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Washington is still ordering Islamists to attack Assad’s forces, Moscow’s spy chief has claimed The US is still working with Islamic State terrorists and other Islamist groups to carry out attacks against Bashar Assad’s government forces in Syria, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief, Sergey Naryshkin, has claimed. According to …

While many around the world were watching the key World Cup 2022 match in Doha between Iran and the United States, the administration of President Joe Biden approved a $1-billion arms sale to the tournament’s host country Qatar. The massive potential arms sale to Qatar was announced during halftime of …

A US House of Representatives committee has obtained access to Donald Trump’s tax returns, following a years-long court fight with the Republican former president who has accused the Democratic-led panel of being politically motivated. “Treasury has complied with last week’s court decision,” a Treasury Department spokesperson said in an emailed statement …

Thousands of British railway workers will stage further strikes over the next two months in a long-running dispute over pay, the RMT union said on Tuesday, signalling travel disruption before and after the Christmas holiday period. According to Press TV, over 40,000 rail workers will go on strike on Dec. …

Tens of thousands of Hungarians, including teachers and students, have once more staged a protest rally against the government’s economic policy, demanding higher wages and a curb on soaring inflation. According to Press TV, protesters marched through the capital city of Budapest on Sunday, chanting slogans against Prime Minister Viktor …

Today, Sunday, Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani affirmed that his work priorities are to form a strong government capable of facing challenges, the most important of which are economic. The media office of the Prime Minister said, in a statement received by (Al-Ghadir), that “the Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the full liberation of the key town of Lyman in the north of the Donetsk region after the Russian troops withdrew from the area. “As of 12:30 (0930 GMT), Lyman is fully cleared,” Zelensky said in a short video clip published on his social …

The US Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, after an oversight agency requested them, according to a letter given by the Department of Homeland Security to the House and Senate committees. In a letter to the House of Representatives and Senate Homeland Security Committees investigating …

Iraq recorded 4819 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday.   In its daily epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry reported 1220 recovery cases and two mortalities.   The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country …

Ukraine is set to become an official candidate for European Union (EU) membership, the first step on the long road to joining the 27-country bloc, despite Russia’s strict opposition to the move. European leaders are expected to officially grant Kiev EU candidate nation status at a summit in Brussels on …

The United Nations special envoy for Yemen on Friday expressed surprise and delight as the truce between the warring parties in the Arab country holds up, saying the agreement could be a precursor to a broader peace deal. “The truce is holding and this is to the surprise of many …

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has hailed a decision by Norway to label products manufactured in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying it is a “right step” in fulfilling international obligations, including imposing sanctions on the Tel Aviv regime. The ministry made the remarks in a statement on …

A new United Nations report says surging global food insecurity has placed 750,000 people in five countries — including Yemen and Afghanistan — at immediate risk of “starvation or death.” Over 400,000 of those displaced people are in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, with the remainder in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan, …

The UK is set to send a “cutting edge” rocket system to Ukraine to help the embattled troops halt Russia’s rapid advances in the besieged east of the country, despite Moscow’s warnings of not fanning the flames of war. The M270 multiple-launch rocket system will be sent to Ukraine, in …

The son of the disgraced late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos vowed on Tuesday to work for all people after his stunning election victory and told the world to judge him by his presidency, not his family’s past. Ferdinand Marcos Jr, better known as “Bongbong”, become the first candidate in recent …

Sri Lanka’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, a prominent lawmaker said Friday. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed that a national council will be appointed to name …

Russia’s Defense Ministry says its troops have taken control of Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson as the Russian military campaign enters its 20th day. “The armed forces of the Russian Federation have taken full control of all the territory of Kherson region,” the ministry’s spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, said at a …

An Israeli settler armed with live ammunition has attacked Palestinian school girls in the occupied West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing medical sources, reported the shooting spree took place on Sunday morning in Tuqu, a Palestinian town southeast of Bethlehem. Bassam Jabr, an official of the Bethlehem Education Directorate, confirmed that …

Social media users have reported heavy deployment of Saudi security forces in the city of Qatif to crush any protest against the recent execution of scores of dissidents. According to Press TV, the regime executed as many as 81 prisoners in a single day on Saturday over what it called …

Israeli regime is trying to restrict the Palestinians’ right to education and undermine the academic freedom and autonomy of Palestinian universities, a report says. Officials at Birzeit University (BZU), located in the occupied West Bank, said the university rejected the Tel Aviv regime’s most recent attempt to limit the fundamental right …