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During a meeting with visiting Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rasheed expressed his country’s “full support for the national dialogue to achieve security and stability in Yemen, in a way that guarantees the peace for the people who have suffered greatly because of the conflict,” according to a statement issued by the president’s office on Sunday.For his part, Mubarak praised Iraq’s support for Yemen’s security and stability, noting negotiations are currently underway to reach solutions that serve Yemen and the Yemenis, Xinhua news agency reported.The visiting Minister also met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’…

The meeting, also the inaugural meeting of the Jordanian-Syrian Joint Committee for Combating Drug Smuggling, focused on the pressing threats posed by drug trafficking to the entire region, according to state-run Petra news agency report on Sunday.Jordan and Syria agreed to form the joint committee during the visit of Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi to Syria on July 3, Xinhua news agency reported.Safadi has said on several occasions that Jordan will take all necessary measures to protect its borders from drug trafficking and security threats from across Syrian borders.–IANSint/khz

“Last night, the Russian armed forces launched a group strike with long-range high-precision sea- and air-based weapons on facilities where terrorist acts against Russia were being prepared using uncrewed boats, as well as on places where they were being manufactured near the city of Odessa,” it added on Sunday.Foreign mercenaries were seen at the affected facilities, it said as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.All selected targets were destroyed, according to the Ministry.–IANSint/khz

According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police report on Sunday, the figure includes 382 gun attacks, 107 grenade blasts, 145 explosions by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 15 rocket attacks, 15 suicide bombings and two car bomb attacks during the period from June 18, 2022, to June 18, 2023.The police added that the North Waziristan tribal district of the province bordering Afghanistan was the worst-hit region where terrorists conducted 140 militant activities, Xinhua news agency reported.The police report did not reveal how many people lost their lives and sustained injuries during these attacks.–IANSint/khz

Though official results had yet to be announced, CPP spokesman Sok Eysan confirmed the results on Sunday evening, saying that this marked another great success for the CPP.”We have won a landslide victory in this election, but we have not yet calculated the number of seats we have gained,” he told Xinhua news agency.”This truly reflects people’s confidence in the CPP’s leadership.”A total of 18 political parties contested the election, which was held once every five years to elect 125 lawmakers for the National Assembly, Xinhua news agency reported.The National Election Committee was still counting results from across the country…

Citing Idlib Governor Thaer Salhab, it reported on Sunday that the government forces would open the crossings for cancer patients, including children, and other people with chronic diseases.His remarks came after media reports circulating in rebel-held areas in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib about the deteriorating medical situation of people who had chronic illnesses and failed to receive proper treatment, some of whom even crossed the border into a neighbouring country to seek medical help, Xinhua news agency reported.”We have received many appeals from some people on this issue, and the state is responsible and has a duty…

Talking to the media here in the country’s capital, Wijesekera added on Sunday that the country has 133,936 metric ton of diesel and 6,192 metric ton of super diesel as of Sunday morning.Sri Lanka also has 35,402 metric ton of octane 92 and 5,367 metric ton of octane 95 petrol, as well as 30,173 metric ton of jet fuel in stock, the Minister said.The Minister announced recently that Sri Lanka has decided to increase the fuel quota for vehicles again next month, the third increase this year, Xinhua news agency reported.Sri Lanka introduced the fuel quota last year following difficulties…

The “terrorists” fled the scene after the attack and investigations were underway, the provincial police were quoted as saying in a statement on Sunday.The provincial police also vowed a response to the “terrorists” strong enough to make them remorseful.Bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, the province has been the target of several terrorist attacks on both civilians and security forces over the past years, Xinhua news agency reported.In early July, two policemen and four “terrorists” were killed in an armed attack on a police station in the province, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.–IANSint/khz

During a meeting held in the Iranian capital Tehran on Sunday, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Akbar Ahmadian, and Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Regional Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al-Khulaifi, highlighted the necessity of expanding bilateral cooperation in those areas in accordance with specific plans and schedules and removing the obstacles to such cooperation, the report said.Later on Sunday, the Qatari diplomat met Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Ali Bagheri Kani, and discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of common interest, according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA.Khulaifi…

During the meeting with Vladimir Orlic, Iran’s Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday that the two countries have “numerous” opportunities and different ways for promoting cooperation, and stronger parliamentary ties will prepare the ground for enhanced cooperation.Qalibaf listed oil, petrochemical and tourism sectors as among the promising areas for stronger cooperation, Xinhua news agency reported.To achieve a three-fold rise in the bilateral trade’s value by 2027, the two countries’ parliamentary friendship groups should strengthen their relations and help further activate the Iranian and Serbian private sectors, he said.He noted that Iran is under US sanctions, which is to blame for…