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Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said he has vetoed a controversial media bill that had raised concerns about freedom of speech and Warsaw’s relationship with key ally the United States. Unexpectedly rushed through parliament this month, the legislation would have tightened rules around foreign ownership of media, specifically affecting the ability …

Somalia’s president said on Monday he had suspended the prime minister for suspected corruption, a move the prime minister described as a coup attempt, escalating a power struggle between the two leaders. The raging, months-long dispute is widely seen as distracting the government of the Horn of Africa country from …

A 70-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in California has been shut down due extreme winter weather, with forecasters warning that travel could be difficult for the next few days. According to Press TV, the California Department of Transportation announced on Twitter that a section I-80 from Colfax, Calif., to the …

The US state of New York’s health department has warned of a rise in the hospitalization of children getting infected with COVID-19. According to Press TV, the New York State Department of Health made the announcement in a notice to doctors amid a rise in the omicron variant. “NYSDOH is …

Coronavirus cases in the US are expected to continue to increase as the “extraordinarily contagious” Omicron variant spreads, Dr. Anthony Fauci warns. “Well, there’s one thing that’s for sure that we all agree upon, that it is extraordinarily contagious,” Fauci, the longtime Director of the National Institute of Allergy and …

A surge in new coronavirus infections in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian has prompted local authorities to announce stringent measures to contain further spread of the disease. The city of 13 million, which entered its fifth day of lockdown on Monday, identified 150 new domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms …

A human rights organization has sounded the alarm on the worsening condition of human rights in Saudi Arabia, saying a dozen prominent women’s rights activists have been arbitrarily arrested by the Riyadh regime’s forces throughout this year. According to Press TV, Sanad human rights organization , which monitors and exposes human …

Yemen’s army and allied fighters from Popular Committees have liberated almost the entire northern province of Jawf after they recaptured a strategic area in the province, bordering Saudi Arabia. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, spokesman for Yemeni Army Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the area of al-Yatamah, the administrative …

Israeli has approved a plan to double the number of Israeli settlers in the occupied Golan Heights, four decades after the occupying regime annexed the territory captured from Syria. “After many static years regarding the scope of community life, our goal today is to double the population of the Golan …

In the latest incident of violence against Palestinians, Israeli forces have shot and injured a Palestinian teenage boy during clashes in the occupied West Bank, local media reports say. Palestine’s official WAFA news agency identified the victim a 16-year-old Palestinian boy who was attacked by Israeli soldiers in Kufr Qaddoum area in the northern part of …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country has successfully test-fired a simultaneous salvo of the Zircon hypersonic missiles, describing the move as “a big event” for his nation. “The tests were conducted successfully, immaculately,” Putin said Friday in televised remarks at a government meeting, adding that the salvo launch of the …

As many as 10,000 Western military instructors have been sent to Ukraine to train the Eastern European nation’s soldiers and support its fighting in the Donbass, Moscow has claimed, insisting that 4,000 are Americans. Speaking during a briefing on Friday, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, suggested …

At least 40 people died and over 150 others were injured after a ferry caught fire on the Sugandha river in Bangladesh’s Jhalakathi district. At least 40 people died and over 150 others were injured early Friday after a packed three-story ferry carrying around 800 passengers caught fire on the …

The Iranian Minister of foreign affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, hosted his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein, in Tehran today. Amir-Abdollahian praised Hussein and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s effort to host the Tehran-Riyadh talks. The Iranian Minister said in an Instagram post, “Iran and Iraq have an effective, deep-rooted relationship”, noting that …

The Yemeni army and popular committees have taken control of strategic areas in the northern province of Jawf on the border with Saudi Arabia. Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network cited field sources on Friday as saying that the Yemeni forces are tightening their grip on the area of Alyutamah, the administrative …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia had conducted a test launch of a hypersonic missile Tsirkon on Thursday night, Interfax news agency reported. Putin has lauded the missile as part of a new generation of unrivaled arms systems.

At least four migrants have died after their boat was wrecked on an islet north of the island of Antikythera on Thursday, the Greek coastguard said, adding that rescue crews had mounted an operation to rescue about 90 other people. Greece is one of the main routes into the European …

Germany and France called on both the Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine to respect the restoration of a full ceasefire, their foreign ministries said in a joint statement on Thursday. “We urge the sides to respect the ceasefire and to continue discussions on further steps in …

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up disputes over the Biden administration’s nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large businesses and a separate vaccine requirement for healthcare workers. The brief court order said the court will hear oral arguments on Jan. 7 in the two cases, with rulings …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic has always supported the establishment of a strong and powerful parliament and government in Iraq. In a meeting with visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran on Thursday, Raeisi hailed recent peaceful and secure parliamentary elections in Iraq. Iran’s president added …