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London, Nov 18 (UNI) Commenting on the decision of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to hold a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he did not plan to talk to the Russian leader. On Friday, the Kremlin and Berlin reported a phone conversation between Scholz and Putin. It…
Port Sudan, Nov. 18 (UNI) The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said on Sunday that 150 fighters of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were killed in a battle in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State in western Sudan. “Our forces have been engaged in a continued battle for more than two hours…
Rio de Janeiro/New Delhi, Nov 18 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Rio de Janeiro to attend the G20 summit being hosted by Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva. He was welcomed by an enthusiastic diaspora crowd, and Brazilian Vedic scholars chanted Vedic mantras in front of PM Modi. The PM said in…
Kabul, Nov 17 (UNI) The Afghan caretaker government’s national procurement commission has approved 27 projects worth 5 billion afghani (about 73 million U.S. dollars), according to the office of the acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs. The projects included a water dam, residential apartments, roads and electrical equipment in the national capital Kabul and…
Colombo, Nov 17 (UNI) The swearing-in ceremony for the new Sri Lankan cabinet will be held on Monday, the President’s Media Division (PMD) announced on Sunday. Cabinet ministers will be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and deputy ministers will also take their oaths, the PMD said. The president will name a 23-member cabinet,…
Kalat (Pakistan), Nov 17 (UNI) Security forces killed six terrorists when they attempted to attack a security post near Shah Mardan under the restive Balochistan province early on Saturday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) officials said on Sunday. Earlier reports said seven security personnel were killed and 18 others were wounded in the pre-dawn terrorist…
Dhaka, Nov 17 (UNI) Bangladesh recorded eight more deaths and 994 more dengue infections in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 407 this year, media reports said on Sunday. In the recent fatalities, 5 were reported in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), 2…
Ramallah, Nov 17 (UNI) The Palestinian presidency on Saturday condemned a settler attack on Palestinian homes and the burning of vehicles in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh denounced the violence, describing it as acts of “terrorism” and urging for international response to…
Tehran, Nov 16 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei strongly condemned Israel’s recent deadly attacks on residential neighbourhoods in Syria on Friday. He made the remarks in a statement released by the ministry one day after Israeli forces hit three residential buildings in the al-Mazzeh neighbourhood west of Damascus and areas on the Syrian-Lebanese…
Addis Ababa, Nov 15 (UNI) Three months after the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of continental security, the spread of the virus is not slowing as the number of cases reported so far this year surpassed 53,000, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned. During an online…
