International News/World News
Sanaa, Mar 20 (UNI) A new round of U.S. airstrikes struck Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Wednesday evening, wounding at least nine people, including seven women and two children, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. The strikes targeted a building under construction in Sanaa’s Geraf neighborhood, damaging nearby residential structures and injuring civilians sheltering in an adjacent…
Nicosia, Mar 19 (UNI) Cyprus Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas stated on Tuesday that the chances of finding more survivors from a refugee boat that capsised off the island’s southeastern coast are “increasingly unlikely.” The vessel, carrying an estimated 20 to 25 people, overturned in the Mediterranean Sea. Cypriot rescue teams managed to save two individuals…
Port of Spain, Mar 19 (UNI) Trinidad and Tobago will hold general elections on April 28, newly appointed Prime Minister Stuart Young announced on Tuesday, one day after taking office. Young, 50, was sworn in on March 17, succeeding Keith Rowley. He has requested President Christine Kangaloo to dissolve the parliament and call for elections,…
Islamabad, Mar 19 (UNI) Russia is ready to act as a mediator in the settlement of the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Albert Khorev told Sputnik. “Considering the existing disagreements between Islamabad and Kabul, Russia is ready to act as a mediator for their settlement if both sides deem it appropriate….
Canberra, Mar 19 (UNI) Australia’s array telescope, the Square Kilometer Array telescope, known as SKA-Low, has captured the first glimpse of the Universe. The first image from SKA-Low, Australia’s groundbreaking telescope, was released by the international SKA Observatory (SKAO) on Tuesday, marking “a significant milestone in its quest to reveal an unparalleled view of our…
Chennai, Mar 19 (UNI) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA)’s SpaceX Crew-9, comprising India born Woman Astronaut Sunita Williams and three others, completed the agency’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS), splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of…
Gaza/Jerusalem, Mar 18 (UNI) The Israeli army conducted on Tuesday intense airstrikes on the northern and central Gaza Strip, marking the most violent escalation since the ceasefire, according to local sources and eyewitnesses. Palestinian sources told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes launched raids of unprecedented scale, triggering successive explosions in several areas of northern and central…
Bogota, Mar 18 (UNI) Colombian military authorities confirmed Monday that they have killed Santander Franco Jimenez, the leader of a criminal organization who was accused of planning an attack against President Gustavo Petro. The 25-year-old is a veteran of the group called Gulf Clan and a close confidant of its top leader known as “Chiquito…
Yaounde, Mar 18 (UNI) At least five people were killed on Monday in clashes in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest, according to security and local sources. In the Southwest region, gunmen suspected to be separatist fighters opened fire on a taxi in the region’s capital of Buea, killing two people, a security…
Gaza City, Mar 18 (UNI) The death toll from the Israeli strike on Gaza has risen to at least 130 people, including women and children, while hundreds others have been injured, Iranian broadcaster Press TV reported on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that it was carrying out massive airstrikes on…
