Baghdad, Feb 3 (UNI) US airstrikes on the border areas in western Iraq will have serious consequences for the security and stability of Iraq and the region, the Iraqi government said on Saturday. Yahya Rasoul, the military spokesman of the Iraqi prime minister, said in a statement that U.S. airstrikes targeted the town of al-Qaim,…
Washington, Feb 3 (UNI) The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter still suffers at least 65 basic deficiencies where it continues to fail to meet basic testing specifications, the Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) said in a report. The JPO [F-35 Joint Project Office] completed the readiness review for JSE [joint…
Moscow, Feb 3 (UNI) The only matter left for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia under the genocide convention is whether Kiev had committed genocide in Donbas, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. On Friday, ICJ President Joan E. Donoghue said that the court…
Washington, (UNI) At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are unaccompanied or separated amid the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, UNICEF State of Palestine Chief of Communication Jonathan Crickx said on Friday. “UNICEF estimates that at least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are unaccompanied or separated. Each one is a heartbreaking story of loss and…
Baghdad, Feb 3 (UNI) One civilian was killed and another one was injured as a result of US airstrikes on targets in the Al-Qa’im District in western Iraq, a source in the Iraqi security services told Sputnik. On Friday, the US Central Command said in a statement that the United States conducted its first retaliatory…
Sanaa, Feb 3 (UNI) Yemen’s armed Houthi group said they struck the Israeli city of Eilat on Friday with several ballistic missiles. The group struck “specific targets” in the city to demonstrate its “support to the Palestinian people in facing the Israeli war and blockade,” said Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea in a statement aired…
Shillong, (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma claimed on Friday that his government has created more sports infrastructure in the state over the past five years than what was done 45 years after statehood. “In the last five years, we have constructed more stadiums and infrastructure than was done in the last 45 years in…
New Delhi, (UNI) Amid ongoing tension between India and the Maldives, both nations held a second meeting of the High Level Core Group in New Delhi on Friday. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry of the Maldives said that the Government of India will replace the military personnel on one of the three aviation platforms…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Indian Navy yet again foiled a piracy attempt on an Iranian-flagged vessel along the East Coast of Somalia on Friday. The Fishing Vessel Omari, with 11 Iranian and eight Pakistani crew members, was taken hostage by seven Somali pirates. According to the Indian Navy’s statement, after getting information on the piracy…
Chandigarh/Delhi, (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday attacked the BJP with regard to the city mayoral polls saying the world’s largest party was caught red-handed while “stealing” votes in a “small mayor election”. “The election shows that it is their end now,” he said. He recited…
