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Jerusalem/Gaza, Nov 3 (UNI) Israel said on Sunday it had received the remains of three hostages from Hamas in Gaza, as part of the ongoing exchange of bodies under the ceasefire agreement. The remains were handed over to Israeli forces inside the Gaza Strip by the International Committee of the Red Cross and will be…

Seoul, Nov. 3 (UNI) South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s approval rating rose 3.9 percentage points from a week earlier to 69.1 percent last week, a weekly poll showed Monday. The negative assessment of Lee’s conduct of state affairs decreased 4.2 percentage points to 29.2 percent, according to computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) by local pollster Flower…

Kabul, Nov 3 (UNI) A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit northern Afghanistan early Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring around 150 others, provincial authorities said. The quake occurred at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles) and was centered about 22 kilometers (14 miles) west-southwest of Khulm, near the city of Mazar-e Sharif at…

Moscow, Nov. 3 (UNI) There is no need to rapidly organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview released Sunday. Peskov said that promptly preparing such a meeting is possible, but there is no need for it, TASS news agency reported. “At…

Amman, Nov. 3 (UNI) Jordan’s Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) arrested 13 wanted suspects in connection with seven illicit drug cases in various parts of the kingdom over the past few days, the Public Security Directorate said on Sunday. In one case, AND officers foiled three smuggling attempts. At Jaber border crossing, authorities arrested a suspect attempting…

Sao Paulo, Nov 3 (UNI) One person died and another was seriously injured after a small aircraft crashed in a rural part of northern Brazil’s Tocantins state, local media said on Sunday. According to Tocantins police, the plane crashed Saturday night while flying over the municipality of Fatima. Authorities said the plane’s 56-year-old pilot Diomedio…

Kingston/ New Delhi, Nov 2 (UNI ) The death toll from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica has risen to 28, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness confirmed today. Jamaican Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon had earlier reported 19 fatalities. “Government confirms 28 Hurricane Melissa–related deaths,” Holness wrote on X, adding that additional reports of fatalities were being…

Kampala, Nov 2 (UNI/XINHUA) Ugandan forces thwarted a series of coordinated attacks by unidentified armed groups targeting military and police installations in the western part of the country, said the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF). In a statement issued in the Ugandan capital of Kampala late yesterday, UPDF spokesperson Felix Kulayigye said the attackers, armed…

Moscow, Nov 2 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Russian air defence systems shot down 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Krasnodar Territory and Black Sea waters within three hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said today. “On November 2 between 09:00 and 12:00 Moscow time 06:00 and 9:00 GMT], air defence systems on duty destroyed 15 Ukrainian aircraft-type…

Moscow, Nov 1 (UNI) (UNI/ SPUTNIK) Russia is willing to comply with the quantitative limits under the New START treaty only if the United States reciprocates, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, told RIA Novosti. “The proposal put forward by President Vladimir Putin to adhere to the New START limits after…