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Mexico City, May 30 (UNI) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday questioned the U.S. government for striking plea deals with Damaso Lopez Serrano, a member of a cartel the United States itself has labelled as “Foreign Terrorist Organisation.” At a daily morning press conference, Sheinbaum spoke of the apparent contradiction and demanded an explanation. “The…

Sanaa, May 30 (UNI) Yemen’s Houthi group took responsibility Thursday night for launching a fresh “hypersonic ballistic missile” attack against central Israel, saying it was aimed at Ben Gurion Airport. “We carried out a military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, using a hypersonic ballistic missile,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in…

Moscow, May 30 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin has received Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the Kremlin, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, killed in an assassination attempt, Akie Abe, who is currently…

Tel Aviv, May 30 (UNI) US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack and Deputy Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus will visit Israel’s northern border next week amid normalisation talks between the Jewish state and Syria, Israeli media reported. Israel and Syria held several rounds of the first known direct talks in…

United nations, May 29 (UNI) A UN spokesman has rejected Israel’s claim that the world body has failed to pick up humanitarian supplies for Gaza at a border crossing. UN humanitarians in Gaza continue to put their lives at risk, trying to pick up aid from Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem, the only crossing that is…

New York, May 29 (UNI) A U.S. federal court blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, according to U.S. media on Wednesday. The ruling from a New York-based Court of International Trade came after a number of lawsuits arguing Trump has overstepped his authority on imposing across-the-board duties…

Kiev, May 29 (UNI) Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has said that his country expects to receive a peace “memorandum” from Russia by the announced meeting on June 2. “We are not opposed to further meetings with the Russians and are awaiting their memorandum, so that the meeting won’t be empty and can truly move…

Brussels, May 29 (UNI) The European Union (EU) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have formally launched negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), marking a potential breakthrough towards the EU’s first comprehensive trade deal in the Gulf region, said the European Commission on Wednesday. This initiative also aims to expand further the EU’s…

Seoul, May 29 (UNI) Early voting began on Thursday for South Korea’s snap presidential election scheduled for June 3. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local election, will be carried out for two days through Friday. Among 44,391,871 eligible voters, those who wish to cast ballots before…

Nanning, May 29 (UNI) Eight residents missing in the mountain torrent on Friday were confirmed dead in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Thursday. The last body was retrieved in the river water some 25 km downstream at around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday and the identities of all the bodies have…