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The Brazilian football team won the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, by defeating its Spanish counterpart in the final match. The Brazilian Olympic team beat the Spanish team 2-1 in the match that brought the two teams together today, Saturday, in the football final of the Olympic Games. …

Lebanon’s new Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati says progress, though slow, has been achieved toward forming a desperately-needed cabinet in the cash-strapped Arab country, stressing that donor countries will not help Lebanon unless it helps itself. A caretaker administration by former premier Hassan Diab has run the small country since the …

Israeli warplanes have bombed a number of localities in the northern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, reports say. According to Hebrew-language media reports, Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes in the early hours of Saturday against several sites in the northern parts of Gaza, in response to incendiary balloons allegedly sent …

North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country’s worsening economic situation, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday. The report by a panel of independent …

Israeli forces continue to crack down on anti-settlement protests in the occupied West Bank, killing a Palestinian young man and injuring tens of others. The Palestinian health ministry said that Imad Ali Dweikat, 37, was shot in the chest by Israeli forces in the flashpoint town of Beita, south of …

The Al-Fateh Parliamentary Bloc accused, on Friday, Governmental political parties of trying to postpone the parliamentary elections. The member of Al-Fateh Bloc, Ahmed Al-Kinani said, “There are political parties that hold high ministerial positions in the government are trying “to inflame the street” and postpone the parliamentary elections until further …

At least one person has died in Greece as wildfires continue to spread, forcing thousands to flee in Greece and Turkey. A 38-year-old man in northern Athens died after being hit by a falling utility pole, the Greek health ministry said. In neighbouring Turkey, wildfires described as the worst in …

Iraq recorded, on Wednesday 11,435 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,696,390, the health ministry said. It reported 87 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 19,087. It also reported 8667 recoveries to take its total to 1,510,888 (89.1%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to …

The Taliban captured an Afghan provincial capital and assassinated the government’s top media officer in Kabul on Friday, dealing twin high-profile blows to the Western-backed administration. A police spokesman in southern Nimroz province said the capital Zaranj had fallen to the hardline Islamists because of a lack of reinforcements from …

China has strongly criticized the United States’ recent offer of a temporary “safe haven” to people from Hong Kong, describing the move as “violently intervening” in the semi-autonomous city’s internal affairs. China’s Foreign Ministry Office in Hong Kong made the remarks in a statement on Friday after the administration of …

German prosecutors said Friday they have launched an investigation against the district chief of the flood-hit region of Ahrweiler for negligence as warnings were made belatedly, resulting in the deaths of dozens of residents. Some 189 people lost their lives in severe floods that pummeled western Germany in mid-July, raising …

The Lebanese Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at an open ground near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms area on Friday, escalating cross-border hostilities, Reuters reported. In a statement, Hezbollah said the attack with dozens of rockets was a response to Israeli airstrikes on Thursday which the Shi’ite …

Taliban fighters on Friday intensified clashes with Afghan forces and targeted militias allied with the government, officials said, stretching their dominance of border towns and closing in on two provincial capitals as foreign forces leave. At least 10 Afghan soldiers and a commander of armed members belonging to the Abdul …

Australian officials warned Sydney residents on Friday to brace for a surge in COVID-19 cases after the country’s largest city logged record infections for the second straight day despite a weeks-long lockdown to stamp out an outbreak of Delta variant. “Just based on the trend in the last few days …

Leaders of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party have endorsed him to be a vice-presidential candidate in next year’s elections, paving the way for him to stay in power for six more years after he steps down in 2022. The move needs to be approved by the party general assembly, …

President Joe Biden on Thursday offered temporary “safe haven” to Hong Kong residents in the United States, allowing what could be thousands of people to extend their stay in response to Beijing’s crackdown on democracy in the Chinese territory. Biden directed the Department of Homeland Security to implement a “deferral …

Argentina striker Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona despite both parties having reached an agreement over a new contract, the La Liga club said on Thursday, citing economic and structural obstacles to the renewal of the deal. Messi was free to negotiate a transfer with other clubs after his deal ran …

Nine months after the 2020 US election, a new poll shows that two-thirds of Republicans still refuse to believe President Joe Biden got his job “fair and square,” despite media efforts to dismiss any claims of fraud as conspiracy. The latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll, released on Wednesday, showed that 66% …

The spokesman for the General Commander of the Armed Forces , Major General Yahya Rasoul, on Thursday, the arrest of one of the leaders Daesh gangs in the north of Baghdad, who worked as a carrier for terrorists suicide bombers. Rasoul stated in a statement received by AlghadeerTv, that “based on the directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the …

The Ministry of Health and Environment announced on today Thursday,Corona epidemiological situation. The Ministry of Health recorded 11,871 new cases of corona, while 7,461 cases of recovery were the same, with 62 new deaths, in a decline from yesterday’s toll, in which injuries exceeded 12 thousand and deaths reached 73. The number …