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  • King Charles III accepts Sunak's resignation

    Date: 2024-07-05 12:22:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:33 - ID:10772602

    LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - King Charles III of the United Kingdom accepted on Friday the country's outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's resignation, Sky News quoted the Buckingham Palace as saying in a statement. "The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak ....

  • Russia defense ministry says destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones

    Date: 2024-07-05 09:46:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:10772359

    MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) – Russian forces destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones both in Russian territory and areas of Ukraine it says it has annexed, Moscow's defense ministry said Friday. The ministry said the drones were destroyed over Krasnodar and ....

  • Death count in Assam floods rises to 52, over 21 lakh affected in 29 districts

    Date: 2024-07-05 07:31:35 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:10772289

    NEW DELHI, July 5 (MENA) – The flood situation in Assam is critical with a total death toll of 52 and about 21.13 lakh people are affected in 29 districts by the second wave of flood, NDTV reported. According to the flood report of Assam State ....

  • Russian army loses 1,110 more soldiers in Ukraine over past day

    Date: 2024-07-05 06:47:13 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10772277

    KIEV, July 5 (MENA) - The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to July 5, 2024 amount to nearly 548,580 troops, including another 1,110 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day. The General Staff of the Armed ....

  • Polls open in Iran’s presidential election runoff

    Date: 2024-07-05 06:43:44 GMT - Iran - World - SN:11 - ID:10772262

    TEHRAN, July 5 (MENA) – Iranians have headed to the polls in the runoff presidential election, a week after none of the candidates could secure the majority of votes in the snap election, Press TV reported. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. local ....

  • UK prime minister accepts responsibility for historic Tory defeat

    Date: 2024-07-05 06:42:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:10772275

    LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he accepts responsibility for the Conservative Party's catastrophic general election defeat, the BBC reported. Sir Keir Starmer has led the Labor Party to a landslide victory and ....

  • Ukrainian air defense shoots down all 32 Russian Shahed UAVs overnight

    Date: 2024-07-05 06:39:09 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10772254

    KIEV, July 5 (MENA) – The Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 32 Shahed-131/136 combat UAVs from Russia’s Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions, Ukrinform quoted Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk as saying. The Russian forces’ attack was ....

  • 67 explosions recorded in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s border area of Sumy

    Date: 2024-07-05 06:21:14 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10772240

    KIEV, July 5 (MENA) – Russian troops fired 23 times at Ukraine’s border area and settlements of the Sumy region, with a total of 67 explosions recorded, Ukrinform quoted the Sumy Regional Military Administration as saying. The Khotin, Yunakivka, ....

  • Ten drones shot down above south Russia’s Rostov Region — governor

    Date: 2024-07-05 06:18:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:10772260

    MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - Russia’s air defenses shot down ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles above the south Russian region of Rostov, Governor Vasily Golubev wrote on his Telegram channel. "Ten drones have been shot down by air defenses in the ....

  • UN mobilizes $4 million for Hurricane Beryl response in the Caribbean

    Date: 2024-07-04 20:59:51 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:83 - ID:10772072

    NEW YORK, July 4 (MENA) - The UN secretary-general has reiterated his solidarity with countries affected by Hurricane Beryl, releasing $4 million from the organization’s emergency response fund to kickstart relief efforts, ReliefWeb reported on ....

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