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The Kremlin on Thursday gave a bleak assessment of Russia’s security talks with the United States and NATO this week, describing them as “unsuccessful” and saying there was disagreement on fundamental issues. The Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said Moscow viewed a sweeping sanctions bill unveiled by U.S. Senate Democrats …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday extended a heartfelt apology in the House of Commons in response to growing anger around reports of a bring-your-own-booze party in the 10 Downing Street garden during COVID-19 lockdown in May 2020. Johnson has been under intense pressure from the opposition Labour Party …

Over 2,000 Russia-led troops began withdrawing from Kazakhstan after being deployed when peaceful protests over an energy price hike turned into unprecedented violence claiming dozens of lives. The decision to dispatch peacekeepers was a first for the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), often touted by Russia as a NATO …

Talks between Chicago school leaders and the teachers’ union resume Sunday amid a standoff over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety measures that canceled three days of classes and loomed over the start of another week in the nation’s third-largest district. Disputed issues included testing and metrics to close schools. …

The United Kingdom is ready to take unilateral action that would suspend customs checks on goods moving to Northern Ireland, Foreign Secratary Liz Truss said ahead of talks with the European Union. According to Press TV, Truss is due to hold talks with EU Vice President Maros Sefcovic this week …

A human rights group has voiced concern over the unknown fate of dozens of victims of enforced disappearance in Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom is in a dark era under the rule of the infamous Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “The Saudi authority still ignores international condemnations and warnings …

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the occupied al-Quds says extremist Israeli groups are threatening the presence of Christians in the holy city as the Tel Aviv regime continues assaulting places of worship. In a column in the Times of London on Saturday, Theophilos III said he believed the aim is to …

US occupation forces have set up an oil refinery in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah, as US military trucks continue to smuggle crude oil from the energy-rich region to Iraqi territory. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reported on Sunday that US forces and the so-called Syrian Democratic …

The Omicron variant has overwhelmed hospitals in early hit cities across the United States, with experts saying this could be just the beginning. According to Press TV, since late December, hospitalizations have increased steadily as Omicron quickly overtook Delta as the dominant coronavirus variant in the United States. Among the …

Protests against COVID-19 vaccine requirements have gathered momentum across western Europe with large demonstrations taking place in France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria, among other countries. More than 100,000 protesters took part in rallies in France to decry controversial government plans to restrict the rights of the unvaccinated and to denounce recent …

Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured in an apartment fire in the Bronx in New York on Sunday, one of the worst fire catastrophes in the city in 30 years. According to officials, 32 people were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and some 60 people were …

US House speaker Nancy Pelosi is stepping up attacks on GOP, claiming they are trying to “undermine our democracy” by taking measures amounting to “legislative continuation” of Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. According to Press TV, the California Democrat made the …

The US military has reportedly deployed reinforcements to the bases it has occupied near the oil fields in Eastern Syria, days after they again came under rocket attacks, local sources said. “American forces based in Iraq sent military reinforcements consisting of 30 trucks carrying armored vehicles, tanks and bulldozers,” the …

Saudi authorities have released Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a businesswoman and an outspoken human rights advocate, and her daughter, who had been detained without charge for nearly three years. A legal adviser to Princess Basmah announced on Saturday that she and her daughter, Suhoud Al Sharif, …

Senior Biden administration officials have said the US has no plans to deploy missiles in Ukraine and thus hopes to achieve progress in the upcoming talks with Russia since Moscow regards it as a key security issue. The US will additionally bring proposals on the deployment of missiles and the …

A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April in East Harlem, New York City, has died of his injuries, police said Saturday. Yao Pan Ma was pushing a grocery cart full of bottles and cans that he had collected on April 23 when he was suddenly approached from behind …

The congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack will ask former US Vice President Mike Pence to answer its questions, according to the panel’s chairman. “I think you could expect that before the month’s out,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the …

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered experts to find a way to finally extinguish a massive five-decade-old fire in a giant natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the “Gateway to Hell.” Citing environmental and economic concerns, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov appeared on state television Saturday telling officials to put out …

France’s parliament has approved President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for a “vaccine pass” to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus after three days of tumultuous debates, which were sparked by Macron’s comment that he wants to “annoy” the unvaccinated. The bill passed on Thursday in the …

An official Lebanese delegation, headed by the Minister of Industry, George Boujikian, will arrive in Baghdad tomorrow to attend the Iraqi-Lebanese businessmen conference. Lebanese media reported that Boujikian visited Prime Minister Najib Mikati yesterday, Friday, to brief him about the preparations for the conference that will take place in the …