WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it is investigating an engine fire last week on a Boeing (BA.N) 737-900 MAX plane operated by United Airlines (UAL.O) at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

The NTSB said a fire warning light indicator came on after United Airlines Flight 2376 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida landed at Newark on June 28, prompting the crew shut down one of the engines.

MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/: US President Joe Biden on Friday said the US had completed the destruction of its chemical weapons stockpile.

"Today, I am proud to announce that the United States has safely destroyed the final munition in that stockpile—bringing us one step closer to a world free from the horrors of chemical weapons," he said in a statement released by the White House.

STOCKHOLM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Several organizations have stepped up to voice their objections to Sweden joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) just days ahead of the military bloc's summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society told Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper on Friday that the country would be safer not belonging to a military alliance.

PHNOM PENH, Jul 8 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, will attend the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings, in Jakarta, from Jul 11 to 14, the country’s foreign ministry said, in a press statement yesterday.

His attendance will be made at the invitation of Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, the statement said.

BEIJING, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, a trailblazer in the field of economics, met with six female economists in Beijing on Saturday, an effort to spotlight gender diversity following meetings with China's largely male government leaders.

Yellen, the first woman to head the U.S. Treasury, has made women's contributions and importance to economies a focal point of her tenure, often meeting with women economists and entrepreneurs during her travels, and hailing the benefits of boosting women's participation in the workforce and leadership.

July 7 (Reuters) - The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces, and NATO's leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to joining.

Rights groups and the United Nations secretary-general questioned Washington's decision on the munitions, part of an $800 million security package that brings total U.S. military aid to more than $40 billion since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

UNITEDC NATIONS, Jul 08 (APP): Over 9,000 civilians, including over 500 children, have been killed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022 — 500 days ago, the United Nations said Thursday, as the United States moves to supply cluster weapons to boost the Eastern European country’s military in its fight against Moscow’s entrenched forces.

The UN also warned that the true number of fatalities could be much higher than what they have been able to confirm.

MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/: Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has visited shooting ranges in the Southern Military District to inspect the combat training of newly created military units, the Defense Ministry said.

"The defense minister inspected the training, driving lessons and live firing exercises by crews of T-90 tanks code-named Proryv. The crews are also trained on modern interactive simulators, which enable them to practice all elements of combat training," the ministry said.

MAPUTO, Jul 8 (NNN-AIM) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), said yesterday that, its executive board has completed the second review of a three-year loan programme for Mozambique, which greenlights an immediate disbursement to Maputo of 60.6 million U.S. dollars.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government collapsed Friday because of irreconcilable differences within the four-party coalition about how to rein in migration, a divisive issue that has split nations across Europe.

The resignation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the longest-serving premier of the nation, means the country will face a general election later this year. Rutte and his government will remain in office in a caretaker capacity until a new ruling coalition is chosen.

GENEVA, Jul 07 (APP):Pakistan, on behalf of the OIC, has said that the reason for seeking an urgent debate in the UN Human Rights Council on the burning of a Holy Quran outside a mosque in Sweden was to underscore the need for adoption of effective national legal measures to put an end to such provocative acts.

The desecration of the holy book, which took place outside the Swedish capital Stockholm’s main mosque last week, was carried out by a man during a protest authorized by the police, sparking off a global outrage and diplomatic backlash.

HERAT, Afghanistan, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Police have destroyed a drug processing lab in west Afghanistan's Herat province, provincial police spokesman Abdullah Insaf said Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, police launched operations in the Gazara district, unearthed a drug processing lab along with objects used in manufacturing heroin, and smashed all on the spot, the official said.

No one was arrested, but efforts are underway to bring to justice anyone involved in running the drug lab, according to the official.