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Jerusalem, Apr 18 (UNI) Israel has extended its missile warning time for long-range threats from Yemen by three to five minutes, the military’s Home Front Command said on Thursday. The updated system, which took effect Thursday, aims to allow civilians more time to reach shelters and safe rooms amid renewed missile attacks by Houthi forces,…

Vienna, Apr 18 (UNI) Austria’s science minister has announced a slew of measures this week to provide security and a free environment for researchers from the United States, as the academic freedom are at risk following the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies and dramatic research funding cuts. Eva-Maria Holzleitner, minister of women, science and research,…

United Nations, Apr 18 (UNI) The United Nations views the second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran this weekend as “a good sign,” and hopes it will yield positive results, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. The second round of U.S.-Iran indirect negotiations will be held in Rome on Saturday, according to…

Ramallah, Apr 18 (UNI) Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces near the town of Osarin in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank on Thursday night, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Ramallah-based ministry in a brief statement identified the killed victims as Jihad Adham Abdullah Adili, 17, and Saif Ghassan Jabr…

Sanaa, Apr 18 (UNI) U.S. airstrikes on Yemeni fuel port of Ras Isa on Thursday have killed 17 people and injured dozens more, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported Friday. It said the victims were workers and employees of the port. Civil defence and rescue teams are working to extinguish fires at Ras Isa, and taking the…

Jerusalem, Apr 17 (UNI) The Israeli military said Wednesday it is expanding the “Morag Corridor,” a new dividing line in the southern Gaza Strip, and has turned roughly a third of the enclave into “security zones” under full Israeli military control. An infographic video released by the military showed the “Morag Corridor” running through an…

Jerusalem, Apr 17 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday instructed Israeli negotiators to “continue the steps” for the release of hostages still held in Gaza, his office said, as efforts to revive the ceasefire appeared to be stalled. “The prime minister issued an instruction for the continuation of the steps to advance the…

Gaza, Apr 17 (UNI) At least 19 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in Israeli attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense. Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that 10 people, including children and women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the home of the Hassouna family…

London, April 17 (UNI) The number of days each year that the world’s oceans experience extreme surface heat has tripled over the past 80 years due to global warming, a new study has found. Researchers found that, on average, the global sea surface saw about 15 days of extreme heat annually in the 1940s. Today…

Washington/New Delhi, Apr 16 (UNI) A US federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting an Indian undergraduate student whose student visa was cancelled on April 4, just weeks before he was set to graduate. In a ruling on Tuesday in the Madison court, US District Judge William Conley ruled that Krish Lal Isserdasani,…