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Tel Aviv, Feb 2 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to the United States on Sunday morning to be the first foreign leader to meet with President Donald Trump after the latter’s inauguration. The Israeli prime minister’s office previously reported that a meeting between Trump and Netanyahu at the White House was scheduled for…

Gaza, Feb. 2 (UNI) Gaza’s Civil Defense said on Saturday that it had recovered 64 bodies from the Gaza Strip while warning the dire humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian enclave. In a press statement, the Civil Defense announced that 37 bodies were retrieved from northern Gaza. According to the statement, Israeli forces had used bulldozers…

Beijing, Feb. 2 (UNI) China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent tariff on goods imported from China, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday. In response to the erroneous action by the United States, China will file a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and…

Washington, Feb. 2 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday to impose a 10-percent tariff on goods imported from China. The latest U.S. trade protectionist measure has drawn widespread opposition both domestically and internationally. The White House said the 10-percent tariff is on all imports from China on top of existing…

Washington, Feb 2 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Venezuela had agreed to accept all its citizens, who were staying in the US without documents. “It is so good to have the Venezuela Hostages back home and, very important to note, that Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their Country, all…

Jerusalem, Feb. 2 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have jointly decided to appoint Eyal Zamir as the new military chief, following the resignation of Herzi Halevi last week, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday. Zamir, 59, has served as the director general of…

Mexico City, Feb 2 (UNI) Following the introduction of tariffs by the United States, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she had instructed Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard to use “tariff and non-tariff measures” to protect the country’s interests. “I am instructing the Economy Minister to implement Plan B, which we are working on, which includes tariff…

Tel Aviv, Feb 2 (UNI) Israel will continue to take determined action to achieve all the objectives of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, including the release of all hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave, including the bodies of those who died there, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. Earlier in the…

New York, Feb 1 (UNI) A medevac plane with six people on board crashed in a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff on Friday evening, sparking a large fire, authorities said. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company operating the plane, confirmed that the aircraft was carrying four crew members, a pediatric patient who had just…

Baghdad, Feb 1 (UNI) Four Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Friday in airstrikes on their hideout in central Iraq, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports, Iraqi forces spotted four IS militants in the Zarga area, a rugged area between the provinces of Salahudin and Kirkuk, and killed them all in two…