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Tehran, May 17 (UNI) Iran has rejected the U.S. accusations that it was “transferring weaponry” to the Yemen-based Houthis, enabling them to carry out attacks on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani made the remarks in a letter to UN…
Bratislava, May 16 (UNI) A man has been charged with the attempted murder of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico after the politician was seriously injured in a shooting attack, media reports said Thursday. The alleged assailant has not been formally named, but Slovak reports have widely identified him as a 71-year-old from the town of…
Beijing, May 16 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 03:48:02 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 7.10 degrees south latitude and 148.47 degrees east longitude.
Los Angeles, May 16 (UNI) NASA plans to launch a new mission this month to study the heat loss from Earth’s polar regions and provide information on changing climate, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Wednesday. The mission, named the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE), will study two of the most…
Beirut, May 16 (UNI) A Syrian was killed and two others sustained injuries on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on the Mansouri Plain in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources said. The sources said that the wounded Syrians were transferred by the Lebanese Civil Defense to a hospital in the southwestern city of Tyre. The sources…
Yaounde, May 16 (UNI) Two security soldiers and two civilians were killed in a separatist attack in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, security and local sources said on Wednesday. Separatist fighters ambushed two members of Cameroon security Tuesday night in Bambui locality of the region, said a senior security official. “The soldiers were drinking…
Bratislava, May 16 (UNI) The wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is still in critical condition and is undergoing surgery, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said Wednesday evening. The attack has been classified as an assassination, with the gunner firing five shots, according to Slovak Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok. He…
Moscow, May 15 (UNI) On the eve of his two-day state visit to China, which starts on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in a written interview with Xinhua that Russia and China are promoting the prosperity of both nations through expanded equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in economic and cultural fields. In the interview,…
Gaza, May 15 (UNI) At least 40 people were killed and others injured after midnight Monday by Israeli bombardment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestine TV reported. Israeli warplanes bombed a residential building owned by the Karaja family in the south of the Nuseirat camp, with children among the…
Beijing, May 15 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 95 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico at 0030 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 9.9 km, was initially determined to be at 19.28 degrees north latitude and 67.45 degrees west longitude.
