Seven dead, 13 injured after plane crash-lands in Russia’s Kemerovo region
Moscow, Jun 19 (UNI) Seven people were killed while 13 others injured after a plane crash-landed in Russia’s Kemerovo Region, officials said on Saturday. “The aircraft had 20 people on board, seven of them have died and 13 were injured,” Russian news agency Sputnik quoted an emergency services spokesperson as saying. The condition of four […]
Carried out strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza :IDF
Twl Aviv, Jun 16 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed that they have struck several targets in the Gaza Strip which they said served as militant camps or contact points for Hamas. “The Israeli Air Force recently delivered strikes on Hamas military facilities that served as camps and meeting places for terrorist militants […]
Palestinian-Israeli tensions rising again, says UN special envoy
Jerusalem, Jun 15 (UNI):Tensions between Israeli Jews and Palestinians are again rising which threatens to bring about a new round of sectarian clashes, warmed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland. “Tensions rising again in Jerusalem at a very fragile and sensitive security and political time, when the United Nations and […]
Afghanistan registers 1,597 new COVID cases
Kabul, Jun 14 (UNI) Afghanistan’s Public Health Ministry has registered 1,597 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 91,458. The pandemic has so far claimed 3,612 lives in Afghanistan, including 85 deaths in the past 24 hours since the outbreak of the disease in February last year, a statement […]
Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdom
Dubai, Jun 12: Saudi Arabia says this year”s hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The kingdom made the announcement Saturday on its state-run Saudi Press Agency. It cited the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for making the […]
Biden arrives in UK for G7 summit
London, Jun 10 (UNI) US President Joe Biden arrived here on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s G7 summit. Notably, this is Mr Biden’s first overseas trip since he assumed the office of President of United States. Over the next eight days, Biden will meet with G7, NATO and EU counterparts in the UK and Belgium […]
Annular Solar Eclipse today, not visible in India
Hyderabad, Jun 10 (UNI) The first Solar eclipse of the year which is the Annular Solar Eclipse will occur on Thursday. However, this eclipse is not visible in India. Whereas worldwide it’s visible in regions covering Northeastern North America, Europe, Northern Asia & the North Atlantic Ocean. Planetary Society of India (PSI) Director N Sri […]
Military plane crashes in Myanmar, 12 dead: Reports
Naypyitaw, Jun 10 (UNI) At least 12 people were killed after a military plane crashed in central Myanmar on Thursday morning. According to local media, the plane with 16 people onboard crashed in a mountainous area near the city of Mandalay. Further details are awaited. UNI
US authorities recover most of the ransom in the Colonial Pipeline case
Washington, June 8(UNI) Authorities in the US on Monday managed to recover most of the $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month. According to American officials they suspect that DarkSide, which according to them operates from eastern Europe and possibly Russia had managed to infiltrate […]
30 killed, several injured as two passenger trains collide in southern Pakistan
Islamabad, Jun 7 (UNI) At least 30 people were killed and several others injured after two passengers trains collided in the Ghotki district of Pakistan’s Sindh province on Monday, local media reported. Sir Syed Express train, headed from Lahore to Karachi, collided with Millat Express which was derailed on the way to Sargodha from Karachi. […]