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Israel approves purchase of 25 F-35 stealth fighter jets
The Ministry added on Sunday that the deal is valued at about $3 billion, which will be financed through the US defence aid package received by Israel. As part of the original agreement between the US and Israel, the aircraft manufacturer.
Pakistan witnesses steady, alarming rise in terror incidents in first half of 2023: Report
The PICSS revealed in a report on Sunday that a total of 271 militant attacks occurred during this period, resulting in the loss of 389 lives and injury of 656 individuals, Xinhua news agency reported. Comparatively, the same timeframe last year witnessed 151 attacks.
Severe storms threaten July 4 travel and festivities across US
The strongest storms will target Kentucky and Tennessee, potentially bringing damaging wind gusts of more than 65 mph and pingpong-ball-size hail — although a tornado or two can’t be ruled out, NBC News reported.
Indian-American attorney indicted for defrauding clients of more than $5 mn
Abhijit "Beej" Das, 50, was arrested last week in connection with a scheme to defraud a business-to-business supply company based in India of millions of dollars, and using client funds for business and personal expenses, including the purchase of a $2.7 million home in Florida.
Grandmother of teen killed by police officer in France pleads for halt to rioting
The grandmother of the 17-year-old, known publicly by his first name, Nahel, said in a telephone interview with French news broadcaster BFM TV, "Don't break windows, buses ... schools. We want to calm things down."
China intensifies monitoring of Tibetans to prevent contact with outside world
The Chinese government has been intensifying its monitoring of Tibetans and maintained their interrogations of Tibetans living in Lhasa to determine if they have contacted people outside Tibet and stepped up surveillance measures to prevent such communication, RFA reported.
France unrest continues after fatal police shooting of teen: 719 arrested overnight
Although Paris region was calmer, Nice and Strasbourg witnessed more disturbances while Marseille city saw worst clashes where the police used teargas to control crowd.Rioters rammed Paris suburb L'Hay-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun's home and fired rockets.
Dutch King apologises for country's slavery past
"I apologise as your King and as part of the government," the King said on Saturday in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. "And these apologies are intensely experienced by me with heart and soul.""Of all forms of lack of freedom, slavery is the most hurtful, the most degrading," the King.
New York remains under air quality alert due to Canada wildfire smoke
According to a statement by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the whole state had been under the advisory from Wednesday to Friday due to impacts of haze and smoke, reports Xinhua news agency.
New image from NASA's Webb Telescope reveals Saturn’s iconic rings
"On June 25, 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned to famed ringed world Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet. The initial imagery from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) is already fascinating researchers," Thaddeus Cesari, Strategic Communications Specialist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, wrote in a blogpost on Friday.
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