Jakarta, June 2 (UNI) The death toll of landslides at a quarry on Friday in Indonesia’s West Java province increased to 19 on Sunday, but further landslides forced a suspension of the search for 6 missing victims, officials said. Hadi Rahmat Hardjasasmita, a spokesperson for the Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency of West Java province,…
Washington, June 2 (UNI) Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will meet with leaders of Palestinian movement Hamas to discuss the US proposal for a ceasefire deal with Israel, Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported, citing several sources. Al Thani will meet tonight in Doha with Hamas leaders, Ravid said on X. He added…
Warsaw, June 2 (UNI) Karol Nawrocki, the candidate from the opposition Law and Justice party, is winning the Polish presidential runoff with 51% of the votes, Polish Television reports citing data from the state election commission after processing 99.55% of the ballots. Ruling Civic Coalition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski received 49% of the votes. On Sunday…
Buenos Aires, June 2 (UNI) Winger Guido Mainero scored in the second half as Platense secured its first ever Argentine top-flight title with a 1-0 victory over Huracan on Sunday. Platense took the lead just after the hour at Estadio Unico in Santiago del Estero when Huracan failed to deal with a floating Vicente Taborda…
Washington, June 2 (UNI) UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds will ask the US for a quick steel deal next week, the Financial Times reported. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said he was raising tariffs on US steel imports to 50% in order to strengthen domestic steel industry. Reynolds will…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 2 (UNI) Air Marshal Manish Khanna assumed command of the Southern Air Command (SAC) as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief here on Sunday. Commissioned in the fighter stream of Indian Air Force on December 6,1986, the Air Officer is a category `A’ Qualified Flying Instructor and an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff…
Beirut, June 2 (UNI) A Hezbollah member was killed Sunday evening in an Israeli strike targeting a vehicle in southern Lebanon, according to a statement from the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health. Security sources told Xinhua that the slain Hezbollah member was Mohammad Ali Srour, from the village of…
Warsaw, June 2 (UNI) Rafal Trzaskowski, mayor of Warsaw, was leading by a narrow margin in Poland’s presidential runoff on Sunday, according to exit polls. According to the exit poll by Ipsos, Trzaskowski, candidate of the ruling Civic Coalition (KO), received 50.3 percent of the vote, while his rival Karol Nawrocki, an independent candidate backed…
Moscow, June 2 (UNI) Ukraine on Sunday carried out drone attacks targeting airfields in multiple Russian regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said. According to the ministry, the attacks were repelled in the regions of Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur. In the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions, drones launched from areas near the airfields caused several aircraft to…
Gaza/Jerusalem, June 2 (UNI) Hamas said on Sunday that it affirms its readiness to begin indirect negotiations over the Gaza ceasefire immediately. In a press statement, Hamas expressed its appreciation for the continued efforts by Qatar and Egypt to broker a ceasefire agreement. The movement said that it is ready to “immediately begin a round…
