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A Palestinian official says Israeli prison authorities have threatened to deprive Palestinian prisoners of medical treatment if they refuse to call off an open-ended hunger strike launched months ago against their arbitrary detentions. Qadri Abu Bakr, the Head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, told Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen …

The Russian President’s Special Envoy for Syria, Alexandr Lavrentyev, has denounced Israeli missile strikes against the war-ravaged country, stating that such acts of aggression are “unacceptable.” “We will certainly consider the issue of intensified strikes on Syrian territory by Israel. We think that we will also need to focus on …

Russia says Western-provided weapons in Ukraine are “useless” in fending off its advances, as leaders of Germany, France, and Italy visit Kiev. Since the onset of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24, the United States and its European allies have been pouring advanced weapons into the ex-Soviet country. …

The Kremlin says it hopes European leaders will not supply Ukraine with more lethal weapons and instead will push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be “realistic” toward the situation. “I would hope that the leaders would push President Zelensky to take a realistic look at the state of affairs,” Kremlin spokesperson …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a further blow to his authority on Wednesday when his second ethics adviser in less than two years quit his post. Johnson last week survived a confidence ballot that saw 41% of his lawmakers vote against his leadership after months of scandals and gaffes …

China will not allow the secession of Taiwan from the mainland, says a senior Chinese official, amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island. Liu Jieyi, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the …

The number of people displaced worldwide passed a record 89 million last year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, warning that the intensification of a global food security crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine conflict could further increase that number. By the end of 2021, a record 89.3 million people were …

Tunisia’s main trade union has called a national strike that will result in the cancellation of all international flights to and from the country and halt land and sea transportation. According to Press TV, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) said the strike would take place at midnight on June …

One person was killed and at least two other people were injured in a shooting on Wednesday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, according to police. Officers, who were called to the Glenwood Community Center in the Hilltop neighborhood just after 05:00 p.m. local time, found two victims in a parking lot …

The White House is scrambling to help tackle rising gas prices which could put Democrats to rout in this fall’s midterm elections. According to Press TV, on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden’s economics team and outside advisers met to discuss various options, with more meetings expected on Thursday. Meanwhile, Energy …

The US government on Wednesday announced that it will provide Ukraine with an additional $1 billion in military aid, in response to repeated pleas for support from Kiev. According to Press TV, in a statement, US President Joe Biden said he had informed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that the …

The street in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington has been named after Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident journalist who was murdered in Istanbul in 2018. On Wednesday, the US capital’s local government changed signs on one block in front of the embassy to read “Jamal Khashoggi Way”. …

Today, Monday, the coordination framework affirmed its continuation with the necessary steps to form a government. Al-Attar said in a statement, received by Al-Ghadir, that “the coordination framework held its regular meeting today, to discuss the latest developments in the political arena,” stressing “it will continue with the necessary steps …

Israeli forces have demolished a two-story Palestinian house in the West Bank town of Tira, as the Tel Aviv regime continues to press ahead with its land grab policies in the occupied territories in disregard of international law. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing media sources, reported that Israeli bulldozers, …

Hundreds of people, including several lawmakers, have held a protest rally in southern Lebanon after a vessel operated by a Greek company arrived at the Karish Gas Field in Lebanon’s territorial waters to extract gas for Israel. According to Press TV, the protesters waved Lebanese and Palestinian flags in Lebanon’s …

Members of the US House committee probing the January 6 deadly insurrection on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump say they have gathered enough evidence to indict the former president for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. The probe committee announced on Sunday that it had put together …

A bipartisan group of US senators has announced a framework agreement on new gun legislation, in a move that falls far short of President Joe Biden’s calls for a real change in gun violence. On Sunday, a group of 20 Democratic and Republican lawmakers struck a gun safety framework that …

Russian forces are set to seize full control of the Luhansk region within weeks, says a senior US defense official amid heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian region. The cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in Luhansk are “increasingly under duress” and could fall to Russian forces within weeks, The Washington Post quoted …

The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq, Massoud Barzani, discussed with a high-ranking delegation from the Sovereignty Alliance, the latest developments in the process Barzani’s office said in a statement, that the latter “received today, Saturday, at his headquarters in the resort of Salah al-Din in the Erbil …

A member of Al-Fatah’s parliamentary bloc called for announcing the Speicher massacre a national day, lambasting the government’s neglection of the compensations file. Lawmaker Mohammad Karim al-Beldawi said , “eight years after the tragic massacre of Speicher at the hands of terrorism and Baath remnants, the government failed to settle …