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Moscow, Sep 28 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Russian air defence forces shot down 41 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) overnight over several Russian regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said. “During the night of September 28, air defence alert systems destroyed 41 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),” it said. Twelve of these were destroyed over the Kursk…

Islamabad, Sept. 28 (UNI) Seventeen terrorists were killed during an operation of security forces in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Saturday. The operation was conducted in Lakki Marwat district of the province on the reported presence of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said…

Kiev, Sep 27 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Ukraine has become one of the main suppliers of kamikaze drones to terrorist groups around the world, Prime Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Maiga has said. “The Ukrainian regime has become one of the main suppliers of kamikaze drones to terrorist groups around the world. In this regard, some Western countries should…

New York/New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) India today hammered Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharief’s address at the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly describing it as ‘’absurd theatrics’’ and ‘’bizarre’’ and said a country long steeped in the tradition of deploying and exporting terrorism has no shame in advancing the most ludicrous narratives. Exercising…

Lanzhou, Sept. 27 (UNI) A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Longxi County in Dingxi City in northwest China’s Gansu Province at 5:49 a.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 34.91 degrees north latitude and 104.58 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, the CENC…

Moscow, Sep 27 (UNI) Developments by Russian specialists in the field of new nuclear power reactors will make nuclear energy “green” by neutralizing the most dangerous radioactive waste, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General Mikhail Chudakov told RIA Novosti. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was planning to launch the…

United Nations/New Delhi, Sep 26 (UNI) The G4 countries of India, Japan, Germany and Brazil, underscored that the expansion of membership of the UN Security Council in both permanent and non-permanent categories is essential to the world body’s reform, and that this position is supported by a majority of the UN Member States. This was…

Moscow, Sep 26 (UNI) India has been doing a fabulous job in the nuclear energy sector with its indigenous programme, said Sama Bilbao Leon, Director General, World Nuclear Association. She also said nuclear energy growth is good in China, India and in other Asian countries. Speaking to international journalists here at the `World Atomic Week’…

United Nations, Sep 26 (UNI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged funding and political support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).”I appeal to you today to provide the funding and political support UNRWA needs to help build peace and stability — for Palestinians, for…

Khartoum, Sep 26 (UNI) The United Nations on Thursday described El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, as the “epicenter of suffering” after more than 500 days under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “The people of El Fasher … continue to bear the brunt of Sudan’s ongoing conflict. Civilians are…