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Media sources reported Tuesday morning the Libyan National Army repelled an ISIS attempt to attack the Libyan town of Ghadwa, south of the city of Sabha. Issuing a statement on Tuesday, the Libyan National Army said that its forces clashed with ISIS-affiliated elements in the Libyan town of Ghadwa, killing …

At least four people were killed and several others were injured in a car explosion inside the premises of the University of Pakistan in Karachi, according to media reports on Tuesday. As per Geo TV, the blast took place in a van near Confucius Institute at Karachi University. Following the …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned about a “real” danger of World War III breaking out as 40 prepared to meet in Germany to bolster Ukraine’s military. The meeting called by the US at its Ramstein airbase in southwestern Germany is “focused on doing things to generate additional capability …

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed in a press conference on Monday, that the fifth round of talks with Saudi Arabia was positive. The spokesman said: The Iranian-Saudi talks that took place in Baghdad last Thursday thanks to the efforts of the Iraqi and Omani governments, were positive and …

Putin also said Russia foiled an assassination plot targeting state TV propagandist Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday is accusing the United States and its allies of trying to “split Russian society” following its invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at a meeting with top officials at the Prosecutor General’s office, Putin …

Rebellious Tigrayan forces are completely withdrawing from the neighboring region of Afar in Ethiopia, a spokesman said on Monday, saying he hoped it meant that desperately needed food aid could finally pour into famine-hit Tigray. “Our forces have left all of Afar,” Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the Tigray People’s …

Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it had declared 40 German diplomatic staff “personae non-gratae” in a retaliatory move after Berlin expelled the same number of Russian diplomats. In a statement, Russia’s foreign ministry said it had taken the decision after Germany on April 4 declared a “significant number” …

“The Black Sea should be away from competition,” the Turkish defense minister said in response to NATO and the US’s demand to send warships to the Black Sea during the Ukraine conflict. The third countries, particularly the NATO allies, should better not demand to send their warships to the Black …

A series of blasts tore through the ministry of state security in the capital of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria, the TSV television station reported. The station showed the windows and doors of the building blown out. Fire crews were shown at the scene. Officials from the breakaway region’s interior …

Beijing plans to ‘track and attack’ an asteroid to change its orbit as early as 2025, a high-ranking official has said. China seeks to build a system capable of effectively monitoring asteroids and potentially altering their course to protect Earth from a possible impact. The deputy head of China’s National …

Britain will send a small number of Stormer armoured vehicles fitted with launchers for anti-air missiles to Ukraine, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday. Wallace added that British assessments showed that around 15,000 Russian personnel had been killed in the conflict while 2,000 armoured vehicles including some 530 tanks …

UN experts have blamed the United States for making life worse for Afghan women, saying Washington’s move to freeze Afghanistan’s assets is contributing to the suffering of women in the war-ravaged country. In a statement on Monday, 14 independent human rights activists held Washington responsible for making the situation worse …

Beijing residents snapped up food and other supplies as the city’s biggest district began mass COVID-19 testing of all residents on Monday, prompting fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown after dozens of cases in the capital in recent days. Authorities in Chaoyang, home to 3.45 million people, late on Sunday ordered …

Beijing has dismissed claims that it is going to set up a military base in the Solomon Islands Beijing has dismissed as “fake news” allegations made earlier by Canberra and Washington that China is intending to set up a military base in the Solomon Islands. At a press conference on …

Clashes between rival groups in Sudan’s Darfur killed at least 160 people on Sunday, an aid group said, in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit the restive region. Darfur, which was ravaged by the civil war that erupted in 2003, has seen a spike in a deadly conflict …

A large fire broke out early Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured. “The Emergency Situations Ministry has confirmed there’s a fire,” the government’s press office said. “There’s also a confirmation that it’s the fuel …

An informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in Berlin, Germany, the news source reported. The meeting will be chaired by the NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, and is slated to be held on 14-15 May 2022, APA reported. …

Deputy Foreign Minister in Yemen’s National Salvation Government reacted to the cancellation of Yemeni people’s business trips by the Saudi-led military coalition and said that Riyadh does not want peace in Yemen Hussein Al-Ezzi blamed the Saudi-led coalition for halting the peace process and evading its commitments to facilitating travels …

News sources on late Sunday reported that 10 people, including 5 soldiers were killed after gunmen attacked a military base in northern Burkina Faso. The attack also left extensive financial damage, AFP reported. Earlier this month, gunmen killed 12 soldiers and four civilians in Burkina Faso. More than 2,000 people …

Israel says the move came after a rocket was fired from southern Lebanon, landing in an open area across the border. Israeli forces have fired dozens of artillery shells into southern Lebanon after a rocket was launched over the border from Lebanon. An Israeli military spokesperson tweeted that artillery forces …