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Tehran, Jan 19 (UNI) Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s Supreme Court. Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh were killed after a gunman entered the court, in the capital Tehran, on Saturday morning. The attacker killed himself while fleeing the scene, according to the judiciary’s news website,…

Colombo, Jan. 19 (UNI) Over 35 people were hospitalized after a head-on collision between two buses in Sri Lanka’s Southern Province on Sunday morning, police said in a statement. Six individuals sustained serious injuries and were receiving treatment at the main hospital in Matara District, according to police. Local media reported that it was raining…

Washington, Jan 19 (UNI) US company Perplexity AI, which has developed a search engine using artificial intelligence, has filed an application with the Chinese company that owns the social network TikTok, ByteDance, to merge with TikTok’s US division, CNBC News reported, citing an unnamed source. On Friday, the US Supreme Court denied TikTok a request…

Seoul, Jan 18 (UNI) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday attended the warrant hearing on whether to be detained for up to 20 days. Vehicles with the arrested president aboard, which departed from the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, arrived at the Seoul Western District Court, about 20 km north of the detention center,…

Nuuk, Jan 18 (UNI) Residents of Greenland will not object to the United States increasing its military presence on the island, since current agreements give them permission to do so, Pele Broberg, the leader of the opposition Naleraq party in Greenland’s parliament and former foreign minister, told Sputnik. “We don’t mind it [the US increasing…

Islamabad, Jan 18 (UNI) Five terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Friday. The security forces conducted the operation in the Khyber district of the province on reported presence of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in…

Tunis, Jan 18 (UNI) Tunisian Parliament Speaker Ibrahim Bouderbala met on Friday with Italy’s Senate President Ignazio La Russa in Tunis to strengthen bilateral relations, according to a statement from the Tunisian parliament. The two officials praised the strong ties between Tunisia and Italy, underscoring the historical and geographical links that have fostered close cooperation…

Tokyo, Jan 18 (UNI) A forest fire that broke out on Friday within Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force’s Nagahama Shooting Range in Hiroshima Prefecture continued to burn over 20 hours later despite weakened flames, local media reported. At around 9:40 a.m. local time on Friday, a report was received from a resident stating that “flames were…

Sao Paulo, Jan 18 (UNI) Six suspects were killed on Friday in a shootout with police in Ponta Grossa, a municipality in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, local authorities said. The gunfight occurred during a police raid to confiscate illegal weapons of a gang. The criminal organization was stockpiling weapons and planned to attack…

Jerusalem, Jan 18 (UNI) The Israeli government on Saturday approved a ceasefire agreement aimed at the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, following a lengthy cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister’s Office said. At the meeting, 24 ministers voted in favor and eight against. The agreement is expected to take effect on Sunday, it…