Outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he will keep working towards reconciliation after he leaves office next month. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un exchanged friendly letters with outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in this week, in what North Korean state media described as a rare moment of positive …
Read More »Brits cut spending as living costs soar; EU faces ‘new era’ of high inflation – Report
Amid reports that consumer confidence is touching an all-time low in the UK, the French finance minister has predicted “a new era of higher inflation” for France and partner countries. Bruno Le Maire was quoted as saying by BFM TV on Friday that inflation will be high in 2022 in …
Read More »Saudi mass demolitions in Jeddah turning residents into ‘strangers’
Local residents have been turned into “strangers” in their own hometown of Jeddah due to mass demolitions of homes and displacements, all under the latest ambitious project of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the strategic Red Sea port city. The residents say Saudi authorities are destroying vibrant working-class …
Read More »Iraqi Forces thwarted 3 ISIS attacks on Diyala Governorate in 72 hours
Three ISIS attacks were thwarted in 72 hours, in al-Muqdadiyah and al-Udhaim districts, a security source in Diyala governorate reported. The Chief of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) in the northeastern basin of the governorate, Ahmed al-Tamimi, said that the PMF, the operations commands, and the police thwarted three terrorist attacks in …
Read More »US-Saudi relations nearing ‘breaking point’ – Report
Washington and Riyadh officially insist everything is fine, but Wall Street Journal report suggests otherwise Relations between the US and Saudi Arabia – which go back to 1945 – have never been this bad, according to a report published on Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal. Insiders in Washington and …
Read More »Zionists storm al-Aqsa Mosque for 5th day in row
Zionists forces stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque for a fifth consecutive day, arresting 12 Palestinians. The Zionist regime’s troops once again entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound illegally and started clashing with the Palestinians after confronting them. According to Palestine’s Shahab news agency, the videos released by Bab al-Amoud show that the …
Read More »China’s Xi Jinping proposes a new ‘global security initiative’
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday proposed a “global security initiative” that upholds the principle of “indivisible security”, a concept also endorsed by Russia, although he gave no details of how it would be implemented. During a video speech to the annual Boao Asia Forum, Xi said that the world …
Read More »10 killed, 40 injured as blast hits Shia mosque in Afghanistan; ISIS claims responsibility
SIS has claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif, via its Telegram channel. An explosion at a Shia mosque in the northern city Thursday killed or wounded at least 60 people, a local Taliban commander said. “A blast happened in 2nd district inside a Shi’ite mosque, more than 60 …
Read More »Putin announces successful ‘Liberation’ Of Ukraine’s Mariupol, leaving Ukrainian defenders holed up
President Vladimir Putin announced victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steelworks. In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin …
Read More »Iraqi PMF arrests a commander of an ISIS sleeper cell
A force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) captured a commander of an ISIS sleeper cell, a PMF media officer said on Monday. In a statement to Alghadeer News, the public relations officer of the PMF’s ninth brigade, Abu Hussein al-Janabi, said that “a force from [the ninth] brigade’s intelligence …
Read More »Russian forces capture east Ukraine town of Kremmina
Russian troops on Monday captured the east Ukraine town of Kreminna, local authorities said, as Kyiv’s armed forces launched salvos on Russian forces in the nearby settlement of Rubizhne. “There was a major attack in the night” from Sunday to Monday in Kreminna, the Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said …
Read More »Aging homeless population, deadly drugs creating ‘epidemic of deaths’ on US streets: Report
Cities across the United States are witnessing an “epidemic of deaths” on the streets as the homeless population is growing in size and age and becoming more vulnerable to illnesses, according to a report. The wider availability of deadly illicit drugs, especially fentanyl, on the streets has been a major …
Read More »Turkey launches new offensive in Iraqi Kurdistan Region
Turkish warplanes, helicopters, and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in the Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency. The operation, which Akar said targeted the Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan areas of the …
Read More »Iran says nuclear agreement not in sight, blames US for delays
Iran on Monday said an agreement with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was still not in sight, blaming the United States for the delay. “More than one issue is still pending between Iran and the United States,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said. “Messages (from Washington) …
Read More »Putin holds call with Palestine’s Abbas to discuss Russia-Ukraine talks, Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday. They also talked about “the problems of the Middle East settlement in the context of escalating tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” the Kremlin …
Read More »Iraq President Salih Meets Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi
The President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih met with the Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi on the occasion of the end of his mission. The meeting was held at al-Salam Palace in Baghdad on Monday, April 18, 2022. At the outset of the meeting, President Salih hailed …
Read More »Iraq summons Swedish envoy over Quran burning
On Thursday, a Danish far-right leader burnt a copy of the Holy Quran in Sweden Iraq on Sunday summoned the Swedish charge d’affaires, Hakan Rooth, to protest the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book of the Quran by far-right extremists in Sweden. On Thursday, Rasmus Paludan, the …
Read More »Ukraine ready to fight Russia ‘for 10 years’ – Zelensky
Ukrainian president said that his country is not prepared to give up its territories Ukraine is not prepared to give up its territories and is ready, if needed, to fight with Russia “for ten years,” the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said that for …
Read More »Afghanistan death toll in ‘Pakistan strikes’ rises to at least 47: Officials
The death toll from Pakistani military airstrikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has risen to at least 47, officials said on Sunday. “Forty-one civilians, mainly women, and children, were killed and 22 others were wounded in airstrikes by Pakistani forces near the Durand line in Khost …
Read More »Russian ultimatum to Ukraine forces in Mariupol expires
Several hours after the surrender deadline, there was no sign of compliance by the last standing Ukrainian fighters in the strategic port city. A Russian ultimatum for the last remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender has expired, as Moscow seems poised for a major strategic victory in the southeastern …
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