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Tehran, July 13 (UNI) Iran has always been, and will be, “ready for talks” on its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said here yesterday. “However, it should naturally be guaranteed that in case the negotiation starts again, it will not lead to a war to be waged by the United States or…

Beirut, July 13 (UNI) The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours has reached 59 people, with 208 civilians hospitalised with injuries, the enclave’s health ministry said on Saturday. “Over the past 24 hours, 59 bodies of the dead (including nine recovered from the rubble) and 208 injured…

Washington, July 12 (UNI) The fourth private astronaut flight to the International Space Station(ISS) is scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory on July 14 and return to Earth, NASA said in a statement yesterday. The four-member crew is set to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft…

Yaounde, July 12 (UNI) Cameroon will hold its presidential election on Oct. 12, according to a decree signed Friday by President Paul Biya. Polling stations will open at 8:00 a.m. local time (GMT 0700) and close at 6:00 p.m. local time (GMT 1700), said the decree. As outlined in the previously announced electoral calendar from…

Addis Ababa, July 11 (UNI) Africa has recorded more than 4,200 deaths due to ongoing cholera and mpox outbreaks in different parts of the continent in 2025, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. During an online media briefing on Thursday night, Yap Boum II, deputy incident manager for mpox…

Islamabad, July 11 (UNI) At least nine passengers were abducted and shot dead after gunmen intercepted at least two buses in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the spokesperson for the provincial government confirmed today. The attack occurred last night in Loralai, a district in northern Balochistan, where armed assailants stopped the passenger buses, removed several individuals…

Brussels, July 11 (UNI) The European Commission has released the final version of a voluntary code of practice for general-purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI), aimed at helping companies align with the European Union’s AI Act. The code offers guidance in three key areas: transparency, copyright, and safety and security. It applies to major GPAI models such…

Seoul, July 10 (UNI) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been taken back into judicial custody just a short while after his release, pending an independent investigation into his declaration of martial law last year. According to the independent counsel leading the probe, the Seoul Central District Court approved a warrant for Yoon’s…

Mexico City, July 10 (UNI) Mexican officials will meet their U.S. counterparts in Washington next week to hold “the best possible negotiation” on the newly imposed Trump trade tariffs, President Claudia Sheinbaum said yesterday. At her daily press conference, the president said a government delegation will travel to DC tomorrow to begin talks on several…

Canberra, July 10 (UNI) Australian scientists are leading research to harness jadarite, a rare mineral originally discovered in Serbia, as a key resource for the transition to clean energy. Australian scientists are developing advanced methods to extract and process jadarite’s lithium and boron – key materials for batteries and renewable energy, the Commonwealth Scientific and…