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Baghdad, Mar 15 (UNI) Iraqi leaders met with Syria’s chief of foreign affairs authority, Asaad al-Shaibani, here on Friday to discuss bilateral relations and anti-terrorism cooperation. During a meeting with visiting al-Shaibani, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani reaffirmed Iraq’s firm and consistent stance in respecting the will of the Syrian people, stressing the need…

London, Mar 15 (UNI) The captain of the cargo ship involved in the fatal collision in the North Sea has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, media reports said on Friday. According to BBC reports, Humberside Police confirmed that 59-year-old Vladimir Motin has been remanded in custody and is set to appear at Hull Magistrates’…

Los Angeles, Mar 15 (UNI) NASA and SpaceX launched a new crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, a critical step to bring home NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore who have been stranded in space since last June. The spacecraft took off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s…

Washington, Mar 15 (UNI) The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it is imposing permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and eliminating helicopter and passenger jet mixed traffic, following recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The FAA’s latest rules came over a month after…

Washington, Mar 15 (UNI) U.S. Senate on Friday approved a stopgap bill that will keep government funding at current levels until September just hours before current funding is set to expire, averting a government shutdown. The upper chamber voted 54-46 to pass the bill, which was already approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday….

Paris, (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called on Russia to accept a 30-day ceasefire proposal formulated during the U.S.-Ukraine meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, earlier this week. In a statement on his official X account, Macron said he had spoken separately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on…

Moscow, Mar 14 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the Kremlin said in a statement. “A telephone conversation took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman…

Washington, Mar 14 (UNI) The United States is tightening restrictions on Russia’s oil, gas and banking sectors by limiting their access to U.S. payment systems, according to CBC News. The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday ended a 60-day exemption introduced by the Biden administration in January, which allowed certain energy transactions involving sanctioned Russian banks…

Seoul, Mar 14 (UNI) Price for imported goods to South Korea fell in February due to cheaper crude oil and the local currency’s appreciation versus the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Friday. Import price index slipped 0.8 percent in February from a month earlier, after going up for the past four months, according to…

Manila, Mar 14 (UNI) Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will make his first appearance at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 14, the court said. The court said Thursday Duterte has been placed in an ICC detention center following the completion of necessary medical examinations. On Wednesday, Duterte was taken into the ICC’s custody…