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Cairo, Apr 6 (UNI) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during a phone conversation on Saturday, emphasising the need to restore calm and provide humanitarian aid, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency. The leaders underscored that a two-state solution is…

Sanaa, Apr 6 (UNI) At least one person was killed and four others wounded when airstrikes by U.S. forces hit a solar energy store and a house in Yemen’s northern city of Saada late on Saturday, medics reported. Medics described the casualty toll as preliminary, adding that civil defence teams were working to extinguish fires…

Colombo/New Delhi, Apr 5 (UNI) India and Sri Lanka inked their first MoU on defence cooperation and a trilateral cooperation with the UAE on development of Trincomalee into an energy hub, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayka. Prime Minister Modi was also conferred Sri Lanka’s highest honour…

Washington, Apr 5 (UNI) US President Donald Trump held talks with representatives of Vietnam, India and Israel regarding the recently imposed tariffs on imported goods, CNN reported. Trump is in touch with the countries’ representatives to negotiate individual trade deals that could soften the proposed tariffs before next week’s deadline, the report said, citing a…

Islamabad, Apr 5 (UNI) The Pakistan Army said on Friday that security personnel have killed two terrorists during an operation in the Kech district of the country’s southwestern Balochistan province. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement that the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in…

Los Angeles, Apr 5 (UNI) The four-member crew of the world’s first human spaceflight mission over the Earth’s polar regions completed their mission on Friday and returned to Earth. After nearly four days in orbit, the crew of the “Fram2” mission aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down at 9:19 a.m. Pacific time (1719…

Moscow, Apr 5 (UNI) Ukrainian drones struck an industrial facility in the city of Chapayevsk in Russia’s Samara Oblast early Saturday morning, said a local official. No casualties were reported, said Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev in a statement on social media. Emergency response teams, including specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, are on-site working to…

Moscow, Apr 5 (UNI) Chinese authorities have not approved a deal to spin off TikTok’s US assets due to recently announced US tariffs on Chinese goods, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The report said the deal was largely finalised by April 2 and would have involved spinning off the social media’s…

Madrid, Apr 5 (UNI) A tornado brought down an agricultural warehouse on Friday, killing three people working inside, in southern Spain, emergency services confirmed. Local emergency services reported that they were called to the scene at 11:35 local time (1035 GMT) near the town of Dos Hermanos, close to Seville in the region of Andalusia….

Oslo, Apr 5 (UNI) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called for unity between Denmark and Greenland in response to growing pressure from the United States, emphasising that the two parts of the Kingdom must remain closely aligned to safeguard their shared interests. She made the remarks in an interview with Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq during…