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President Bashar Assad has been reelected to a fourth term with over 95% of the votes cast, defeating two challengers – including a former senior official of a rebel coalition, Syrian authorities have announced. Turnout in Wednesday’s election was 78%, with Assad winning over 13 million votes, according to Hammouda …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her country will be careful in how it decides to lift sanctions from Iran if current talks in Austria on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, better known as JCPOA, bear fruit. Yellen made the remarks on Thursday while answering questions about Iran and …

The Associated Press reported earlier in the day that the Biden administration had informed Russia it had no intent to return the United States in the Open Skies treaty, which provided surveillance flights in both countries. Washington has notified Moscow that it would not return to the Open Skies Treaty, …

A group of German scientists claims to have found the cause of the rare blood clots linked to the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines – and they say the jabs could be altered to prevent the problem The research, led by Professor Rolf Marschalek from Goethe University, in …

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil disclosed the final statistics of the exported quantities of crude oil and the revenues of April 2021. The ministry said in a statement that last April’s revenues amounted to 5,549,517,000 dollars, while crude oil exports amounted to 88,398,319 barrels. The average price per barrel amounted …

The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Thursday to launch an international investigation into crimes committed during the 11-day conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. By a vote of 24 states in favour, 9 against, with 14 abstentions, the 47-member forum adopted a resolution brought by the …

The Foreign Ministry announced that the UN Security Council had agreed to send a UN team to monitor the elections in Iraq. “The Iraqi government’s request, in Resolution 2576, was approved unanimously, to renew the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), until May 27, 2022,” Foreign …

The Secretary General of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Movement, Sheikh Qais Khazali, considered the arrest of a leader in the Popular Mobilization Forces, an attempt to push for the cancellation of the elections, forming an emergency government and disrupting the constitution. Khazali said in a tweet on “Twitter”: “The arrest of …

Iraq recorded 4611 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday.   The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 22 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 4059 patients achieved full recovery.   Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 …

Multiple people were killed and injured in a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) control center in San Jose, California, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. According to reports, the number of casualties was not immediately clear, but VTA employees are among the victims, sheriff’s …

Iraqi President Barham Saleh hopes his country would be able to recover $150 billion in oil money that he claims have been smuggled out of the country since the US invasions of 2003. According to reports, his comments came as he introduced a draft law to the Iraqi parliament meant …

At least three people have been killed in an artillery attack by the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada, as the Riyadh regime and its allies continue their aggression against the impoverished West Asian country. Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television …

Iraqi sources reported that a convoy carrying logistics equipment for the US military was attacked in the south of the country. A US convoy was targeted in Al-Samawah province, southern Iraq today, Saberin News reported. According to the report, the convoy was carrying logistics equipment for the US military. So …

Manager Zinedine Zidane has resigned from Real Madrid for the second time in his coaching career. Real failed to win a trophy this season and were pipped to the La Liga title by city rivals Atletico Madrid on a dramatic final day on Saturday. Real said in a statement that …

Two ‘Corona Devi’ idols set up in the southern city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu state as the country battles a new infection surge. Hindu priests at an Indian temple are saying daily prayers to two coronavirus goddesses in an effort to tame the pandemic as the country battles a …

US President Joe Biden called on Wednesday for the withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region and said immediate humanitarian access must be granted to avoid widespread famine in the conflict-torn area. Thousands have been killed and about 2 million people forced from their homes in Tigray …

On Thursday, Sri Lanka navy spokesman Indika de Silva said the efforts to douse the blaze were continuing. Four tug boats and three Sri Lankan and Indian vessels have joined the operation. The fire erupted May 20 when the ship was anchored about 9.5 nautical miles (18 kilometers) northwest of …

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kigali on Thursday, hoping to reset ties between the two nations after decades of Rwandan accusations that France was complicit in the 1994 genocide. The visit follows the release in March of a report by a French inquiry panel that said a colonial attitude …

Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria will enter a one-week COVID-19 lockdown forcing its near seven million residents to remain home except for essential business as authorities struggle to contain a highly infectious outbreak. “We’re dealing with a highly infectious strain of the virus, a variant of concern, which is …

Villarreal has won the Europa League after defeating Manchester United 11-10 in a penalty shoot-out after United goalkeeper David De Gea missed the deciding spot-kick. With neither side able to find the winner after extra-time, the game headed to penalties in front of 9,500 fans at the Stadion Miejsk in …