Washington, Feb 22 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Washington was nearing a deal requiring Kiev to hand over 50 percent of its rare earth minerals as the payoff of U.S. aid during Ukraine’s conflict with Russia. “We’re signing an agreement, hopefully in the next fairly short period of time,” Trump told reporters…
Berlin, Feb 22 (UNI) A tourist from Spain was seriously injured in a stabbing incident at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial on Friday evening, police said. The suspect has been taken into custody. The attack occurred at around 6 p.m. local time. The victim was transported to a hospital by the fire brigade for emergency treatment, a…
Hyderabad, Feb 22 (UNI) Strengthening south-south collaboration in the global fight against land degradation and climate change, a three-week International Training on Landscape Resource Conservation concluded at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) here. The program brought together 24 participants from 14 countries—Ghana, Tajikistan, South Sudan, Myanmar, Morocco, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Liberia,…
Los Angeles, Feb 22 (UNI) U.S. company Intuitive Machines is set to launch its second lunar mission later this month to deliver NASA science to the lunar surface, NASA said on Friday. The mission, codenamed IM-2, will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida no earlier than…
Dubai, Feb 22 (UNI) India is set to take on Pakistan in a crucial ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. With the match slated to begin at 2:30 PM IST, cricket enthusiasts worldwide are eagerly awaiting yet another chapter in one of the most thrilling rivalries in the sport….
Baghdad, Feb 22 (UNI) The Iraqi military said on Friday that its forces had destroyed 25 sites used by Islamic State (IS) militants in a mountainous area in northern Iraq. Forces from Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service carried out an operation in the Makhmour area, some 100 km southeast of Nineveh’s provincial capital, Mosul, and destroyed 18…
Gaza, Feb 22 (UNI) Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, handed over the body of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage, to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday, according to a senior Hamas official, after Israeli authorities determined that a body returned by Hamas on Thursday was not her. The official,…
Beirut, Feb 22 (UNI) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday called on the United States to continue supporting the Lebanese army with equipment and resources to help it carry out its national security duties, particularly in southern Lebanon. During a meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation led by congressman Darrell Issa in Beirut, Aoun also…
New Delhi, (UNI) As the landscape of modern warfare evolves with new and sophisticated threats, the Indian Army is taking proactive measures and is significantly strengthening its Air Defence Systems. Interacting with mediapersons here, Director General, Army Air Defence Lt Gen Sumer Ivan D’Cunha said that Air Defence systems have been inducted with the concept…
New Delhi, (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday held an inspiring educational interaction with the students of the rural and tribal community of Santokba Dholakiya Vidya Mandir, Dang District, Gujarat at Gujarat Bhawan, here. The program not only served as a source of inspiration for all these rural and tribal students, but it…
