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New Delhi/Ottawa, June 24 (UNI) Surrounded by family members and friends of the victims, Indian High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar paid homage to the victims of the Kanishka terror bombing on the 39th anniversary in Ottawa. In a post on X, the Indian High Commission showed pictures of wreaths being laid at the Air…

Sanaa, June 24 (UNI) Yemen’s Houthi group on Sunday claimed responsibility for attacking two cargo ships in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. “The naval forces of our armed forces carried out a second targeting operation for the ship TRANSWORLD NAVIGATOR in the Red Sea with an unmanned boat, which resulted in a…

Riyadh, June 24 (UNI) Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it recorded 1,301 deaths among pilgrims during Hajj season, 83 percent of whom were unregistered individuals. The Saudi Health Minister Fahd Al-Jalajel said that the kingdom’s healthcare sector addressed “numerous” heat stress cases, with some individuals still in medical care, the Saudi Press Agency reported. “Among the…

Jerusalem, June 24 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that intense fighting against Hamas is “very close” to an end. In an interview with Israeli Channel 14 TV news, Netanyahu said that “the intensive phase of the war in Rafah is about to end,” and the Israeli forces were “very close” to…

Moscow, June 24 (UNI) Dagestan head Sergei Melikov said that more than 15 police officers and several civilians were killed in terrorist attacks in Russia’s Dagestan. “More than 15 police officers fell victim to today’s terrorist attack while holding weapons in their hands and defending the peace and quiet of Dagestan. Several more civilians also…

Rome/New Delhi, (UNI) The widow of an Indian farm labourer whose horrific death has shocked Italy and raised calls to smash gangmastering has received a special “justice” stay permit to end her illegal status in Italy, a report said. Satnam Singh, 31, was dumped outside his hut outside Latina south of Rome on Monday with…

Washington, June 23 (UNI) The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group will replace next week the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower nuclear aircraft carrier in the Red Sea after the latter has been withdrawn from the region, the US Defense Department said. “The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) departed the US Central Command…

Tunis, June 23 (UNI) The death toll among Tunisian pilgrims who performed Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to 53, Tunisia’s state television Wataniya 1 reported. “Until this Saturday, the number of Tunisian pilgrims who died in holy places in Saudi Arabia while performing the Hajj rituals, increased further from 49 to 53,” said the…

Washington, June 23 (UNI) The death toll from a shooting in the US state of Arkansas increased to four, with nine more people injured, the CBS News broadcaster reported, citing state police. On Friday, police said two people were killed in a shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce. One police officer was also reportedly…

Tokyo, June 23 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck off Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Sunday, the country’s weather agency said. No tsunami warnings have been issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.