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North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, three South Korean government sources with knowledge of the matter said. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim …

The spokesman of Ministers Council and Minister of Culture, Hassan Nadhim, announced that Iraq will restore tomorrow 17,000 antiquities from America and other countries while noting that Iraq is going on to recover the rest of the antiquities from the countries of the world. Nadhim said that the return of …

A trial opened in Vatican City on Tuesday for 10 defendants, including a once-powerful cardinal, in a case based on a sprawling investigation of the allegedly criminal management of the Holy See’s portfolio of assets, including donations by countless Catholics. Among the defendants is Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a longtime …

Medical authorities in China have said a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appeared to be effective in coronavirus patients, Japanese media said on Wednesday. Zhang Xinmin, an official at China’s science and technology ministry, said favipiravir, developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm, had produced encouraging …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed over 12185 COVID-19 cases and 71 deaths from its complications in the past 24 hours. The Ministry said that 8547 patients had achieved full recovery from the virus. Iraq has registered 1577013 cases in total, including 1429542 recoveries at a recovery rate of 90.6%. …

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has arrested a network of agents with the Israeli Mossad spy agency at the Western borders, confiscating a large cache of weapons and ammunition that they were planning to use to provoke riots and terror inside the country. The ministry’s director-general for counterintelligence said on Tuesday that …

The United States has imposed new flight restrictions over Afghanistan due to the risk “posed by militant activity” across the country. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Monday that US airlines and other US operators were banned from the Kabul Flight Information Region. Citing the risk “posed by extremist/militant activity,” …

At least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe. “Horrified by yet another painful loss of life off the Libyan coast,” Federico Soda, the IOM’s Libya mission chief, said …

The Al-Fateh Alliance issued a statement welcoming the Iraqi negotiator’s national achievement by agreeing to the complete exit of the combat forces. The statement stated: Al-Fateh Alliance welcomes the national achievement of the Iraqi negotiator by agreeing to the complete exit of the combat forces at the end of this …

At least one person was killed and 16 injured after an explosion at a chemical park in the western German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, the site’s operator said, with four people still missing. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident and the death of an employee,” Chempark operator …

Three thousand Ethiopian asylum-seekers crossed into Sudan late Monday, according to a government report seen by AFP, hailing from the Amhara region which borders the conflict-hit Tigray region. The two regions, which both border Sudan, are locked in a decades-old land dispute that has become central to an eight-month-old war …

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday reiterated calls for a “negotiated settlement” with the Taliban in Afghanistan, admitting the country faced a “deeply challenging” security situation as foreign troops leave. “The security situation in Afghanistan remains deeply challenging, and requires a negotiated settlement. NATO will continue to support Afghanistan, including …

US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday sealed an agreement formally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, more than 18 years after U.S. troops were sent to the country. Coupled with Biden’s withdrawal of the last American forces in …

A cardinal and nine other people are accused of bleeding the Holy See of tens of millions of dollars in donations through bad investments, deals with shady money managers, and apparent favours to friends and family. A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors. Brokers and lawyers …

Japan shot to the top of the medal tally with eight golds on Monday night when mixed doubles partners Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito upset China in a table tennis thriller. Here’s what you need to know about the Tokyo Games: GOLDEN HOME TEAM The table tennis capped off a …

A large explosion has been reported at positions belonging to the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) or Hashed al-Shaabi in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf on Monday afternoon. Iraqi al-Hashed al-Shaabi forces reported drone strikes on their positions in Najaf on Monday afternoon. PMF Imam Ali Division announced in …

Wildfires burned in regions across southern Europe on Monday, fuelled by hot weather and strong winds, as some northern countries cleaned up after a weekend of torrential rain and flooding. In Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said firefighters had battled around 50 fires during the past 24 hours and it …

Thousands of US firefighters are battling a blaze in California that has grown so big it is generating its own weather system, with authorities warning conditions could worsen on Monday. The flames have grown so large that they have created clouds that can cause lightning and high winds, which in …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed over 12,000 COVID-19 cases and 60 deaths from its complications in the past 24 hours. The daily situation report issued by the Ministry said that 12,180 swabs have tested positive for the virus on Saturday, bringing the cumulative count of confirmed cases since the …

Lebanon’s businessman Najib Mikati has secured enough votes in parliamentary consultations to be nominated as the country’s new prime minister-designate, ending a months-long political deadlock over the matter. According to media reports, Mikati secured 73 votes out of 118 members of the parliament during consultations that followed his meeting with …