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San Francisco, July 31 (UNI) The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday announced massive sanctions against some individuals, entities and vessels allegedly linked to an Iranian oil-shipping network. The package is designating “more than 50 individuals and entities and identifying more than 50 vessels,” the Treasury Department said…

Sydney, July 30 (UNI) A man has died after being critically injured in a light plane crash west of Sydney in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW). Police said in a statement that emergency services were called to reports of a light plane crash in the small town of Balranald, some 700 km west…

Manila, July 30 (UNI) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Wednesday warned residents in the coastal areas fronting the Pacific Ocean against “tsunami wave height of less than 1 meter,” following a powerful earthquake that had hit Russia. Based on the revised magnitude calculations and tsunami wave models in the Pacific Tsunami Warning…

Amsterdam, July 30 (UNI) The lower house of the Dutch parliament has decided to cut short its summer recess to hold an urgent debate on the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, media reported. A majority of lawmakers in the Dutch House of Representatives (the Tweede Kamer) backed a motion from the Socialist Party…

Washington, July 30 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his 10-day “deadline” for Moscow to end the conflict with Ukraine is in effect, cutting short the 50-day timeline he announced two weeks ago. Russia has “10 days from today” to reach a ceasefire agreement, Trump told media on his flight back to Washington…

Paris, July 30 (UNI) France insists that Washington exempt alcoholic beverages, including champagne and other wines, from duties imposed by US President Donald Trump, the Financial Times newspaper reported, citing a French official. The EU’s trade deal with the United States reached on Sunday has caused confusion in Brussels and Paris over which goods will…

Caracas, July 30 (UNI) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Tuesday blamed John McNamara, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia, for “kidnapping” 33 Venezuelan children. McNamara “is the material author of this crime, directly responsible for maintaining this illegal and profoundly immoral situation,” Gil said in a post on social media. The children…

Los Angeles, July 30 (UNI) Three people are missing after an explosion at a plant on Tuesday in Fremont, U.S. state of Nebraska, local authorities and news outlets said. Troopers, along with multiple fire and police agencies are on the scene of a building fire near East Cloverly Road and South Union Street in Fremont,…

Washington, July 30 (UNI) The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez, a health scientist and longtime civil servant, to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has seen massive layoffs and leadership uncertainty in recent months. Monarez became U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for CDC director after the…

Tokyo, July 30 (UNI) Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for wide areas along the Pacific coast on Wednesday morning following a powerful earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The warning, issued at 9:40 a.m. local time, raises the earlier advisory to a full alert, with waves up to 3 meters…