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Tehran, May 22 (UNI) People in Tehran on Tuesday attended, in large numbers, a farewell ceremony held for Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi, late Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others after their bodies were transferred from the northwestern city of Tabriz to the capital city. The ceremony took place at Imam Khomeini’s Mosalla. Earlier in…
Rio De Janeiro, May 22 (UNI) Brazil has surpassed a record 5 million cases of dengue so far this year, with nearly 3,000 confirmed deaths from the disease, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday. According to the most recent data, 5,145,295 probable cases of dengue have been registered in the country, causing 2,899 confirmed deaths….
Sao Paulo, May 22 (UNI) The discovery of four more bodies in the last few hours in south Brazil’s weather-battered Rio Grande do Sul state has pushed the death toll to 161, the Civil Defense agency said Tuesday. Record rainfall has devastated the state since April 29, leading to deadly floods and mudslides in 464…
Kinshsa, May 22 (UNI) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will hold on Wednesday the postponed election for the leadership of the National Assembly — the country’s lower house of parliament, two days after a failed yet deadly coup attempt. In the general elections held in December 2023, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi was re-elected…
United Nations, May 22 (UNI) Dozens of civilians have been killed so far this month in intercommunal clashes over land in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said aid workers are helping the injured and displaced from the…
Singapore, (UNI) Severe turbulence on the Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore has left at least one passenger dead and 30 injured, forcing an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday, local media reported. The Boeing 777-300ER jet experienced severe turbulence en route and was forced to divert to Bangkok,…
Bogota, May 21 (UNI) Two police officers were killed and several others injured in two terrorist attacks on Monday in the municipalities of Morales and Jamundi in southwest Colombia, local authorities said. The first attack occurred in Morales, where purported members of a dissident faction of the disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group…
Tehran, May 21 (UNI) Iran’s government decided on Monday that the country’s 14th presidential election would be held on June 28, the official news agency IRNA reported. The election date was determined in a meeting attended by Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, currently assuming the presidency, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei and Parliament Speaker Mohammad…
Tehran, May 21 (UNI) Iranian Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri said on Monday that the body of President Ebrahim Raisi would be buried on Thursday in the northeastern city of Mashhad. He made the remarks while elaborating on the planned measures for the holding of the mourning ceremonies of Raisi and members of…
Beirut, May 21 (UNI) A Hezbollah official was killed and a civilian wounded on Monday evening in an Israeli attack on a motorcycle in the southern Lebanese village of Mansouri, according to Lebanese military sources. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that an Israeli drone fired two air-to-surface missiles at the motorcycle that…
