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The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo failed to reach a solution in a crisis meeting in Brussels on Thursday but agreed on further talks in the coming days to solve tensions between their countries, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. “Unhappily, we did not yet (come) to an agreement …

Local sources in occupied Palestinian territories reported on Wednesday morning that the Zionist regime’s forces carried out raids in various parts of the West Bank and illegally detained dozens of Palestinians. 40 Palestinians have been arrested in different areas of the West Bank, and so far the names of 23 …

The leaders of Iraq’s main political forces on Wednesday concluded a key meeting called in by caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in the presence of President Barham Salih and Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi. The meeting brings together the heads of the entire political spectrum attended by the chair of the …

Move comes after gradual efforts to restore ties, including a visit by the Israeli president to Turkey in March.

An international human rights organization has expressed grave concern over the alarming surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in the first half of the current year, saying the figure is almost twice the number during all of last year.

A cry of “run, run, run, run” rang out across the hillside as a wall of flame fed by high winds swept down towards four Spanish firefighters, engulfing tinder-dry bracken seconds after they fled for their lives. The wildfire they were battling on Wednesday was in the eastern Valencia region, …

Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and other countries, China’s defence ministry said on Wednesday. China’s participation in the joint exercises was “unrelated to the current international and regional situation”, the ministry said …

Iran has expressed its readiness for swift implementation of a prisoner swap deal with the US while urging Washington to free Iranians imprisoned in the US without tying the issue with irrelevant issues.

The United States Department of States has said that it has received Iran’s response to the EU proposal on the nuclear deal, and it is studying it.

Explosions follow an attack last week on the Crimean airbase that damaged and destroyed several Russian warplanes.

Global experts have agreed to refer to monkeypox virus variants by Roman numerals

Israel has acknowledged that it was responsible for the killing of five Gazan children during the recent onslaught against the besieged enclave after initial reports blamed Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s misfired rockets for the killing of the minors.

Russia has dismissed media speculations about a possible deployment of nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine, saying Moscow has “no need” to use its nuclear arsenal to achieve its goals in the conflict.

The head of the al-Fateh coalition, Hadi al-Ameri, received on Tuesday the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. A statement by Mr. al-Amiri’s office said that the meeting discussed the latest developments in the country and ways to address the current …

Iraq logged 3,035 COVID-19 cases last week, the Ministry of Health and Environment said today, Monday. The weekly epidemiological report on COVID-19 reported 12 deaths and 11,014 recovery cases. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,454,213, of whom 2,420,666 …

Hundreds gather to pay their respects in and around two Giza churches where clergymen prayed for the victims.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says by Monday midnight, the country will provide the European Union’s coordinator in the talks on the 2015 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with its final conclusion on the bloc’s plan for revival of the deal. “We have not offered …

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) says it lacks sufficient authority to dissolve the country’s parliament, urging all parties to refrain from getting the judiciary involved in political rivalries. According to Press TV, the SJC made the announcement on Sunday in response to the Iraqi Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. On Wednesday, Sadr …

A rights group has censured the Tel Aviv regime over its inhumane mistreatment and harsh measures against Palestinian prisoners, stating that the inmates are exposed to various forms of torture at detention centers across the occupied territories and are losing their lives. Qadoura Faris, chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club …

Over a dozen international rights organizations have called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of imprisoned academic and human rights activist Abduljalil al-Singace due to his failing health. Fifteen international organizations, including Human Rights Watch, said in a letter to Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Saturday that the …