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Tehran, (UNI) Tehran is actively involved in the development of satellites and plans to conduct two or three launches this year, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani said on Wednesday. “We are involved in the development and launch of satellites. Under our plan, we will have 2 to 3 satellite launches this year, something we hope…

Moscow, Aug 23 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the successful landing of the Indian lunar mission on the South Pole of the Moon, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, India became the first country in the world to successfully land…

Johannesburg, Aug 23 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called upon the BRICS nations to form “BRICS Space exploration consortium” which will focus on space research and weather monitoring.Addressing the plenary session of the 15th BRICS Summit here in South Africa, the Prime Minister said, “We are already working on the BRICS satellite constellation,…

Dhaka, Aug 23 (UNI) Bangladesh is going to sit in a dialogue on a defense agreement with the USA on Wednesday. This defense dialogue between the two countries is going to be held in Dhaka as part of various levels of talks between the United States and Bangladesh. The meeting is expected to discuss how…

Mexico City, Aug 23 (UNI) At least 16 people were killed and 36 injured in a bus crash in the central Mexican state of Puebla on Tuesday, local authorities said. The Interior Department in Puebla said on social media that the crash occurred early Tuesday at 91KM of the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway. The injured were taken…

Cape Town, Aug 22 (UNI) The head of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), Dilma Rousseff, said on Tuesday that the lender considers membership applications from 15 countries, four or five of which the bank is likely to approve, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. In her interview with the newspaper, Rousseff did not…

Washington, Aug 22 (UNI) Former U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would turn himself in on Thursday to the authorities in Atlanta for the Georgia election interference case. Trump and 18 others were indicted on Aug. 14 over alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of…

Bangkok, Aug 22 (UNI) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday was transported to prison soon after his return to the country after years of exile as Thailand’s Supreme Court issued an 8-year detention order for him. The court’s criminal division for holders of political positions announced a statement saying Thaksin is convicted of…

Johannesburg, Aug 22 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Johannesburg on Monday to attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held here and pay a state visit to South Africa. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, together with South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor, and Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, minister in the Presidency…

Santiago, Aug 22 (UNI) Two people have died following a severe storm that has lashed south-central Chile since Saturday, Deputy Interior Minister Manuel Monsalve said Monday. One of the fatal victims was a volunteer firefighter who died while trying to rescue a dog from a swollen river; and the other a man who was crushed…