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(Reuters) — The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke by telephone on Sunday, a day after Ankara angered Moscow by sending five Ukrainian commanders home with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in what Russia called a violation of a prisoner exchange agreement.

A drone strike on July 7 killed an Islamic State (ISIS) group leader in Eastern Syria, the US Central Command said in a statement on Sunday.  The US Central Command said, it “conducted a strike in Syria that resulted in the death of Usamah al-Muhajir, an ISIS leader in eastern Syria," without giving any more details on al-Muhajir, the Reuters reported It used the same MQ-9 drones in the attack that had "earlier in the day been harassed by Russian aircraft in an encounter that lasted almost two hours", the statement added. "We have made it clear that we remain committed to the defeat of ISIS throughout the region," AFP reported quoting Centcom chief General Michael Kurilla as saying, using another acronym for the IS jihadist group.

President Volodymyr Zelensky brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year. Russia immediately denounced the release. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ankara had promised under the exchange agreement to keep the men in Turkey and complained Moscow had not been informed.

alliance about the specific nature of this collaboration as they grapple with how to navigate their relationship with China. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno confirmed that Kishida intends to emphasize the importance of stronger relations between Japan and NATO, despite objections from Beijing regarding the alliance's activities in the region. Alongside Kishida, leaders from South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand will also be present at the summit in Vilnius.

Biden has two main jobs on Ukraine at next week's NATO summit, but there's a hitch: they take him in opposite directions. The US president will arrive in Lithuania late Monday on a mission to stoke NATO support for Ukraine while simultaneously pouring cold water on dreams of quickly bringing Ukraine into the alliance.

Greece’s newly appointed defense minister has welcomed a de-escalation of tensions in the eastern Mediterranean

₹2,000 crore), Citadel failed to captivate the audience as expected.  Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon, has reportedly requested a comprehensive budget analysis for the streaming platform's major shows, including Citadel, according to Free Press Journal. Amid reports of impending layoffs affecting tens of thousands of employees, Amazon is now said to be scrutinizing the budget details of its prominent shows, including Citadel. Additionally, the media report revealed that Amazon's deal with Priyanka Chopra Jonas has not yielded significant results thus far.

₹100/ kg in several cities. The key reason is crop damage in key growing states due to extreme weather from unusually hot conditions to incessant rains. Data from the Department of Consumer Affairs showed that retail prices shot up by 264% in Ahmedabad, 186% in Delhi, and 185% in Bengaluru during 1-27 June.

NEW DELHI : Exports by Indian sellers to Amazon marketplaces the world over are on track to surpass $8 billion in 2023, said a top executive at the company. The business update comes over a year after the global e-commerce marketplace had doubled targets to achieve $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports from India by 2025. The update is part of Amazon Global Selling, the retailer’s e-commerce exports program, that has grown to more than 1.25 lakh Indian exporters since its launch in 2015.

NATO members, unable to agree on a new leader for the military alliance amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, extended Secretary–General Jens Stoltenberg’s mandate by one year. Stoltenberg, who recently said he had no plans to remain in the office he has held since October 2014, said he was honored by the decision, which is the fourth time his initial four-yearterm has been extended. He will serve through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 75th anniversary next April, and a summit in Washington next summer.

Reuters reported. A spokesperson of the global human rights body also informed that it will likely conduct a debate on the issue of the rise of religious hatred later this week. The Koran burning incident in Sweden drew criticism from various quarters.

Greece’s newly-appointed foreign minister says his country is ready to start talks with Turkey to resolve a long-standing dispute over maritime borders that has repeatedly brought the two neighbors to the brink of armed conflict

Crypto giant Binance opened a regional headquarters in Paris last year, hoping to expand its business in Europe. Things haven’t gone its way. The Netherlands and Belgium have shut their doors to the exchange.

Amazon miniTV, the free video streaming service available on the Amazon shopping app and Fire TV, has announced the launch of a new category, “miniTV Imported", that will premier international content dubbed in Hindi. Spanning genres such as romance, drama, thriller and others, the “miniTV Imported" vertical will stream global shows every month ranging from Korean, Turkish, Mandarin and Spanish dramas. The first set of shows which includes Cheer Up, Heart Surgeons, and Doctor Detective, all dubbed in Hindi, will stream from 7 July.

Russia's envoy to the United Nations in Geneva said there were no grounds to maintain the «status quo» of the Black Sea grain deal that is set to expire on July 18, the Russian news outlet Izvestia reported on Monday. In a wide ranging interview, envoy Gennady Gatilov told the outlet that the implementation of Russia's conditions for the extensions of the agreement was «stalling.» Those conditions included, among others, the reconnection of the Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank) to the SWIFT banking payment system.

Joe Biden has scheduled a diplomatic trip to Europe this month with stops in the United Kingdom, at the NATO summit in Lithuania and for meetings in Finland, the White House said Sunday. Biden is set to depart July 9 for «engagements» with the UK's King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the White House said in a statement.

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