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Bangkok, June 13 (UNI) An Air India flight from Thailand’s resort island of Phuket to Delhi requested an emergency landing on Friday due to a bomb threat, Phuket’s airport said. The Airport said the Air India flight AI 379, with 156 passengers on board, had taken off from Phuket bound for India’s Delhi when the…

Moscow, June 13 (UNI) Russia is currently creating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) forces as a separate branch, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “Now we are creating unmanned systems forces as a separate branch of the armed forces, and it is necessary to ensure their rapid and efficient deployment and development,” Putin said on Thursday at…

La Paz, June 13 (UNI) Four police officers and a civilian died due to road blockades promoted by supporters of former President Evo Morales (2006-2019), which have blocked passage in key regions of the country for 11 days, local authorities said Thursday. The Bolivian public prosecutor’s office has so far identified five deaths in the…

Los Angeles, June 13 (UNI) A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order late Thursday, directing U.S. President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California. Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was illegal, both violating the Tenth Amendment and exceeding Trump’s statutory authority, said…

Kuwait City, June 13 (UNI) The Kuwait Oil Tanker Company announced Thursday that one of its vessels rescued 40 refugees stranded in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat broke down. In a statement carried by the Kuwait News Agency, the company said its vessel Al-Dasma responded to a distress call on Tuesday and rescued the…

Tehran/Jerusalem, June 13 (UNI) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that Israel has launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement that its jets have completed the first-stage attack, notably strikes on dozens of military targets, including nuclear targets in different areas of Iran. Israeli Prime Minister…

Islamabad, June 12 (UNI) Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan expressed hope for the early release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi in the 190 million pounds case, which was cancelled after a judge went on leave. Justice Mohammad Arif, a member of the Islamabad High Court (IHC)…

Dhaka, June 12 (UNI) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged party leaders and activists to stand by the people, unite them, and launch a robust movement to oust the “illegal” interim government led by “conspirator and mob king”, Chief Advisor Mohammed Yunus. In her latest audio message, the 77-year-old Awami League president called…

Islamabad, June 12 (UNI) Pakistan has managed to finalise its budget in agreement with the demands of the IMF, said Secretary Finance Imdadullah Bosal on Tuesday. Addressing a post-budget press conference in Islamabad alongside the Finance Minister, Bosal revealed that the IMF has accepted Pakistan’s request not to impose taxes on the agriculture sector, a…

New York, June 12 (UNI) U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight doctors and researchers, including two prominent critics of federal scientists and the Joe Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine policies, to replace roughly half the members he fired from an expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…