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Washington, Feb 7 (UNI) Thirteen US attorneys general intend to file a lawsuit to restrict the access to information by the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk, New York Attorney General Letitia James said. “In the past week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has given Elon Musk access to…

Belgrade, Feb 7 (UNI) The US embassy in Serbia has refused to postpone its sanctions against Serbian oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije by 90 days, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said. On Tuesday, the Serbian government said that the company has submitted a request to the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to postpone…

Beirut, Feb. 7 (UNI) Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on Thursday, targeting several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israeli warplanes launched multiple raids on the heights of the eastern Mountain Range and an area in the Baalbek district of eastern Lebanon, the NNA reported, adding Israel…

Donetsk, Feb 7 (UNI) Colombian mercenaries – former special forces soldiers who fought in the 48th separate rifle battalion near the city of Kurakhovo (also known as Kurakhove) in Russia’s Donetsk Region, were eliminated before fighting for even a couple of months, Ukrainian serviceman Serhiy Dzyuba, captured near the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka (Velyka Novosilka),…

Jerusalem, Feb 7 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has struck Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, accusing the Shia movement of violating the ceasefire, the IDF said. “A short while ago, with the direction of the Intelligence Directorate, the IAF [Israeli Air Force] conducted a precise strike in Lebanese territory on two military sites that…

Washington, Feb 6 (UNI) Top officials in the Donald Trump administration on Wednesday tried to walk back the president’s remarks the previous day that the United States will “take over” the Gaza Strip and gain “long-term ownership position” in the enclave. “The only thing President Trump has done, very generously, in my view, is offer…

Washington, Feb 6 (UNI) The fight against Hamas remains Israel’s commitment, and US President Donald Trump did not speak about sending troops to Gaza to assist in it, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. “I do not think he talked about sending US troops to complete the job of destroying Hamas. That’s our…

Doha, Feb 6 (UNI) Qatar is ready to become a mediator between the United States and Iran to resolve differences between the two countries over the Iranian nuclear program, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman and adviser to the Qatari prime minister Majed Al-Ansari said. “And we had been even during the first Trump administration working with…

Phnom Penh, Feb 6 (UNI) Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen left here on Thursday for a two-day official visit to neighboring Laos at the invitation of Lao National Assembly President Saysomphone Phomvihane. A press release from the Senate said that in Vientiane, Hun Sen, who is also president of the ruling Cambodian People’s…

Moscow, Feb 6 (UNI) At least 40,000 US government employees have agreed to resign with an eight-month severance package, the CNN broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing a government official familiar with the matter. In late January, the NBC News broadcaster reported that US President Donald Trump’s administration offered an eight-month severance package to government employees…