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Tehran, Aug. 11 (UNI) Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said the country’s cabinet on Sunday approved the removal of four zeros from the national currency, the rial, according to the official news agency IRNA. Mohajerani made the announcement in an address to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting in Tehran, one week after…

London, Aug. 11 (UNI) The number of people arrested at a Saturday protest in support of advocacy network Palestine Action has been confirmed as 532, London’s Metropolitan Police said in an update on Sunday. As of 1 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) on Sunday, 18 people remained in custody. Police said those whose details could…

Quito, Aug. 11 (UNI) Eight people were killed and three others injured Sunday when a group of armed gunmen opened fire on a crowd outside a nightclub in Santa Lucia, a city in Ecuador’s western province of Guayas, local media reported. The armed gunmen arrived at the nightclub early Sunday in two cars and opened…

Colombo, Aug. 11 (UNI) The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) has revised projected tourist arrivals for 2025 to a record 2.3 million, state-run PSM News reported on Sunday. In May, MMA said it expected arrivals to be 2.2 million. The revision of the forecast was based on a strong performance on the first half of the…

Beirut, Aug 10 (UNI) Unexploded Israeli ordnance detonated during a demining operation in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing six Lebanese soldiers and injuring several others, the army said. The explosion occurred as an army unit inspected a weapons depot and began dismantling its contents in the Zebqine Valley in Tyre, according to a military spokesperson….

Washington, Aug 9 (UNI) US President Donald Trump has demanded that the head of US chipmaker Intel should resign “immediately”, accusing him of having ties to China. In a social media post, Trump said Lip-Bu Tan was “highly conflicted”, apparently referring to his alleged investments in companies that the US says are tied to the…

Washington, Aug 9 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin gave President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff an award to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces, CBS reported. The award, the Order of Lenin, was meant to be handed to Juliane Gallina, whose 21-year-old son,…

Atlanta, Aug 9 (UNI) A police officer was fatally shot during an active shooter incident at Emory University in Atlanta today , authorities confirmed. The suspected gunman was also found dead at the scene. The shooting unfolded near the campuses of Emory University and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Police were…

Dublin/New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI) A six-year-old Indian girl was punched by a group of boys, called a “dirty Indian” and told to “go back to India”, in Waterford, southern Ireland, in the latest incidence among a spate of violent attacks on Indians in Ireland. Nia Naveen was allegedly attacked by a group of boys…

Tokyo, Aug 8 (UNI) Japan’s weather agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning on Friday morning for the city of Kirishima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, calling for the highest level of caution against landslides and flooding in low-lying areas and overflowing rivers. The highest-level warning on the country’s five-tier disaster alert system, the…