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Thousands take to the streets of the Australian city to protest against lockdown restrictions amid a surge in cases. Thousands of anti-lockdown activists marched through major Australian cities on Saturday, following an extension of Covid-19 restrictions. Multiple people were arrested and dozens charged with offenses after brawls broke out. Protesters …

Bali, along with the main island of Java and 15 other regions, is under tight COVID-19 restrictions as cases and deaths surge in the archipelago nation. The Indonesian island of Bali is running out of oxygen for its COVID-19 patients as infections surge, the chief of its health agency has …

Only second to Russia, Iraq is among the top gas flaring countries in the entire world, the World Bank’s (WB) Gas flaring tracker report said. In the 2020 Gas flaring tracker report, the WB said that Iraq burns 70% of the total natural gas produced in the country, which was …

Philippine authorities moved thousands of residents in the capital, Manila, out of low-lying communities on Saturday as heavy monsoon rains, compounded by a tropical storm, flooded the city and nearby provinces. The national disaster agency said about 15,000 people, most of them from a flood-prone Manila suburb, had moved into …

The Iraqi Military Intelligence Agency on Friday reported that it has arrested the most prominent and leading ISIS terrorist in southern Baghdad. The head of Iraq’s Military Intelligence Services announced on Friday the arrest of the most important terrorist member of ISIS southern of Baghdad. The Iraqi Military Intelligence Service …

Scores of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Beita, medics said. Protests there have been ongoing for several months since Israel installed an outpost settlement in the area. At least 146 Palestinians were “injured by live and rubber bullets and tear …

 At least 112 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities said on Friday, after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages. Parts of India’s west coast received up to 594 mm (23 inches) of rainfall over 24 hours, forcing …

Former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay will head an international commission of inquiry into war crimes committed by the Israeli regime against impoverished Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during its latest onslaught on the besieged coastal enclave in May. The Human Rights Council said in a statement on …

The FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct allegations against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the court in 2018, according to newly released materials. Seven Democratic senators on Thursday said a letter they had received from the FBI last month shows it gathered over 4,500 …

Public anger against the French government’s renewed measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 has re-invigorated the Yellow Vest protest movement, insisting that the move amounts to an attack on civil liberties. While police estimated that 100,000 people took part in protests against the measures last weekend, yet another round …

China said on Friday that it has imposed counter-sanctions on U.S. individuals including former U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross in response to U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials with Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong. The sanctions are the first imposed by China under its new anti-foreign sanction law, passed in …

At least 112 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities said on Friday, after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages. Parts of India’s west coast received up to 594 mm (23 inches) of rainfall over 24 hours, forcing …

Olympic organisers on Friday thanked medical workers at a Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony overshadowed by the coronavirus, as athletes from across the world paraded into an almost empty stadium, for the first time their smiles hidden behind masks. Normally a star-studded display teeming with celebrities, the ceremony was shorn of …

Iraq recorded, on Friday 8905 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,535,848, the health ministry said. It reported 66 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 18,167. It also reported 8,205 recoveries to take its total to 1,394,536 (90.8%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to …

The death toll from torrential rain in central China’s Henan Province had risen to 56, with five people reported missing as of 7 p.m. Friday, local authorities said. Rescue efforts including drainage operations are still underway at Jingguang Road tunnel in the provincial capital Zhengzhou, a waterlogged underpass where many …

A longer gap between doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a British study found on Friday, but there is a sharp drop in antibody levels after the first dose. The study might help inform vaccination strategies against the Delta variant, which …

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has withdrawn from the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Japanese capital city of Tokyo after the draw set him on course for a possible showdown against an Israeli opponent. The 30-years-old athlete made the decision to pull out of the international multi-sport event on Thursday, a …

The Yemeni Army and popular committees, in the course of their advancement towards the border town of Jizan, killed a number of mercenaries affiliated with the Saudi aggression coalition. The series of advances of the Yemeni army and popular committees still continue in different parts of the country. Yemeni forces …

The French government’s top advisor on COVID-19 warned Friday that a new variant of the disease would “probably” emerge in the winter months this year. The country is currently battling an unprecedented spike in new cases caused by the more infectious Delta variant, which was first recorded in India. “We …

The World Heritage Committee was set to consider Friday whether to add the Great Barrier Reef to UNESCO’s list of endangered sites, after high-level lobbying from Australia to prevent the move. The United Nations cultural agency recommended in June that the reef’s World Heritage status be downgraded because of its …