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US announces measures against Kosovo following violent clashes
In a statement on Tuesday, the American Ambassador in Pristina, Jeffrey Hovenier, said that the US "foresaw the consequences" of the decision to forcibly install ethnic-Albanian mayors in four majority-Serb municipalities, reports the BBC.
Situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant fragile, dangerous: IAEA chief
"Military activities continue in the region and may well increase very considerably in the near future," IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told a UN Security Council briefing on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The plant has been operating on significantly reduced staff, which despite being in temporary shut-down is not.
New report blames 'territorial tensions and Hinduphobia' for Leicester violence
The investigation - Fact-finding Report on Leicester Violence 2022 - The Rise of Territorial Majoritarianism and Hinduphobia, was conducted by the Centre for Democracy, Pluralism, and Human Rights (CDPHR) and authored by Rashmi Samant and Chris Blackburn. In August-September 2022, Leicester city witnessed protest marches.
US woman begins 11-year jail for blood-testing hoax
The report to the federal women's prison camp came more than a year after a jury convicted the 39-year-old woman on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022. She was sentenced in November to 135 months in jail, Xinhua news agency reported. As she started her sentence, Holmes will be leaving behind two young children.
North Korea says spy satellite crashes into sea
After the separation of the first stage, the rocket carrying the spy satellite fell into the sea due to an engine problem, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The North's state-run space development agency will investigate the "grave" defects and plans to conduct the second satellite launch.
Clashes erupt as Chinese Muslims protest to save mosque Yunnan
Social media videos showed crowds outside the 13th-century Najiaying Mosque in Nagu town on Saturday. Scuffles broke out between police and locals, who were hemmed in by hundreds of armed officers, BBC reported. Yunnan, an ethnically-diverse province in southern China, has a significant Muslim population.
Russia blames Ukraine for drone attacks on Moscow
"The Kiev regime launched a terrorist attack with unmanned aerial vehicles on targets in the city of Moscow," Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement. The raid involved eight aircraft-type UAVs, all of which were hit; three drones that were suppressed by electronic warfare measures went out of control and deviated from their intended targets, the statement added, RT reported.
Indian priest gets jail for pawning temple jewellery in Singapore
Kandasamy Senapathi of Sri Mariamman Temple in South Bridge Road made over (Singaporean) $2.3 million in total by pawning temple jewellery for over five years, The Straits Times reported. He pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal breach of trust by an employee and two counts of removing the benefits of his criminal activities from the jurisdiction.
Elite Moscow suburb hit by kamikaze drones 'with blasts within earshot of Vladimir Putin's residence'
Several buildings were damaged in the wealthy suburbs of Moscow, including the elite district of Rublyovka to the south-west of the capital, Daily Mail reported. One drone exploded into a mushroom cloud near the village of Usovo, which is just down the road from Putin's official Novo-Ogaryovo residence, the report said.
'We don't talk to anarchists, arsonists', Pak PM tells PTI
In a tweet, the Prime Minister acknowledged that dialogue is deeply embedded in the political process, which helps democracy mature and evolve, The News reported. "Many political and constitutional breakthroughs occurred when political leaders sat across the table to craft a consensus," the premier said.
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