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Tehran, June 16 (UNI) Iranian lawmakers on Monday approved Seyed Ali Madanizadeh as the country’s new Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, after the previous one was impeached. During an open session of parliament in the capital Tehran attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian, lawmakers voted 171 in favor and 67 against, with eight abstentions, to…

Washington/Tel Aviv, June 16 (UNI) US President Donald Trump had reportedly rejected Israel’s move to kill Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuked the statement, calling it a false report. The IDF operation, which was called a ‘pre-emptive attack’ on Iranian nuclear infrastructure by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Tehran, June 16 (UNI) Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with his family have been relocated underground to a bunker in Lavizan, northeast of the capital city of Tehran. According to Iran International, his son Mojtaba was also said to be with him, though his other sons, Masoud and Mostafa, were not. The shift…

Nicosia/New Delhi, June 16 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was today awarded Cyprus’ highest honour, the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III, by President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace in Nicosia. PM Modi said he is humbled to receive the ‘Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III’ of Cyprus and dedicated…

Nicosia/New Delhi, June 16 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides expressed optimism about concluding the India-EU Free Trade Agreement by the end of the year, which would also give a major boost to trade and economic cooperation between the two nations. The two leaders interacted with business leaders from…

Kinshasa, June 16 (UNI) At least 29 people were killed over the weekend by heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities said Monday. Unusual downpours in the dry season caused major damage in the city, flooding roads, crippling infrastructure and triggering widespread power and water outages. Evacuation…

Tehran, June 16 (UNI) Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on Sunday that 244 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the past 65 hours. In a post on the social media platform X, Kermanpour noted that women and children were among the dead and that 1,277 people had been hospitalised….

Sao Paulo, June 16 (UNI) An unlicensed hot air balloon carrying tourists crashed Sunday in southeast Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing one person and injuring 10 others, the military police said. Some 35 people were on board the balloon when it crashed in a rural part of Capela do Alto, a town near Ipero, from…

Tehran, June 16 (UNI) More than 70 women and children were killed in three Israeli attacks on Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said. “In just three recent strikes in Tehran, 73 women and kids killed; 20 children killed in Chamran residential complex, 10 still remain trapped under rubble 48 hours later,” Baghaei said…

Brussels, June 15 (UNI) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reiterated that the European Union’s (EU) commitment to reach a “good” trade deal with the U.S. before July 9 during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. In a post on social media platform X, von der Leyen on Saturday said that she…