Moscow, Aug 25 (UNI) Ukraine and Canada signed an agreement on Sunday that will allow them to expand defense industry cooperation and set up joint production, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said. “Ukraine and Canada have agreed on joint defence production. The agreement is aimed at deepening bilateral defence-industrial cooperation, expanding and creating new production…
New York, Aug 25 (UNI) Twenty-four time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic made a triumphant return to major competition, overcoming spirited teenager Learner Tien in the first round of the US Open today IST. Djokovic, seeded seventh, defeated the 19-year-old American 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-2 in two hours and 25 minutes under the lights of Arthur…
Washington, Aug 25 (UNI) US company SpaceX said it had canceled a test launch of the Starship spacecraft to troubleshoot ground systems minutes before the planned takeoff. “Standing down from today’s tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems,” SpaceX said on X. In late May, the ninth launch…
Sanna/Jerusalem, Aug 25 (UNI) At least two people were killed and 35 others wounded on Sunday afternoon after Israeli airstrikes hit several locations in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to Houthi-run health authorities. The casualties were reported at the Oil Company Station, a gas station run by the Houthi-controlled Yemeni Petroleum Company, one of several…
Cairo, Aug 25 (UNI) The death toll from Israeli airstrikes against the Yemeni capital of Sanaa has increased to four with 67 others injured, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday. Earlier in the day, Yemeni broadcaster Al Masirah, which is run by the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, reported that Israeli…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (UNI) In a latest update in connection with the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the Delhi Police have made the Second arrest in the matter. The accused identified as Tahseen Sayed was arrested from Rajkot. According to source Rajesh was continuously in contact with Tahseen and that Tahseen also…
Sydney, Aug 24 (UNI) Three people have been hospitalised, including two with stab wounds, after being found unresponsive at a home west of Sydney on Sunday morning. Police in the Australian state of New South Wales said that emergency services were called to conduct a welfare check at the home in the suburb of Leura,…
Tehran, Aug 24 (UNI) Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said on Saturday its forces had smashed a “terrorist” team in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing six of its members and arresting two others. Members of the “terror” team, seven non-Iranian nationals, had entered Iran through the country’s eastern border during the past days and…
Moscow, Aug 24 (UNI) A fire broke out at a transformer unit on the premises of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia’s Kurchatov, local media reported Sunday. According to a statement from the plant’s press service, the transformer unit was operating at a 30 percent capacity and is not the nuclear power plant’s core…
Russia, Aug 24 (UNI) Russian air defence systems shot down 95 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions early on Sunday, the Russian Defence Ministry said. “During the past night, air defence systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 95 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles,” the ministry said in a statement. The drones were intercepted over the Bryansk, Tver,…
