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Santiago, May 3 (UNI) A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the southern maritime zone of Chile on Friday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert for the Magallanes region. The National Seismological Center of the University of Chile said the quake occurred at 8:58 a.m. local time (1258 GMT), with its epicenter located 218 km south…

Cairo/Baghdad, May 3 (UNI) The Arab League condemned on Friday the Israeli airstrikes on targets near the presidential palace in the Syrian capital Damascus. The pan-Arab organization said in a statement that these airstrikes represent “a dangerous escalation and a rejected and condemned violation of Syria’s sovereignty.” It added that these airstrikes aimed at destabilizing…

Washington, May 3 (UNI) US tech entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk stated on Friday that banning the centrist Alternative for Germany (AfD), Germany’s most popular political party, would represent an “extreme attack on democracy.” Earlier in the day, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the nation’s counterintelligence agency, designated the AfD…

Washington, May 3 (UNI) Washington and Tokyo have agreed to begin consultations on the settlement of trade disputes against the backdrop of tariffs imposed by the United States, the US Treasury Department said. US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with Japan’s Economic…

Damascus, May 3 (UNI) Israeli air activity intensified across Syria on Friday, with warplane strikes reported in capital Damascus as well as central and western provinces, and drone activities observed in several regions, according to Syrian media and a monitor group. In rural Damascus, a drone strike attributed to the Israeli military killed four people…

Los Angeles, May 2 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump restarted blackmail against Iran on Thursday, saying any country or person that buys oil or petrochemicals from Iran would face immediate U.S. sanctions, after the indirect talks between the two countries were postponed. “All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW! Any Country…

Sydney, May 2 (UNI) Police in Sydney are investigating a shooting and car fire in the city’s northwest. A police statement issued on Friday said that officers were called to reports of shots fired in Marsden Park, 40 kilometers northwest of central Sydney, at about 10:45 p.m. local time on Thursday. Officers attended the scene…

New York, May 2 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated his national security advisor Mike Waltz as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “In the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department,” said Trump in a post…

Tehran, May 2 (UNI) Iran is still determined to reach an agreement with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday. Earlier on Thursday, Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi said the fourth round of US-Iran talks scheduled for May 3 in Rome would be postponed due to logistical problems, and the…

New York, May 2 (UNI) U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz will leave his post, according to multiple media reports on Thursday. Both Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong are expected to leave as soon as Thursday, which would mark the first major shakeup in Donald Trump’s second term of presidency. The White House has…