Moscow, Mar 14 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the Kremlin said in a statement. “A telephone conversation took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman…
Washington, Mar 14 (UNI) The United States is tightening restrictions on Russia’s oil, gas and banking sectors by limiting their access to U.S. payment systems, according to CBC News. The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday ended a 60-day exemption introduced by the Biden administration in January, which allowed certain energy transactions involving sanctioned Russian banks…
Seoul, Mar 14 (UNI) Price for imported goods to South Korea fell in February due to cheaper crude oil and the local currency’s appreciation versus the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Friday. Import price index slipped 0.8 percent in February from a month earlier, after going up for the past four months, according to…
Manila, Mar 14 (UNI) Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will make his first appearance at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 14, the court said. The court said Thursday Duterte has been placed in an ICC detention center following the completion of necessary medical examinations. On Wednesday, Duterte was taken into the ICC’s custody…
Imphal, Mar 14 (UNI) Four militants of different Imphal Valley-based proscribed outfits were arrested in separate operations, police said here on Friday. Police said on that a cadre of PLA was nabbed from Sagolband Sayang Kurao Makhong , Imphal West District. Security Forces apprehended a suspected cadre of UNLF (K), in between BP 85 and…
Imphal, Mar 14 (UNI) Three persons were arrested with over 100 kg of WY tablets in Manipur’s Thoubal district, police said here on Friday. The seizure was made by a joint team of the state police and the Narcotics Control Bureau from near Lilong police station, they said. Police said on Friday that three persons…
New Delhi, Mar 14 (UNI) India today strongly rejected Pakistan’s “baseless allegations” over the Jaffar train attack and slammed Islamabad saying the whole world knows where the global epicentre of terrorism lies. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “We strongly reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan. “The whole…
Moscow, Mar 14 (UNI) The Ukrainian armed forces attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse, the Krasnodar Territory in Russia’s south, one of the gasoline tanks caught fire, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said. “This night, the Kiev regime attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse. One of the gasoline tanks caught fire. The area of the fire is…
New York, Mar 14 (UNI) Nearly 100 people were arrested after staging a sit-in at the Trump Tower in New York City to protest the detention of a pro-Palestinian student activist. According to the New York Police Department, around 150 individuals dressed in civilian attire entered the Trump Tower — U.S. President Donald Trump’s New…
Geneva, Mar 14 (UNI) The World Trade Organization (WTO) said Thursday that Canada has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States regarding the tariffs imposed by the U.S. on certain steel and aluminum products from Canada. Canada claims that the measures, which terminate Canada’s exemption from additional tariffs on certain steel and aluminum products…
