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Jerusalem, (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday that some issues “remain unresolved” in a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostage deal, shortly after local and international media outlets widely reported that such a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas. In a statement, the office said that “Hamas backed down at the last moment…
Seoul, Jan 15 (UNI) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country’s first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition. A joint investigation unit, composed of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), the National Office of Investigation (NOI), and the defense…
Lima, Jan 15 (UNI) At least five people, including three children, lost their lives in a large fire that broke out Monday night in a community in the southern Peruvian region of Arequipa, local authorities said Tuesday. The fire started around 11:00 p.m. local time Monday (0400 GMT Tuesday) in the Carlos Portocarrero Dongo settlement…
Sydney, Jan 15 (UNI) Hundreds of train services across Sydney, the capital city of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), have been delayed or cancelled as workers struck on Wednesday. Commuters into the city were told to expect major delays on Wednesday as work bans put in place by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU)…
Bratislava, Jan 15 (UNI) Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico doesn’t plan to visit Kiev to discuss the halt in Russian gas transit through Ukraine, Deputy Speaker of the Slovak National Council Tibor Gaspar said on Tuesday. Gaspar, who is visiting Moscow with a Slovak parliamentary delegation, told the News Agency of the Slovak Republic that…
Los Angeles, Jan 15 (UNI) Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions will continue for coastal southern California including the areas of the wildfires in greater Los Angeles, said the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday. The “particularly dangerous situation” will go into effect Tuesday and last through Wednesday for swaths of Los Angeles…
Ramallah, Jan 15 (UNI) At least six Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. In a press statement, the ministry said that six bodies were brought to Jenin Governmental Hospital following the Israeli strike…
Tehran, Jan 14 (UNI) Iran’s law enforcement has arrested a member of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the northern province of Mazandaran, according to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. The suspect was arrested in Juybar County during a joint operation by counterterrorism units from Mazandaran and the neighboring Golestan province, Tasnim reported, citing a statement…
Bratislava, Jan 14 (UNI) Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico proposed on Monday holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss gas transit through Ukraine which was halted recently. In an open letter posted on social media, Fico extended the invitation to Zelensky for a joint meeting on Slovak territory near the border between Slovakia…
Gaza, Jan 14 (UNI) At least 45 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defence. An Israeli warplane struck Salah al-Din School east of Gaza City, killing five people and wounding dozens, Basal said. He added that another 30 people, including children,…
