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The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Greens have signed a power-sharing agreement after months of intense negotiations, giving the opportunity to the members of the Green Party to take leading positions in the Scottish government for the first time in the UK. Announcing the deal on Friday, Nicola …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decried the policy of imposing “outside values” on Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban amid a messy US-led withdrawal from the South Asian country. Speaking at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Kremlin on Friday, Putin slammed the “irresponsible …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has announced to impose sanctions on a Russian vessel and two Russian individuals involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, a sprawling undersea pipeline that will carry Russian gas directly into Germany. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that …

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is facing mounting pressure from British political parties to resign due to the “unforgivable failure” of the government in handling the Afghanistan crisis. Blasting Raab for being on holiday on the Greek island of Crete while Kabul was being retaken by the Taliban, the Labour Party …

The bomb squads in al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) blew up five houses and two guesthouses for ISIS in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad. According to a statement by the PMF, this step is part of the military campaign conducted by the PMF in the Tramiyah district. No casualties were recorded. ISIS had …

A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US Congress aimed at blocking the Taliban in Afghanistan from accessing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has frozen $450 of funds that were scheduled to be dispersed to the country next week. Afghanistan is believed to have over $9 billion in …

At least three people have been martyred and a dozen more wounded after police forces attacked a commemorative Ashura mourning procession held by local Shia Muslims in Nigeria’s northern state of Sokoto, a report says. According to a report published on the website of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria on Friday, Nigerian …

Reporters Without Borders called Saturday on US President Joe Biden to make “a special plan for evacuating endangered Afghan journalists” from Taliban-controlled Kabul. RSF said the United States currently seemed to be concerned only with the evacuation “of its own citizens and former employees.” “This is blocking the evacuation of …

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Afghanistan during a phone call and agreed to strengthen bilateral coordination on Afghan issues, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday. The presidents emphasized the priority was counter-terrorism and efforts to tackle drug trafficking, the Kremlin said.

Oil prices rose, during trading today, Friday, moving away from its lowest level in 3 months, but it is still on its way to incur a weekly loss of more than 5%. Brent crude futures rose 0.4%, to $66.69 a barrel, after falling 2.6% yesterday, Thursday, to the lowest closing …

The Independent High Electoral Commission announced today, Friday, the completion of the logistical preparations for the upcoming electoral process, and while it reiterated its readiness to hold the elections on time, it indicated that it is in the process of conducting a second simulation to examine the devices for announcing …

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 20 years of war clearly shows that occupation forces have failed to advance their plans and agendas in the West Asia region. “Our (Yemeni) nation is making progress. The United States is in decline, and recent …

Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the United Nations after Israeli regime warplanes violated the West Asian country’s airspace to carry out separate airstrikes against positions near the Syrian capital city of Damascus and the western city of Homs. Caretaker Lebanese Defense Minister Zeina Akar, in a statement, condemned the …

The U.S. State Department is expected to announce that its evacuation flights out of Kabul will now be able to land in Europe, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, because of an overflow of people in Qatar. The United States is desperately trying to evacuate thousands of people from Afghanistan …

Iraq recorded, on Friday 6121 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,815,479, the health ministry said. It reported 67 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 20,025. It also reported 9224 recoveries to take its total to 1,641,870 (90.4%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to …

India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine, the world’s first DNA shot against the coronavirus, in adults and children aged 12 years and above. The approval gives a boost to India’s vaccination programme, which aims to inoculate all eligible adults by December, and will …

Only one woman survived after an inflatable dinghy from Africa sank on its way to the Spanish archipelago. More than 50 people are feared dead after a boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean about 220 kilometres (135 miles) off Spain’s Canary Islands. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said a 30-year-old woman …

Oil prices were down for a seventh straight session on Friday near three-month lows and heading for a weekly loss of over 7% as new lockdowns in countries facing surging cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant dampened the outlook for fuel demand. Broader investor risk aversion also weighed on oil …

Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the United Nations after Israeli warplanes violated the country’s airspace to carry out separate airstrikes against positions near the Syrian capital city of Damascus and the western city of Homs. Caretaker Lebanese Defense Minister Zeina Akar, in a statement, condemned the Israeli violation of …

Civil defense teams controlled a fire that broke out inside the main library on the second floor of the College of Physical Education building inside the University of Baghdad. The Civil Defense directorate said in a statement that its teams made great efforts to contain the fire and save the …