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Lusaka, Mar 26 (UNI) Thirteen people were killed and six others survived after a boat capsized in Zambia’s northern province of Luapula, local media reported on Tuesday. The accident occurred in the Kawambwa District on Monday morning due to a heavy current in the Luena River as the victims, all sugar company workers, were going…
Beirut/Jerusalem, Mar 26 (UNI) A senior military commander of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, according to a Lebanese security source on Tuesday. The source told Xinhua that “an Israeli drone fired an air-to-ground missile at a civilian vehicle … in (the village of) Qa’qaiyat…
Washington, Mar 26 (UNI) US President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Wednesday that both Moscow and Kiev want to end the conflict in Ukraine. On Tuesday, another round of negotiations between the United States and Ukraine took place in Riyadh. Speaking after the talks, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said the sides had agreed to…
New Delhi, Mar 25 (UNI) India appears willing to cut tariffs on more than half of US imports worth 23 billion dollars to avoid heavy tariff duty on the Indian exports. Representatives of the two countries are expected to finalize a trade deal during their extensive talks here. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has already reduced…
San Francisco, Mar 25 (UNI) Boeing is seeking to withdraw an agreement to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge related to two fatal 737 MAX crashes, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The company is reportedly seeking more lenient treatment from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)…
New York, Mar 25 (UNI) U.S. stocks jumped higher on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump might scale back some of his broad tariff plans, potentially helping the United States avoid an economic slowdown from an extended trade war. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 597.97 points, or 1.42 percent, to 42,583.32. The S&P 500…
Gaza, Mar 25 (UNI) Hamas on Monday published a video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in which the captives urged the Israeli government to halt its military operations, warning that continued attacks put their lives at risk. The video, released by Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades on Telegram, showed the captives identifying themselves only as…
Tehran, Mar 25 (UNI) Iran on Monday rejected media reports that the Iranian oil tankers seized by the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf used forged Iraqi documents. The report, which quoted Iraqi oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani as saying that the Iranian oil tankers being detained by U.S. naval forces carried Iraqi shipping manifests, was…
Washington, Mar 25 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that he may “give a lot of countries breaks” on tariffs, as his April 2 deadline to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on U.S. trading partners draws closer. “I may give a lot of countries breaks, but it’s reciprocal,” Trump told reporters at the White House…
Wellington, Mar 25 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 159 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand, at 01:43:11 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 46.70 degrees south latitude and 166.00 degrees east longitude.
