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Twenty US Republican Party-governed states have kicked off a legal challenge to “unconstitutional” federal plans to ban so-called “ghost guns”. Attorneys general of West Virginia and Arizona led the states in issuing an official “comments” document opposing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) proposals to regulate the sale …

The Russian Foreign Ministry has ruled out any imminent plan to disconnect his country from the SWIFT interbank payment system, warning that such as move would affect all parties. “There is no visible danger of us getting disconnected from SWIFT. I think that the hypothetical disconnection is not a market …

A strike on German passenger rail has started, creating headaches for thousands of travelers and commuters, after the train drivers’ union rejected a new offer to keep services going. According to Press TV, in a statement on Sunday, rail operator Deutsche Bahn offered to negotiate a coronavirus-related bonus for drivers …

The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says the current crisis in the country is a sign of a war waged against the resistance front, which is being led by the US embassy and its ambassador in Beirut. According to Press TV, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks in …

Turkey is beefing up security measures on its border with Iran and elsewhere to prevent a likely influx of Afghan refugees, who could try to enter the country after fleeing a Taliban takeover. The country is to add another 64 kilometers (39 miles) to a three-meter-high wall that it has …

Tensions have heightened between Palestinian resistance forces and the Israeli regime after the latest act of aggression in the besieged Gaza Strip, the worst since the 11-day war in May. The resistance groups in Gaza on Sunday pledged to step up protests to force the regime in Tel Aviv to remove its …

The head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council says the leaders of the war coalition against Yemen plunder more than 85 percent of the country’s oil and gas revenues. Mahdi al-Mashat made the remarks in a meeting with Yemeni Prime Minister Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour in Sana’a on Sunday, according to Yemen’s …

The government of Cyprus said on Monday it would revoke the passports of Turkish Cypriot officials in the breakaway state in the northern part of the island. A number of Turkish Cypriot officials, including incumbent leader Ersin Tatar, are known to hold or held passports of the Republic of Cyprus, …

The Taliban will not announce the makeup of its government until the US completes its troop withdrawal, two sources in the movement told AFP Monday. “It has been decided that the formation of the government and cabinet will not be announced as long as a single US soldier is present …

With Italy and Venice, reopening for tourists following a sustained COVID-19 shutdown, authorities have resorted to arming guards across the city in a bid to control overcrowding and combat the spread of coronavirus. Lines for public transport have continued to increase in the city as COVID-19 restrictions limit passenger capacity …

Jordan has agreed to allow 2,500 Afghan citizens to pass through the kingdom as they fly to the US, the foreign ministry said on Monday. It did not say when the arrangement, agreed with Washington on humanitarian grounds, would come into force. Thousands of Afghans and foreigners have thronged the …

Russia and Turkey are close to signing a new contract to supply Ankara with additional S-400 air defense units in the near future, the Interfax news agency cited the head of Russia’s Rosoboronexport arms exporter as saying on Monday. Turkey’s initial purchase of S-400s from Russia strained ties with the …

One member of the Afghan forces was killed and several wounded during an exchange of gunfire outside Kabul airport, but no US personnel were hurt, the US military said in a statement on Monday. “The incident appeared to begin when an unknown hostile actor fired upon Afghan security forces involved …

Egypt is to close the Rafah crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip until further notice on Monday, Egyptian security sources said. Hamas said it had been informed by Egypt of the decision to shut the crossing in both directions, without giving details. According to two Egyptian security sources, …

Turkey cannot bail out the EU by taking in Afghans who worked for Western countries in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “We have received a request to welcome local employees of a European Union mission in Afghanistan,” a government statement quoted …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday signed a decree imposing sanctions on Andriy Derkach, the Ukrainian lawmaker accused by the United States of being a Russian agent and interfering in U.S. elections, the presidential office said. The sanctions include an asset freeze, a ban on capital withdrawals, the revocation of …

On Friday, US President Joe Biden questioned a rationale for staying in Afghanistan amid a barrage of criticism towards the West’s hasty withdrawal from the country that resulted in the Taliban’s takeover. “What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point with al Qaeda gone?” the president said, raising …

Severe flooding in Middle Tennessee on Saturday has killed at least 16 people and left approximately 30 people missing, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said. Between five and seven of the missing are children, Davis said in an interview Sunday. The missing are largely from an area of the county …

A sixth-grade student poisoned and killed a private school security guard to steal money from the school’s safe, according to the Egypt Independent. Authorities in Sohag revealed that the guard was killed and the school’s finance office was robbed by a student. Names of the victim and the accused were …

The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to force people desperate to flee Afghanistan to form orderly queues outside Kabul airport on Sunday, witnesses said, a day after seven people were killed in a crush at the gates. On Sunday, there were no major injuries as gunmen beat …