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China has condemned a blast targeting a bus in a remote region of northwestern Pakistan that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, calling on Islamabad to thoroughly investigate the attack and punish the perpetrators. In a statement on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian urged Pakistan to “severely …

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has called US President Joe Biden’s voting rights speech as “nonsense.” “What utter nonsense. It would be laugh-out-loud funny if it wasn’t so completely and totally irresponsible,” the Kentucky Republican said on Wednesday. “This is our new president who promised to lower the temperature, bring …

Drug overdose deaths in the United States has hit a new record of 93,000 over the last year after experiencing a 30-percent growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) and psychostimulants such as methamphetamine also increased in 2020 compared to 2019. Cocaine deaths also increased …

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr, announced on Thursday, that he will not participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, while confirming that he has withdrawn his support from those in the government. Al-Sadr said in a speech, which was followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that …

Iraqi security forces apprehended a senior ISIS terrorist in the west of Iran earlier today, Wednesday. Security Media Cell (SMC) said that the Directorate of Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence, the Intelligence department of al-Anbar’s Operations Command, confirmed the intel reported by the Intelligence detachment of the 10th …

People in France have taken to the streets to protest against the government’s decision to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for health workers and to introduce a health pass to access bars and restaurants. Protests took place across France on Wednesday with heated clashes erupting with police in Paris. A number …

Egypt’s highest civilian court has upheld the designation of a group of 13 people, including two prominent activists, as terrorists. The Court of Cassation on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the 13 people against their inclusion on a terrorist list for a period of five years. The group includes activists …

A group of the military forces that the US has taken out of Afghanistan have been sent over to Yemen, where they have occupied a strategic southwestern airbase. Yemen Press Agency carried the report on Tuesday, saying the forces first arrived at the Aden International Airport in the Aden Province …

European Union policymakers on Wednesday unveiled their most ambitious plan yet to tackle climate change, aiming to turn green goals into concrete action this decade and set an example for the world’s other big economies to follow. The European Commission, the EU executive body, set out in painstaking detail how …

President Barham Salih and Iranian Minister of National Security Mahmoud Alavi discussed bilateral relations between the two countries. Alavi offered the Iranian leadership’s condolences to President Salih and the people of Iraq regarding the tragedy of the fire caught in Al-Hussein Hospital in Dhi-Qar, according to a statement by the …

The use of capital punishment in Bahrain has considerably increased over the past decade, particularly since the 2011 Islamic Awakening uprising, according to a new report. According to Press TV, a joint report released on Tuesday by anti-death penalty and human rights group Reprieve and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and …

A survey of US Jewish voters conducted after the recent Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip has found that a quarter of respondents believe the occupying entity is an apartheid regime committing genocide against Palestinians. The study, based on interviews with 800 Jewish voters, was commissioned by the Jewish Electorate …

A senior Russian diplomat has said Moscow has warned the United States against deploying its troops in the former Soviet Central Asian nations following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that Moscow delivered the message to Washington during a meeting between Russian …

The US Justice Department (DOJ) will hand Jan. 6 protesters’ attorneys documents describing police misconduct during the demonstration on Capitol Hill. Lawyers will receive the evidence in response to requests for information, Politico reported on Monday. They had previously inquired about allegations that some officers may have been “complicit in …

US President Joe Biden’s nominee for the navy says the United States will “need additional resources” to counter China at sea. Carlos Del Toro made the comments before a Senate panel during his confirmation hearing. “As our nation shifts from a land-based strategy over the past 20 years fighting the …

US President Joe Biden has condemned a wave of Republican-backed legislation fuelled by his predecessor Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. In a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Biden lambasted efforts by Trump and others to sow doubt about the election months after it concluded, which have prompted GOP-led …

The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan says it has gained control over a strategic route linking the south of the country to Pakistan. The Taliban “have captured an important border town called Wesh in Kandahar,” spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid claimed in a statement on Wednesday. The town of Wesh is in …

The Texas Senate has approved a controversial restrictive voting legislation after Democratic lawmakers in the state House fled to Washington to evade passage of the bill in the lower chamber. The bill, passed by a party-line vote of 18-4, includes restrictions on absentee voting and forbids drive-through voting, which many …

The US State Department said that Washington will not impose a deadline on a seventh round of talks with Tehran to revive the nuclear deal, and only Iran can determine when the talks will resume. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Washington would not impose a deadline on these talks, …

A member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, MP Abdul-Khaleq Al-Azzawi, revealed today, Tuesday, (July 13/2021), the issuance of an urgent directive from Baghdad regarding Hawi Al-Azeem. Al-Azzawi said in a press statement, “The joint operations issued an urgent directive to the commander of Diyala operations regarding the Hawi …