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The average regular-grade gasoline prices rose 22 percent over the past two weeks amid Western sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine which disrupted the global energy market. The price shot up a whopping 79 cents over the past two weeks to a record-setting $4.43 per gallon, Industry …

A member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has warned of attacks targeting “very sensitive” positions inside the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for a “deliberate” campaign to starve the Yemeni people, specifically through an ongoing siege imposed on Yemen by a Saudi-led military coalition. Referring to the siege on Yemen, …

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has announced that he will not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 15 and that he will instead support the efforts of the elected individuals. While announcing the news in a television address on Monday, the Lebanese premier called on Lebanese people to turn …

The leaders of the Coordination Framework held today, Monday, a joint meeting with the delegation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, headed by Bavel Talabani, in the office of the head of the State of Law coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, in the capital, Baghdad.

Diplomatic efforts to broker peace between the warring sides in Ukraine have gathered momentum with negotiators from Moscow and Kiev resuming fresh round of talks on Monday. The fourth round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which comes after both sides hailed progress in earlier rounds despite no significant …

The United States says China will face consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions imposed by Washington and its allies in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is due to meet with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday, …

British prime minister Boris Johnson is set to embark on a visit to Saudi Arabia this week to lobby for action to keep oil prices in check amid a growing crisis in the global energy market. The British premier’s visit is reportedly aimed at lobbying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin …

US forces and SDF militants have reportedly transferred dozens of Daesh terrorists from detention camps in Syria’s eastern Province of Dayr al-Zawr to facilities in the neighboring Province of Hasakah. Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television, citing local sources, said they relocated scores of the extremists to the Industrial Secondary Prison and Ghweiran …

Saudi Arabia has executed 81 prisoners in a single day over ‘terror-related offenses,’ in the largest mass execution carried out by the Wahhabi state in recent memory. In an announcement on Saturday, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said 81 inmates, including seven Yemenis and a Syrian, were executed, alleging that …

The US military says there is no “imminent” threat of a chemical attack by Russia in Ukraine after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sounded the alarm on the issue. In an increasing propaganda offensive against Russia, the United States and its allies have claimed that Moscow may deploy chemical weapons …

A new report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli forces have martyred eight Palestinians and injured 140 others, including 20 children, in the occupied Palestinian territories in a span of two weeks. The latest data was released in the bi-weekly Protection of Civilians …

Iraqi media and military sources say a missile attack has targeted a military base housing the American forces in the capital of the Iraqi semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Erbil, as well as the US consulate in that region. According to Press TV, at first, Iraqi media, citing Kurdish officials, reported that …

The United Nations war crimes panel on Syria urges the United States to investigate the civilian casualties caused by American airstrikes on the Arab country. Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic reiterated a “recommendation to the United States and …

A senior Russian Defense Ministry official says the humanitarian situation in some Ukrainian cities continues to decline rapidly, blaming Ukraine’s nationalist forces for the worsening situation. “Unfortunately, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is continuing to deteriorate rapidly, and in some cities it has reached catastrophic proportions,” said the Head of …

The United States is providing Ukraine with $200 million more in additional military assistance as fighting rages between Ukrainian forces and Russian troops. US President Joe Biden authorized the additional military equipment for Ukraine Saturday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the “flagrant violation” of international humanitarian law by Ukrainian …

The United States is willing to take diplomatic steps to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, a State Department spokesperson has said, as Kiev expresses its readiness to negotiate with Moscow. The State Department spokesperson made the remarks on Saturday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the West should be more involved …

Officers of the French municipal police were attacked on Saturday by a knife-wielding man. Reports by the AFP suggest that the suspect was killed by law enforcement. Some reports, however, suggest that the attacker is alive, but in critical condition, and receiving medical assistance at the moment. One of the …

Air raid sirens have been heard across most cities in Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying his country has “reached a strategic turning point” in the war with Russian forces appearing to regroup for a possible assault on Kiev. Sirens started in the capital city, the western city of Lviv …

The US and Russia exchange accusations at the United Nations Security Council over alleged biological weapons in Ukraine. Russia insists that the US has financed a biological weapons research program in Ukraine while Washington denies the accusation. The Russian permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya told the Security Council …

European Union leaders have dashed Kiev’s demand for an accelerated membership of the bloc over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with leaders declining to open a membership procedure at the time of war. As talks among the 27 national leaders ended early this morning, Croatia Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said no country …