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Israel signs deal with Netherlands to export rocket systems
"This is the first government-to-government defence exports agreement signed between Israel and the Netherlands, and one of the largest agreements signed between Israel and a European country in the past years," the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Thursday in a statement. Under the agreement, the Israeli Ministry will supply.
Death toll rises to 13 from floods in Italy
Video footage from Thursday showed streets in the commune of Sant'Agata sul Santerno and in parts of the seaside town of Ravenna completely flooded, Xinhua news agency reported. The country's north-central region that includes the cities of Bologna and Modena was battered by heavy rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Imran Khan suspects PDM plot to create PTI-Army rift
Khan, whose party and himself have been in deep hot water since the military establishment and the ruling government took the rigid decision to dismantle PTI, its leadership and its supporters, for targeting sensitive military installations including the General Headquarters (GHQ)
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, releasing lava 24 times
Located on the border of the provinces of Central Java and Yogyakarta, Mount Merapi is now at the third dangerous level, said Mount Merapi monitoring post officer Yulianto on Thursday.
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, related events cost UK govt 162m pound
The state funeral on September 19, 2022, came 11 days after her death, BBC reported. During that period of national mourning, hundreds of thousands of people visited Westminster where she was lying in state. The Home Office (74m pound) and Department of Culture, Media and Sport (57m pound) spent the most, BBC reported.
1 killed, 3 injured in bomb blast in Pakistan's Peshawar
Senior Superintendent of Peshawar police, Harood Rashid, told local media on Thursday evening that the explosion occurred at a motorcycle workshop near the Ring Road of Peshawar. Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the body and injured to Hayatabad Medical Complex hospital, Xinhua news agency reported.
10Over 10% Greek voters remain undecided on eve of general elections
Dimitris Mavros, managing director at research firm MRB Hellas, told national radio ERT that he could not recall such a high percentage of undecided voters only days before the elections since 1986.
Kishida, Biden meet ahead of G7 gathering in Hiroshima amid protests, tightened security
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who holds the G7's rotating presidency and will host a three-day G7 summit which starts on Friday, held talks with US President Joe Biden on Thursday evening in the western Japanese city. The two leaders discussed further strengthening deterrence of the Japan-US alliance and decided.
Bid to declare PTI as a banned organisation
According to details, the CEC arrived at the Chief Minister House in Lahore to meet Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday, Express News reported. A high-level briefing session was held under their chairmanship. The meeting strongly condemned the terrorist incidents of May 9 and expressed complete solidarity with the Pakistan Army.
At least one killed, three injured in Peshawar blast
Eyewitnesses reported that a man had brought his motorcycle to a workshop for repairs when the unforeseen explosion transpired, engulfing the premises in chaos and panic, The Express Tribune reported. The local authorities were immediately alerted, and the police were summoned to investigate the matter.
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