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Israeli forces have demolished a two-story Palestinian house in the West Bank town of Tira, as the Tel Aviv regime continues to press ahead with its land grab policies in the occupied territories in disregard of international law. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing media sources, reported that Israeli bulldozers, …

The prime minister of Yemen’s National Salvation Government has blamed Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the deterioration of security situation in areas under the occupation of the Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied militants, saying the two countries are trying to perpetuate chaos, devastation and destruction …

Hundreds of people, including several lawmakers, have held a protest rally in southern Lebanon after a vessel operated by a Greek company arrived at the Karish Gas Field in Lebanon’s territorial waters to extract gas for Israel. According to Press TV, the protesters waved Lebanese and Palestinian flags in Lebanon’s …

French President Emmanuel Macron was in danger of falling short of a parliamentary majority after a first round of voting on Sunday, with some polling firms seeing his centrist alliance scoring less than the 289 seats required. Macron’s Ensemble (Together) alliance ran neck-and-neck with a new leftwing alliance, NUPES, with …

At least two people have been killed and six others wounded when heavily-armed gunmen fired at a bus ferrying airport employees in northern Afghanistan. Balkh Provincial Police Spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said the bus was ambushed by two gunmen on its way to the Mazar-i-Sharif airport on Sunday. “The vehicle …

Members of the US House committee probing the January 6 deadly insurrection on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump say they have gathered enough evidence to indict the former president for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. The probe committee announced on Sunday that it had put together …

US President Joe Biden is planning to go ahead with his visit to Saudi Arabia next month despite many lawmakers advising him to cancel the trip. A report in Reuters, citing a source familiar with the planning, said on Sunday that the White House was likely to announce the high-profile …

North Korea test-fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea on Sunday, according to the South Korean military, days after Kim Jong-un vowed to enhance the country’s military power in the face of foreign threats. The South Korean military’s joint chiefs of staff in a statement claimed to have detected “several flight …

A strike by truckers in South Korea has entered its seventh day, after talks failed to yield a breakthrough, forcing more factories to cut production due to a lack of warehouse space to stock products. On Monday, petrochemical firms joined the automobile and steel makers in cutting operations due to …

A bipartisan group of US senators has announced a framework agreement on new gun legislation, in a move that falls far short of President Joe Biden’s calls for a real change in gun violence. On Sunday, a group of 20 Democratic and Republican lawmakers struck a gun safety framework that …

The British government is set to present new legislation in the parliament on Monday, overriding the rules that govern post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, thus inflaming tensions with the European Union. According to Press TV, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will propose the new plan to the House of Commons, despite …

British economic output declined for the second month in a row in April, weighed down by decades-high inflation, official data showed Monday. Gross domestic product fell 0.3 percent in April after a drop of 0.1 percent in March, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. Output in the …

The Brookings Institution’s president retired four-star Gen. John R. Allen resigned on Sunday from the organization, days after a court filing revealed evidence that he had secretly lobbied for Qatar. Allen, the retired general who once commanded American troops in Afghanistan, said in his resignation letter that his decision is …

Russian forces are set to seize full control of the Luhansk region within weeks, says a senior US defense official amid heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian region. The cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in Luhansk are “increasingly under duress” and could fall to Russian forces within weeks, The Washington Post quoted …

US President Joe Biden has said that he plans to sign gun safety reforms proposed by a bipartisan group of senators, calling the proposed legislation the “most significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress in decades.” “I want to thank Senator Chris Murphy and the members of his bipartisan group—especially …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran and Venezuela have managed to withstand heavy pressures and the hybrid warfare of the United States, stressing that resistance has proved to be the sole way to such coercive policies. The Leader pointed to the US’s enormous pressure campaign and …

Thousands of people were expected to demonstrate across the United States on Saturday for tighter firearms laws to curb devastating gun violence plaguing the country. Two horrific shootings last month — one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 young children and two teachers, and another at a New …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has sounded the alarm about the “dangers of disorder” taking over the world, citing the Ukraine conflict as a warning signal. Addressing the annual Shangri-La Dialog in Singapore Austin, Austin likened the situation in the pro-Russia regions in eastern Ukraine to a “preview of a …

Heavy fighting continues around Ukraine’s strategic city of Severodonetsk in Donbas, as Russian forces push to bring the eastern region completely under control. In an address on Saturday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said battle for the city was “probably one of the most difficult throughout this war.” The battle for …

The US national average price of gasoline has reached the $5 mark for the first time in US history as inflation hit a 41-year high of 8.6 percent in May. The national average price jumped 19 cents in the past week, and on Saturday hit $5 a gallon regular, according …