Kyiv, Feb 17 (UNI) The presidential election in Ukraine will be held on October 26, 2025, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday. “Write it down: October 26 this year,” Poroshenko told Ukrainian news outlet Censor.Net when asked to outline a possible timeline for the presidential election in Ukraine. The former president cited several…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI) The National Capital Region (NCR) woke up to strong tremors it was hit by a 4.0 magnitude earthquake early on Monday. The epicenter was near Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education in south Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan. The earthquake struck at a depth of five kilometers at 5.36 am, the National…
Amritsar, Feb 16 (UNI) Second USA army plane carrying 116 illegal immigrants landed at Amritsar airport late Saturday night. The plane landed at 11:30 PM. Out of 116 people, 65 belonged to Punjab and 33 belonged to Haryana. Eight persons were from Gujarat. Two each from UP, Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and one each from…
Lucknow, Feb 16 (UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that in her lifetime only that person who is continuously working with full heart and soul to take the party and the movement forward will become her successor. In a series of posts on social media, Mayawati said, “BSP is the party…
Tel Aviv, Feb 16 (UNI) A shipment of MK-84 heavy aerial bombs weighing 2,000 pounds each, which was recently authorized by the Trump administration, has been delivered to Israel by sea, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Sunday. “In a joint operation led by the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Mission to the United States…
Washington, Feb 16 (UNI) The administration of US President Donald Trump has fired more than 300 employees of the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), CNN reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The layoffs took place on Thursday night. Among those dismissed were staff working at key facilities, including those who oversee contractors who…
Tokyo, Feb 16 (UNI) Japan is again asking the United States for a waiver from the tariffs Washington is imposing, including the so-called “mutual tariffs,” Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said after his conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I conveyed our position that Japan…
Bamkao, Feb. 16 (UNI) At least 48 people, most of them women, were killed on Saturday when an “illegally operated gold mining site” collapsed in western Mali, according to consistent eyewitness accounts from the area. The tragedy occurred in Bilalkoto, a village in the commune of Dabia, located in the Kenieba district of the Kayes…
Islamabad, Feb. 16 (UNI) Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in environmental samples collected from eight districts of Pakistan between Jan. 15 and Jan. 24, 2025, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said in a statement on Saturday. According to the latest data released by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at…
Sydney, Feb 16 (UNI) Police in Melbourne are searching for two people after a man was seriously injured in a shooting in the city’s southeast. Victoria Police said on Sunday that an altercation broke out when three men attended a property in Pakenham, 50 km southeast of central Melbourne, shortly after 1 a.m. local time…
