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Warsaw, Dec 24 (UNI) Poland will launch its first reconnaissance satellite next year, Polish Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz said on Monday. “Next year, the first Polish reconnaissance satellite will be launched into space. A contract has just been signed for four microsatellites worth over 550 million zlotys [$134 million],” Pelczynska-Nalecz…

Kabul, Dec 23 (UNI) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued a decree on the rehabilitation and removal of criminal records from individuals found guilty of links with the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) under the former republican government, the government’s press service said. The decree contains 10 articles…

Washington, Dec 23 (UNI) US President-elect Donald Trump promised to approve an official state policy recognising only two genders in the country- male and female. “Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders — male and female. Doesn’t sound too complicated, does…

United Nation, Dec 23 (UNI) Hungary has done everything in its power and even more to settle the Ukraine conflict, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RIA Novosti. “We, as Hungarians, we have had a peace mission for the last months. We have done what we could, we have met [US] President-elect [Donald Trump]. We…

Kyiv, Dec 23 (UNI) Switzerland is not going to hold a second conference on Ukraine, Bern is currently focused on preparing for ceasefire talks, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said. Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on December 16 that Switzerland was “actively working” with the EU, the US, Russia and the G7 to organize a…

Kyiv, Dec 23 (UNI) The European Union has lost the conflict in Ukraine, despite attempts to deny this reality, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday. “There is a new reality, partially on the front — everyone can hear about this, it is not hidden. Russia is moving forward. Slowly grinding forward, it is…

Washington, Dec 22 (UNI) A US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet was shot down by friendly fire over the Red Sea, Sputnik news reported, citing the US Central Command (CENTCOM). According to the publication, the F/A-18 fighter jet that took off from the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier during an attack on…

Beijing, Dec 22 (UNI) China is very dissatisfied with the US military aid to Taiwan and has made a stern representation to Washington, according to a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday. Incumbent US President Joe Biden announced on Saturday that he had allocated $571 million in military aid to Taiwan under…

Washington, Dec 22 (UNI) US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to return the Panama Canal to US ownership unless Panamanian authorities regulate its “ridiculously” high fees. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the Panama Canal is considered a vital national asset for the United States because of its critical role in the economy and…

Moscow, Dec 22 (UNI) Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev has expressed his condolences to minister-president of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, over the terrorist attack in the city of Magdeburg, the Russian embassy in Berlin said on Saturday. “Dear Minister-President, we were deeply shocked by the news of the cruel attack on…