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The US military chief will visit Kyiv to discuss ways to continue offering more weapons and other support to Ukraine’s military, as other NATO countries’ support continues. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on …

Israeli military forces are preparing for the possibility of a flare-up with fighters from Palestinian resistance groups based in the Gaza Strip following repeated incursions by the regime troops and Israeli settlers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds. Channel 12 News reported on Saturday …

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron faces off with longtime rival Marine Le Pen The second round of France’s presidential election kicked off Sunday. Just like five years ago, voters are choosing between current President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the former longtime leader of the right-wing National Rally party, in a …

The Joint Operations Command launched on Saturday, the second stage of Operation “Solid Will” against ISIS in western Iraq. The Security Media Cell said, “Under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command, the Solid Will Operation was launched this morning, with the participation of the commands of the Al-Anbar, Al-Jazeera, …

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will first travel to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a bid to halt the two-month-long war in Ukraine and establish a ceasefire. At a press conference in New York on …

Russia says the United States is planning provocations to accuse Russian forces of using weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Ukraine in an attempt to discredit Moscow’s military operation in the former Soviet state. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Force, made the remarks …

Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steelworks in Mariupol, a Ukrainian official said on Saturday, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern port city and said its forces did not need to take the factory. Russian forces were hitting the Azovstal …

President Emmanuel Macron is in the pole position to win reelection Sunday in France’s presidential runoff, yet his lead over far-right rival Marine Le Pen depends on one major uncertainty: voters who decide to stay home. A victory in Sunday’s runoff vote would make Macron the first French president in …

Russia said on Saturday it plans to deploy its newly tested Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles, capable of mounting nuclear strikes against the United States, by autumn. The target stated by Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos space agency, is an ambitious one as Russia reported its first test launch only …

At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets in the US capital Friday. The shooting led to lockdowns at several schools and left a community on edge before the suspect was found dead hours later, local US media said. The …

On Friday, the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense thwarted an attack on a security point west of Nineveh and arrested three “terrorists” in Al-Anbar. The Security Media Cell said that a joint force of military intelligence and ground forces arrested three terrorists in Al-Qaim and Al-Fallujah. Other …

Move comes after Israeli army accused Hamas of firing three rockets into Israel late on Friday. Israel’s decision to close its only crossing for Palestinian workers coming from the Gaza Strip has been denounced as “collective punishment” of the impoverished territory’s two million residents who have lived under an Israeli-Egyptian …

Authorities in two eastern Ukrainian regions said Saturday that fighting with Russian forces was “fierce,” as hope fades for a truce over Orthodox Easter weekend. The governor of the eastern Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, said on Telegram that Kyiv retook three villages near the Russian border after “fierce battles.” “Our …

Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) thwarted an ISIS attack west of Kirkuk. The PMF said in a statement that ISIS terrorists attacked the PMF’s patrol near the Rubaida area, al-Rashad district before the force responded and forced them to flee.

An explosion struck a mosque in northern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, police said, with eyewitnesses reporting dozens of casualties. The blast hit Mawlavi Sikandar mosque north of Kunduz city, provincial police spokesman Obaidullah Abedi told AFP. “At the moment we have no details about the type of the blast or …

Kiev’s statements show it does not need negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Moscow has not received any answers from Kiev to its proposals, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday, adding that Kiev’s position looks as if Ukraine does not need the peace talks at all. …

Whether Macron or Le Pen ultimately emerges victorious, Islamophobic persecution is bound to intensify French President Emmanuel Macron and his challenger, Marine Le Pen, have qualified for the final round of the election, echoing their 2017 duel. French Muslims, many of whom had backed the defeated left-wing candidate, Jean-Luc Melenchon, …

Local media in occupied Palestine reported that the Israeli regime security forces clashed with the Palestinians again in Al-Aqsa Mosque and dozens of Palestinians were injured in the clashes. Palestinian media reported this morning (Friday) that Israeli forces had clashed with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque once again. According to …

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine as part of the second phase of its military operation, the deputy commander of Russia’s central military district said on Friday, the Interfax news agency reported. The commander, Rustam Minnekayev, was also cited as saying that Russia planned to …

The latest raft of sanctions includes more US officials, media personalities, and Canada’s John Tory and Doug Ford. Russia has issued fresh retaliatory sanctions, including travel bans on United States Vice President Kamala Harris, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, and Toronto’s Mayor John Tory. The …