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Riyadh, Mar 1 (UNI) Saudi Arabia on Friday voiced its rejection of forming a “parallel government” in war-torn Sudan. Saudi Arabia rejects “any illegitimate steps or measures taken outside the framework of the Republic of Sudan’s official institutions that may affect its unity and do not reflect the will of its people, including the call…

Moscow, Mar 1 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified an agreement on security guarantees with Belarus within the Union State, according to a document posted on the country’s official legal information portal on Friday. The agreement was originally signed by Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Dec. 6, 2024 in Minsk. It was…

Jakarta, Mar 1 (UNI) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province early Saturday without triggering large waves, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported. The tremor struck at 4:58 a.m. Jakarta time on Saturday (2158 GMT Friday), with the epicenter located 167 km southeast of the Banda Islands at a depth of 158…

United Nations, Mar 1 (UNI) Attacks by the Islamic State (IS)-related Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed at least 23 civilians, UN humanitarians said on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), citing local authorities, said the deadly escalation occurred in several…

Kinshasa, Mar 1 (UNI) The death toll from two explosions in Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 16, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said late Friday. The explosions occurred Thursday at the heart of Bukavu shortly after a political rally in support of the M23 rebels. The government and M23…

Washington, (UNI) An Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved Friday afternoon into a hostile confrontation, as Trump threatened Zelenskyy to make a deal with Russia, or “we’re out,” and Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being “disrespectful.” “You’re gambling with World War III. And…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held talks here today to strengthen the bilateral strategic partnership. Earlier, PM Modi warmly welcomed the visiting European Commission President to Hyderabad House for the talks. The MEA spokesperson said in a post on X: “Further strengthening India-EU…

Jerusalem, Feb 28 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces has released findings of its investigation into the October 7 attack, during which the Hamas movement killed and kidnapped hundreds of Israelis. One of the investigation’s main findings highlights the scale on which the Israeli intelligence failed, as the surprise element and operational collapse on that day…

Moscow, Feb. 28 (UNI) Russia successfully launched the Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft into orbit using a Soyuz-2.1a rocket on Friday, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said. The carrier rocket lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 00:24 a.m. Moscow time Friday (2124 GMT Thursday). The spacecraft is expected to reach the International…

Sydney, Feb. 28 (UNI) A 17-year-old has died and three more teenagers have been hospitalized after an allegedly stolen vehicle that was being chased by police crashed northwest of Sydney. Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Friday that four teenagers allegedly stole a vehicle from a petrol station in the…