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Kiev, Aug 23 (UNI) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he discussed security guarantees for Ukraine during a meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) secretary general Mark Rutte in Kiev. Following the talks, Zelensky said that Ukraine aims to secure “Article 5-like” guarantees, similar to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty….
Mexico City, Aug 23 (UNI) Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday once again rejected any U.S. military intervention in cracking down on the country’s drug cartels, reiterating Mexico’s sovereignty. Mexico “is free, independent, and sovereign” and will not allow any foreign government to violate its autonomy, she told a daily news conference in Mexico City….
Los Angeles, Aug 23 (UNI) U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on Friday. The satellites lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:04 a.m. Pacific Time (1704 GMT), according to SpaceX. After stage separation, the rocket’s first stage booster landed on the…
Moscow, Aug 23 (UNI) Russia and the United States are discussing the possibility of cooperating in liquefied natural gas (LNG), not only in the Russian Arctic zone but also in the U.S. state of Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. Speaking at a meeting with nuclear industry workers and scientists in Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod…
Washington, Aug 23 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said he will give Russian President Vladimir Putin “a couple of weeks,” further extending his deadline for potential consequences against Moscow after urging the Russian leader to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart in hopes of ending the war. When asked by CNN if there’s a possibility he…
Washington, Aug 23 (UNI) The FBI conducted a court-authorized search at former national security adviser John Bolton’s home and office as part of a renewed investigation into whether he disclosed classified information in his 2020 book, according to two people familiar with the matter. The investigative step immediately drew criticism that President Donald Trump was…
Dubai, Aug 21 (UNI) The UAE, jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO), has evacuated 155 wounded and sick Palestinians and their families from the Gaza Strip, the UAE Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The UAE medical staff transported seriously wounded patients to hospitals across Abu Dhabi, while the remaining patients and their families…
Kyiv, Aug 21 (UNI) The Ukrainian government terminated the memorandum with Iran on visa-free travel for citizens with diplomatic or service passports, Taras Melnychuk, the permanent representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Ukrainian parliament, said. “The memorandum of understanding between the government of Ukraine and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran…
Washington, Aug 21 (UNI) The U.S. Department of State on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four individuals currently serving on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for having directly engaged in actions by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute U.S. and Israeli personnel with no consent from the two countries. Two ICC judges were designated…
Cairo, Aug 21 (UNI) Egypt has sent 1,288 humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing between July 27 and Aug 17, according to a statistical chart released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. As many as 5,000 trucks carrying relief supplies are still waiting on the Egyptian side to…
