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Russia has extended a 2014 embargo on agricultural product imports from Western countries, a media report said on Thursday.

US President Joe Biden and his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan are due to meet next week on the situation in Gaza.

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has sought an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within a year, demanding sanctions on the Jewish state in case of non-compliance.

Nine people have been killed and 2,800 others injured by exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon, Beirut-based officials say, blaming the Israeli spy network for the plot.

Flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi have killed more than 220 people in Myanmar, a media report said on Wednesday.

The United States has completed the withdrawal of its military forces and assets from Niger, the Department of Defense announced late on Monday.

President Vladimir Putin has ordered an increase in the the Russian army strength by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen.

Floods and mudslides, triggered by Typhoon Yagi, have claimed more than 100 lives in Myanmar, a media report said on Monday.

Shots were fired in Florida state near Donald Trump’s Golf Club while former US president was playing golf, says a media report.

At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, a media report said on Sunday.

More than a hundred Russian servicemen, who were captured by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk Region, returned to Moscow on Sunday.

Five Afghans, including two brothers, have lost their lives after inhaling poisonous gas in a coalmine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.