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US forces stationed in Syria have kidnapped a number of civilians and transported new consignments of stolen Syrian oil to Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Syria’s official news agency SANA reported on Sunday that US forces carried out an airdrop in the village of Jadeed Ekedat in the eastern countryside of …

More than 250 people have been arrested in Australia after police in Melbourne and Sydney clashed with thousands of demonstrators protesting against Covid lockdowns. In Melbourne, a crowd of about 4,000 mostly unmasked protesters let off flares, yelled and blasted music in the central city. A total of 218 people …

Algerian police said Sunday they had arrested 36 people including three women after the lynching of a man suspected of having started one of the country’s deadly forest fires. Blazes spurred by a blistering heatwave have killed at least 90 people in the North African country in recent days, and …

The Taliban have reportedly entered the Afghan capital but the group said its militants have been ordered to wait at the city’s gates and that they are not planning to capture Kabul “by force” shortly after they seized control of a strategic eastern city without any resistance.  Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry …

On Saturday, a joint force of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the 73rd Army Brigade carried out a joint security operation east of Tal Afar district, Nineveh Governorate. The operation included inspecting and securing villages: the village of Bakhour and the mountains of Qaberli village and Zambar, all the way …

Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Environment announced the arrival of 500,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharma vaccine. The ministry said in a statement received by “Al-Ghadeer”, that “a plane arrived from the State of China today, loaded with a meal of vaccines (500,000 doses), which is the third …

Fires stoked by hot winds have swept through southern Italy, after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius (119.84°F) which some scientists believe could be the highest in European history. The record temperature, which still needs to be verified by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), was reported …

Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein arrived in Tehran on Tuesday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs will meet with Iranian President Ibrahim Rais, in addition to a number of Iranian officials. During the visit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will discuss topics related to bilateral relations and the security situation in the …

Human rights organization Amnesty International called on President Joe Biden to drop US charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, condemning them as “politically motivated” and an attack on the free press. In a statement ahead of Wednesday’s Royal Courts of Justice appeal hearing – where the United States government will …

Protest rallies in Myanmar have been organized to condemn the military rule and mark the anniversary of a popular 1988 uprising against a previous army junta, which facilitated Aung San Suu Kyi’s rise to prominence. Several groups of protesters marched in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, and second city, Mandalay, on …

The US military has reportedly transferred dozens of Daesh terrorists from prisons run by allied Kurdish militants of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to a base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, citing local residents, reported that American forces had sent 40 Daesh militants …

North Korea has called for relief from international sanctions as a precondition to resuming denuclearization talks with the United States, South Korean officials say. “As a precondition to reopen talks, North Korea argues that the United States should allow mineral exports and imports of refined oil and necessities,” said Ha …

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani says Kabul has a plan to restore stability in the country in six months despite the fast-deteriorating security situation. “The current situation is due to a sudden decision on the withdrawal of the international troops,” Ghani told the parliament in a speech he delivered on Monday, …

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that he thinks U.S. President Joe Biden must make a decision about the embargo against Cuba amid the biggest unrest in the Caribbean nation in decades. Lopez Obrador said it was not enough for countries to vote to end the embargo via …

The Parliamentary Crisis Cell held a meeting chaired by the First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi. resource said “The Parliamentary Crisis Cell held its meeting with the Ministry of Health and the concerned authorities to follow up on the repercussions of the Corona pandemic.”  

The Israeli regime is in hot water over a major scandal triggered by revelations that an Israeli made spyware, has been sold to some governments to target journalists, dissidents, and political leaders. Data leaked to an international alliance of news outlets shows the Pegasus spyware was sold to a group …

Divers have discovered rare remains of a military vessel in the ancient sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion – once Egypt’s largest port on the Mediterranean – and a funerary complex illustrating the presence of Greek merchants, the country said on Monday. The city, which controlled the entrance to Egypt at the …

Wide-scale protests and rioting that have rocked the Caribbean nation of Cuba are, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, part of an orchestrated campaign by American officials to oust the country’s socialist government. In a statement issued on Thursday, one of Moscow’s top diplomatic representatives, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, blasted …

A large fire has erupted at a gas station in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia. The massive blasts triggered by the blaze were caught on film. Bystanders and residents of multi-story apartment buildings filmed powerful mushroom-shaped explosions near a busy road. Новосибирск склад около газовой заправки произошёл взрыв. Огонь …

Swiss voters are casting ballots in a referendum on a proposed “carbon dioxide law” that would hike fees and taxes on fuels that produce greenhouse gases, as their Alpine country experiences an outsized impact from the fallout of climate change. The proposal would revise and strengthen an existing law that …