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Japan has been engulfed by heavy rain and strong winds as what is feared to be the worst storm for six decades batters the country and approaches Tokyo. Rivers swelled, boats flipped over and seas were whipped up by Typhoon Hagibis. The storm is expected to hit the capital later …

Violence gripped the notoriously overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos as rioters trashed fire trucks and clashed with police after a fire broke out. A woman and a child were killed. The first fire started at around 4:45 pm on Sunday, some 400 meters from the …

Sanaa has released 290 prisoners, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), including 42 survivors of the bombing of a detention center last month. The head of the prisoners’ committee in Yemen, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, had earlier confirmed that Sanaa would release 350 prisoners, including three Saudis …

Hundreds of Second World War graves that were damaged in Iraq have been restored after decades when it was thought too dangerous to risk carrying out the work. The graves, in the Habbaniya War Cemetery 60 miles west of Baghdad, are the last resting place of 173 Second World War …

Heavy rains have killed at least 113 people in India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states over the past three days, officials said on Monday, as floodwaters swamped a major city, inundated hospital wards and forced the evacuation of inmates from jail. India’s monsoon season that begins in June usually starts …

The al-Shabab terrorist group has launched two separate attacks on a US military base and a European Union military convoy in Somalia. The militants initially raided a base operated by US forces in the Somali town of Baledogle on Monday, witnesses and security sources said. “Two heavy explosions occurred, the …

Saudi Arabia has sent messages to Iran’s president through the leaders of other countries, an Iranian government spokesman said on Monday, at a time of heightened tensions between the regional rivals. “Messages from the Saudis were presented to (Iran’s President) Hassan Rouhani from the leaders of some countries,” spokesman Ali …

Syrian and Iraqi authorities have re-opened a major border crossing between the two countries, which was seized by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in 2014. The border crossing, which lies on a vital highway connecting Baghdad and Damascus, opened to people and goods on Monday. Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister …

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world doesn’t come together to deter Iran, but said he preferred a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program “60 Minutes,” Mohammed bin Salman …

US President Donald Trump responded to the Democrats-led impeachment inquiry by posting an ominous quote from a church leader who warned that removing him from office would inflict “Civil War-like” wounds on the nation. Known for regularly watching shows on Fox News, Trump apparently liked how the Southern Baptist minister …

China’s largest oil and gas producer CNPC has announced the discovery of an oilfield that could hold over a billion tons of reserves in the northwest of the country. According to CNPC, the proven reserves at Qingcheng oilfield in the Ordos basin stand at 358 million tons, while its estimated …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has accused Israel of being behind attacks on Iranian-backed militia positions in Iraq, the first time Baghdad has directly blamed Israel on Monday. “Investigations into the targeting of some Popular Mobilization Forces positions indicate that Israel carried it out. The Shi’ite militias, known as …

A prominent Egyptian activist who was released on probation in March was arrested on Sunday, said his family and a security source, the latest detention in what activists say is the largest wave of arrests since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took office. Rights groups say about 1,900 people have been …

Several hundred protesters have taken to the streets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, to protest against alleged corruption and the economic conditions in the country. Around 500 people carrying Lebanese flags gathered in central Beirut’s Martyr Square on Sunday to march to the seats of government and parliament. The protesters …

The longtime bodyguard of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was killed and seven others were wounded during an incident in Jeddah. The personal bodyguard of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was shot dead in “a personal dispute,” state television reported Sunday. Major General Abdulaziz al-Fagham was killed in the Red Sea city …

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that a successful impeachment of President Donald Trump would be worth losing the Democrats’ House majority in 2020. Pelosi’s latest remarks come days after she announced the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry into the president. Nearly all House Democrats have publicly backed the …

An Emirati newspaper said on Sunday that Emiratis had bought Iraqi antiquities illegally, indicating that Iraq was approaching the UAE to retrieve them. An official source as saying: “The Iraqi Ministry of Culture plans to conduct a series of visits to Arab and European countries, in order to confirm Iraq’s …

Yemeni Army has released the footage of a large-scale military offensive carried out by Yemeni soldiers and allied fighters from Popular Committees in Saudi Arabia’s southern border region of Najran, where three Saudi military brigades were completely destroyed and thousands of militiamen taken hostage. Speaking at a press conference in …

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said that Turkey has not fulfilled its obligations under the agreements “Astana” and “Sochi”, accusing Ankara of supporting the organization “Jabhat al-Nusra”, which controls most of the Idlib area in the north of the country. In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Muallem said …

Brigadier General Yahya Serai announced the launching of “Nasrallah” military operation in the Najran axis. The spokesman said the Yemeni forces: The 3 military brigades of the enemy forces fell in full and seized hundreds of vehicles and armored vehicles during the major operation in the axis of Najran. He …