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Los Angeles, Feb 22 (UNI) U.S. company Intuitive Machines is set to launch its second lunar mission later this month to deliver NASA science to the lunar surface, NASA said on Friday. The mission, codenamed IM-2, will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida no earlier than…
Baghdad, Feb 22 (UNI) The Iraqi military said on Friday that its forces had destroyed 25 sites used by Islamic State (IS) militants in a mountainous area in northern Iraq. Forces from Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service carried out an operation in the Makhmour area, some 100 km southeast of Nineveh’s provincial capital, Mosul, and destroyed 18…
Gaza, Feb 22 (UNI) Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, handed over the body of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage, to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday, according to a senior Hamas official, after Israeli authorities determined that a body returned by Hamas on Thursday was not her. The official,…
Beirut, Feb 22 (UNI) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday called on the United States to continue supporting the Lebanese army with equipment and resources to help it carry out its national security duties, particularly in southern Lebanon. During a meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation led by congressman Darrell Issa in Beirut, Aoun also…
Mexico City, Feb 21 (UNI) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum signed two constitutional amendments on Thursday to strengthen national sovereignty and impose harsher penalties on foreigners engaged in illegal activities in Mexico. The move follows Washington’s decision on Wednesday to designate six Mexican drug cartels as “terrorist organisations,” a classification that could expand U.S. legal and…
La Paz, Feb 21 (UNI) Former Bolivian President Evo Morales announced on Thursday that he will run in the country’s Aug. 17 general election after forming an alliance with the Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) party. “We now have a party to compete in this year’s election,” Morales told supporters in Cochabamba, openly defying a…
Kiev, Feb 21 (UNI) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that he held a “productive meeting” with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, in Kiev. “We had a detailed conversation about the battlefield situation, how to return our prisoners of war, and effective security guarantees,” he said on social media platform…
Jerusalem, Feb 21 (UNI) Three empty buses exploded simultaneously Thursday night in Israel’s Tel Aviv area, while explosive devices were found on at least two others before they could detonate, in what police said was a “suspected terror attack.” No injuries have been reported, Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said. The explosions occurred in…
Johannesburg/New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) Differences must not become disputes, disputes should not become conflicts, and conflicts should not lead to a bigger breakdown, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Johannesburg, adding that there are lessons from the last few years for the group to reflect on. In…
Johannesburg/New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Russian FM Sergey Lavrov in Johannesburg on Thursday, during which the two sides discussed the recent Ukraine developments, including the peace efforts in Riyadh. In a post on X, the EAM wrote: “Glad to meet FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia this evening in Johannesburg….
