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Paris, July 2 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed today Iran’s nuclear program and the Ukraine situation in their first phone conversation since 2022. On Iran, Macron emphasised that as permanent members of the UN Security Council, France and Russia share responsibilities under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear…

Moscow, July 2 (UNI) The Czech army has increased salaries for all categories of servicemen as of July 1 – by 7.5% for enlisted men and by 5% for officers and generals, Czech media reported. The second salary increase by exactly the same amount will take place on January 1, 2026, Czech Television reported on…

Aden, Yemen, July 2 (UNI) Yemen’s Houthi group yesterday claimed responsibility for launching a ballistic missile targeting Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel. In a televised statement broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said they had “carried out a special military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv…

Los Angeles, July 2 (UNI) A new study led by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that two common forms of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women under the age of 55. According to the study, women who received unopposed estrogen hormone therapy (E-HT) had a lower…

Washington,July 2 (UNI) Former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain and several other top aides of former US President Joe Biden have agreed to testify as part of an investigation into Biden’s cognitive health, Politico reported. Klain is scheduled for an interview with the House Oversight Committee on July 24, Politico said on Tuesday….

Tokyo, July 2 (UNI) About 457 earthquakes have occurred off Tokara Islands in southern Japan since June 25, according to data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, compiled by Sputnik. The quakes hit mostly near the collection of islands known as Toshima Village, as well as near the Amami Islands. The earthquakes’ magnitudes have ranged from…

Sao Paulo, July 2 (UNI) A training aircraft crashed in southeast Brazil’s Sao Paulo state yesterday, killing both people on board, the fire department reported. The small aircraft fell into an uninhabited area of the city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto after taking off from a local airport. Brazil’s Globo news network cited a…

Gaza City, July 2 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalise a 60-day ceasefire to end the conflict in Gaza, and also urged Hamas to accept the deal. “Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalise the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we…

New York/New Delhi, July 1 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said it is very clear that the Pakistani state is “up to its eyeballs” in cross-border terrorism, and India has made its message “pretty clear” to Islamabad that it will exercise the right to defend its people. “We are now moving to a…

Baghdad, July 1(UNI) Two rockets hit an airbase area late yesterday in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk without causing casualties, the official Iraqi News Agency reported. The agency quoted a senior security source saying that two Katyusha rockets were fired at the Kirkuk airbase. One rocket landed between the first and second runways of the…