “Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, Nicaragua’s Attorney General, for…
Moscow, Mar 22 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron said at a meeting with French politicians at the Elysee Palace that Ukraine could fall very soon, Politico reported, citing an unnamed meeting participant. “Ukraine can fall very quickly,” Macron was quoted as saying. The statement was made in the context of discussions of the upcoming elections…
Caracas, Mar 22 (UNI) Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) on Thursday launched the process of nomination for presidential candidates in the July elections. “I congratulate all of you who have accepted this call in accordance with the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the laws of our country, by participating in this electoral…
Jenin, Mar 21 (UNI) Three Palestinians were killed and another seriously injured on Wednesday in an Israeli air raid on a vehicle in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, said local sources. Palestine Red Crescent Society official Mahmoud Al-Saadi told Xinhua that rescue teams had recovered the bodies of three young men…
Tokyo, Mar 21 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck off Japan’s eastern prefecture of Ibaraki on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The tremors were felt in central Tokyo. No tsunami warnings were issued by the JMA.
Gaza, (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday it had eliminated about 90 Hamas fighters and detained nearly 460 suspects for questioning during its raid on the Shifa hospital in the north of Gaza City. On Monday night, the IDF announced an operation in the area of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City,…
Islamabad, Mar 20 (UNI) Twelve labourers died and eight were injured after an explosion in a coal mine in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, officials said on Wednesday. The explosion struck on Tuesday night as toxic gas accumulated inside the cave in Harnai district of the province, Abdul Ghani Baloch, chief inspector of mines in Balochistan,…
New York, Mar 20 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Pakistan at 21:27:02 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 29.77 degrees north latitude and 65.36 degrees east longitude.
