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Washington, Mar 16 (UNI) A federal judge on Saturday barred U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from invoking the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan nationals from the United States, local media reported. The White House issued a presidential proclamation earlier in the day targeting Venezuelan members of Tren de Aragua gang,…

Washington, Mar 16 (UNI) The death toll from the recent storms and tornadoes in the United States increased to 28, ABC News reported. Of these, 15 fatalities were related to tornadoes, the channel specified. Tornadoes and storms that have hit the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas threaten approximately 138 million…

Washington, Mar 16 (UNI) Hundreds of staffers at Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets received a weekend email that they will be barred from their offices and should surrender press passes and equipment, local media reported Saturday. The cuts followed an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump…

Tehran, Mar 16 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp on Saturday held a phone conversation to discuss bilateral ties and developments in West Asia. The two sides also exchanged views on international issues of common interest, according to a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. Araghchi underscored…

Seoul, Mar 16 (UNI) North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met with a delegation from the Russian Foreign Ministry on March 15, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports. It was previously reported that a delegation from the Russian Foreign Ministry headed by Deputy Minister Andrei Rudenko arrived in North Korea on a visit….

Gaza/Jerusalem, Mar 16 (UNI) Nine people were killed and several others injured on Saturday by Israeli drone attacks in northern Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA said the drone attacked a group of citizens in Beit Lahia and bombed a vehicle, leading to the death of nine citizens, including two journalists. The…

Washington, Mar 16 (UNI) The United States has sent destroyer USS Gravely to the country’s southern border to help combat illegal migrants, the US Northern Command said. “USS Gravely’s deployment will contribute to the U.S. Northern Command southern border mission as part of the DOD’s coordinated effort in response to the Presidential Executive Order. Gravely’s…

Islamabad, Mar 16 (UNI) Nine terrorists were killed when Pakistani security forces conducted two separate operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement on Saturday. The operations were carried out in Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts on Friday and Saturday based on intelligence, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the…

Doha, Mar 16 (UNI) US fighter jets struck a power plant in the city of Dhahyan in the Saada province in northern Yemen, which led to a power outage in the city and its suburbs, Yemeni TV channel Al-Masirah reported. The United States began airstrikes in Yemen on Sunday night, including in its capital Sanaa,…

Sanaa, Mar 16 (UNI) At least nine people were killed and nine others wounded in the U.S. airstrikes on Houthi sites in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday night, said the Houthi-run Health Ministry. “The number of victims killed by the U.S. aggression reached to nine and nine others were wounded,” the ministry said in…