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Selling coal cheaply to Pakistan paints Taliban as Pakistani puppets
Ever since the Taliban toppled the Western-backed government in Kabul and seized power in August 2021, the export of and customs duties from coal have become a key source of revenue for the militant group, RFE/RL reported. Afghanistan has significant deposits of coal. Out of the country's 80 coal mines, 17 are operational, with most located in central and northern Afghanistan.
Russia fires space chief Dmitry Rogozin over wildly outlandish remarks
"Dmitry Rogozin was dismissed from the post of General Director of the State Corporation "Roscosmos' after President Vladimir Putin signed the decree late on Friday. "Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin dismissed from the post of General Director of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos," read the decree.
US official warns against hiring NKorean IT workers posing as 3rd country nationals
CS Eliot Kang, assistant secretary at the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, met those officials Thursday (Washington time), the bureau tweeted, warning of the risks, including intellectual data theft, legal consequences and reputational harm.
14 marines killed in Mexico helicopter crash
The Black Hawk helicopter, owned by the Navy, was escorting another aircraft carrying Rafael Caro Quintero, founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, who was arrested earlier in the day in the northern state of Sinaloa. One person survived the crash that occurred on Friday, the cause of which has yet to be determined, Xinhua news agency said quoting the Navy.
Sri Lanka's ruling party to nominate interim President for presidency
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary, Sagara Kariyawasam said on Friday in a statement that the SLPP would nominate Wickremesinghe and support him in the vote. Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena earlier in the day said that a new President would be elected through the Parliament on July 20 following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Xinhua news agency reported.
Next hearing of Jan 6 Insurrection on Capitol Hills likely to be a 'blockbuster'
The Senate failed even as 10 republicans voted against him in the house and 7 in the senate, but fell short of 17 Republican votes to convict him in just one chamber. The House select committee's January 6 hearings have so far exceeded all of our expectations. They have told the American people a gripping story of Trump's attempted coup -- one packed with new details that seem to have swayed public opinion.
Iran rejects US claim of sending drones to Russia as 'baseless'
Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on Friday in a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, according to a press release on the Foreign Ministry's website, after US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday that "information" indicates Iran is preparing to provide Russia with "up to several hundred" drones, including weapons-capable ones, Xinhua news agency reported.
Russia bans entry for 384 Japanese lawmakers in tit-for-tat move
In response to Japan's decision to impose personal sanctions against a large group of Russian lawmakers in April this year, "a decision has been made to deny entry into Russia for 384 members of the House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan from July 14," the statement added on Friday. Japan froze the assets of 398 Russian individuals, most of whom were members of the State Duma.
Biden, Saudi Crown Prince repair rupture with a fist-bump
Biden's first meeting with MSB, as the crown prince is popularly known, has become the most anticipated moment of his first visit to West Asia (Middle East), which took him first to Israel and Palestine and then Saudi Arabia, an ally that has been put on ice by the Biden administration over MSB's role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident who lived and worked in the US.
Donald Trump celebrates his acquittal by Senate
The Senate voted 57-43 to impeach Trump on the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hills insurrection, but failed to get the 2/3rd majority required to convict Trump as the procedure required 17 more Republicans' vote, but only seven GOP members voted. In a statement released shortly after the vote, the former President described the now-concluded proceedings as part of a "witch-hunt" perpetuated against him by "one political party".
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