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Washington, Oct 18 (UNI) US President Donald Trump today net Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House cabinet room, flanked by Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio amidst talks of supplying Tomahawk missiles and upcoming meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest, the national capital of Hungary . Trump said…

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (UNI) Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who served as leader of the country in the mid-1990s, passed away in his hometown Oita, at the age of 101, Kyodo News reported. Born on March 3, 1924, in Oita Prefecture, Murayama became chairman of the Japan Socialist Party in 1993 and served as…

Colombo, Oct. 17 (UNI) Municipal Council (CMC) has placed its disaster management and emergency response units on full standby from Oct. 16 to 28, following forecasts of heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorms across Colombo and nearby areas. The CMC added that emergency measures are in place to provide food, shelter, and aid where needed and…

Moscow, Oct. 17 (UNI) A Russian war correspondent was killed and another injured in a Ukrainian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region while carrying out a journalistic assignment, Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday. Ivan Zuyev, a journalist with RIA Novosti, was killed on Thursday while on assignment, and his colleague Yuri Voitkevich…

Jerusalem, Oct 17 (UNI) Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a memorial for victims of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that he is “determined” to secure the return of the dead hostages still in Gaza, and that the country will continue to fight terrorism with “full force”. Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments…

Washington, Oct 17 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said “great progress” was made during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, with the pair agreeing to face-to-face talks in Hungary. He said the call on Thursday, the first with Putin since mid-August, was “very productive”, adding that teams from Washington and Moscow…

Manila, Oct. 17 (UNI) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology downgraded the magnitude of an offshore earthquake that struck Surigao del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Monday morning to magnitude 6 from 6.2. In an updated seismic report, the institute said the tremor, which occurred at 7:03 a.m. local time (2303 GMT),…

San Francisco, Oct. 16 (UNI) A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from dismissing federal employees amid the ongoing government shutdown. “The activities that are being undertaken here are contrary to the laws,” Susan Yvonne Illston, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, said on Wednesday…

Phnom Penh, Oct 16 (UNI) The number of suspects arrested in crackdown operations on online scam centers in Cambodia has increased to 3,455 so far, said a press release issued by the Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams late Wednesday. The authorities have raided a total of 92 compounds in 18 cities and provinces across…

Caracas, Oct. 16 (UNI) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Wednesday denounced the United States’ “militarization” of the Caribbean Sea, which has claimed the lives of at least 27 civilians. “We emphasise that there is no justification whatsoever for the militarization of our coasts,” Gil said while addressing the midterm ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned…