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SEOUL, Sept. 22 (YPA) - The South Korean military conducted live-fire drills on the islands of Bangyeong and Yeonpyeong in the Yellow Sea off North Korea, near what Seoul considers the de facto maritime border.   Yonhap News Agency reported…

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 22 (YPA) - The United States intends to sign an agreement with Denmark and Greenland to reopen a Cold War-era military base in Narsarsuaq, southern Greenland, and construct another facility at Mestersvig on the eastern…

PARIS, Sept. 22 (YPA) - The French presidency has urged the European Union to take immediate action to cut energy prices. In a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President Emmanuel Macron called for measures to control…

BEIJING, Sept. 22 (YPA) - China reiterated its firm rejection of unilateral US sanctions on Iran on Tuesday, stressing that its cooperation with Tehran is entirely within the framework of international law.   The Foreign Ministry…

GAZA, Sept. 22 (YPA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that the overall death toll from Israeli occupation genocidal war since October 7, 2023, has risen to 73,914, with 174,952 injuries recorded. In…

RAMALLAH, Sept. 22 (YPA) – Zionist settlers bulldozed agricultural land and uprooted olive trees this Tuesday morning in the town of Ni'lin, west of Ramallah. Palestinian sources reported that six colonist-owned bulldozers leveled dozens of…

GAZA, Sept. 22 (YPA) – Israeli aircraft and artillery intensified attacks on eastern Gaza City on Tuesday, injuring several Palestinian civilians and damaging residential homes, local sources reported. In Gaza City’s eastern Al-Tuffah…

JENIN, Sept. 22 (YPA) – Israeli occupation authorities issued two new military orders today mandating the removal of vegetation and trees from lands in the Jenin Governorate.  Palestinian sources reported that the first military order…

RAMALLAH, Sept. 22 (YPA) – Zionist settles attacked the town of Al-Mazra'a Al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah, early Tuesday morning. The Al-Mazra'a Al-Sharqiya Municipality reported that more than 200 settlers, under the protection of…

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (YPA) –The high-level meetings of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly begins today, Tuesday, with the participation of around 130 heads of state and government at the UN headquarters in New York. The…