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Moscow, June 15 (UNI) Ukrainian shelling has killed four people and injured another seven in Shebekino, a town within Russia’s Belgorod region, local authorities said on Saturday. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the shelling led to the collapse of the entrance to a five-story residential building and damaged approximately 20 apartments. Rescue teams from the…

Cape Town, June 15 (UNI) Cyril Ramaphosa, leader of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), was reelected by the National Assembly on Friday as the nation’s president for the next five years. Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who presided over the first sitting of the National Assembly, announced that Ramaphosa gained 283 votes to win…

Apulia/New Delhi, June 15 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy. He also met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. On his meeting with his Italian counterpart and G7 host, the PM posted on X that…

Manila, June 14 (UNI) The Philippines on Friday said Filipino sailors were among the crew on board a commercial ship attacked by Houthi militants in the Red Sea on June 12. “The Philippine government will take all necessary measures to secure the safety and well-being of the Filipino crew on board and ensure justice. We…

Beijing, June 14 (UNI) China’s National Meteorological Center on Friday morning continued to issue a yellow alert for high temperatures as multiple regions are experiencing sweltering heat. Friday daytime will see some areas in Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan Basin and Hainan Island experience temperatures reaching 35 to 36…

New York, (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted central Peru at 22:46:53 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.61 degrees south latitude and 75.88 degrees west longitude.

Paris, June 13 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Iran has released French national Louis Arnaud, who was arrested in September 2022 and had been held since. “Louis Arnaud is free. Tomorrow he will be in France after a long incarceration in Iran,” AFP quoted Macron as saying on Wednesday. The French president…

Baghdad, June 13 (UNI) A massive fire has broken out at the asphalt storage facility of an oil refinery in Iraq’s Erbil Governorate in the country’s north, the Rudaw broadcaster has reported. The blaze occurred on Wednesday, but its cause was unclear, the broadcaster reported. About a dozen firefighting teams were reportedly battling the fire….

Riyadh, June 13 (UNI) Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has informed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that he will not attend the upcoming G7 summit in Italy, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) has reported. In a cable sent to the Italian prime minister, the Saudi prime minister…

Kabul, June 13 (UNI) At least 11 people lost their lives and four others were injured in a road accident on Wednesday in north Afghanistan’s Faryab province, according to a local official. The accident occurred when a vehicle veered off the road and collided with the wall of a residential house in Maimana City, the…