International News/World News
Abu Dhabi, May 24 (UNI) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced $10 billion in investment in promising sectors of Pakistan’s economy, according to a statement following talks between UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Abu Dhabi. “The sides agreed to strengthen and support Pakistan’s economy,…
London, May 23 (UNI) The Czech Constitutional Court has rejected the petition of Indian national Nikhil Gupta against his extradition to the US over an alleged plot to kill US-based Khalistani separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Gupta, who is in jail in Prague, has been charged by the US government with trying to hire a…
New Delhi/Bishkek, May 23 (UNI) Days after the mob violence targeting foreign students in Bishkek, officials of the Indian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan met Indian medical students in the country’s capital and told them that flights to India are operational, and advised them to contact the Embassy if needed. The move comes a day after the…
Nanjing, May 23 (UNI) The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) started joint military drills surrounding the island of Taiwan from 7:45 a.m. Thursday. The drills are being conducted in the Taiwan Strait, the north, south and east of Taiwan Island, as well as areas around the islands of Kinmen, Matsu,…
Sydney, May 23 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in New Caledonia on Thursday, hoping for peace and security to return to the Pacific archipelago “as quickly as possible” after recent deadly riots. “My wish, along with that of the ministers and the entire government, is to stand with the people so that we can…
Tehran/New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) Indian Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday paid tributes to late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran during a special ceremony to offer condolences. VP Dhankhar also met the acting President of Iran Mohammad Mokhber, and conveyed condolences on the death of President Raisi, FM Amir-Abdollahian…
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…
