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United Nations (EFE).- Khaled Khiari, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, called on the Security Council on Monday for respect for Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity following Israel’s announcement that it recognizes Somaliland as an independent state. In a session dedicated to the situation...
Tehran, Dec 29 (EFE).– Protests in Iran over the deteriorating economic situation continued Monday for a second day, spreading from Tehran to other areas of the country. The demonstrations were surrounded by security forces, who in some cases fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. On Monday, merchants in the...
Moscow (EFE).- President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, warned his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, of his intention to revise his stance and some agreements reached in the previous stage of negotiations on Ukraine following an attack by Kyiv on one of Putin’s residences, the Kremlin reported on Monday, something Ukrainian...
Zaragoza, Spain, Dec 29 (EFE).- Cecilia Giménez, author of the “Ecce Homo” 2012 viral restoration, died on Monday at 94, the mayor of Borja, Spain, Eduardo Arilla, confirmed to EFE. »We have lost a beloved person,» a woman «of immense kindness» who had a «hard» life and was «very strong»...
Washington, DC (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine is “very close” after holding separate talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Washington intensifies diplomatic efforts to halt a conflict now approaching its...
By Antonio Torres del Cerro Paris (EFE).– Brigitte Bardot, the French actress and singer who became a global symbol of cinema and sensuality in the 1950s and 1960s, died on Sunday at the age of 91, her foundation announced. Her death stirred deep emotion in France, where she is remembered...
Nairobi (EFE).– Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday strongly condemned what he called the “illegal aggression” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel recognized the separatist region of Somaliland as an independent state. Mohamud warned that the move violates international law and threatens regional stability. “The illegal aggression...
Pristina (EFE).- Polling stations opened at 6am GMT for its two million voters as the country aims to break its nearly year-long political deadlock after the February elections failed to throw a definitive result for government formation. Voting will continue until 6pm GMT in the nearly 1,000 polling stations of...
Tehran (EFE).— Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian declared Iran is engaged in a “total war” against the United States, Israel and Europe in remarks published Saturday accusing Western powers of surrounding Iran politically, economically and militarily to weaken the country. “We are in a total war with the US, Israel and...
Caracas, Dec 27 (EFE).– Venezuela completed the nationalization of its oil industry in 1976 through a legal process under President Carlos Andrés Pérez, but US President Donald Trump has questioned that move by alleging that US companies were stripped of their rights, claims disputed by experts. Historian Tomás Straka described...
Jakarta/Valencia (EFE).– Indonesian rescue teams will resume on Sunday the search for a Spanish man and three of his children who have been missing since Friday following the sinking of a tourist boat near Padar Island, east of Bali, authorities said. In a statement, Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency (SAR)...
Bangkok (EFE).- Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday with immediate effect on the common border, where the military clashes that broke out on Dec. 7 have left some 100 dead and nearly 700,000 displaced. «Both sides agree to an immediate ceasefire after the time of signature of...
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