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Large fires have burned in several European countries in recent weeks, with some of the worst blazes occurring in Greece where thousands of people have fled wildfires burning out of control, including near the capital, Athens. A 50-year-old farmer has been arrested after hidden cameras caught him deliberately starting a …

A shooting incident has left an officer killed and another critically injured in Chicago, Illinois, amid a spike in gun violence across the US. According to the police, the incident took place at around 09:00 p.m. local time on Saturday as the officers were conducting a traffic stop on the …

US President Joe Biden has reportedly ordered the US Air Force to carry out air strike against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan using B-52 bombers and C-130 Specter gunships after the militants continued advancing towards major Afghan cities. The B-52s are flying into Afghanistan from an airbase in Qatar, striking targets …

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has mobilized the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, amid concerns over food shortages. Kim issued the order on Sunday to “render powerful national material and financial support to South Hamgyong Province in its recovery campaign,” according to …

Afghan government forces and the Taliban are engaged in fierce fighting in three northern provinces as the militants ramp up their offensives to seize further territory in the conflict-ridden country. Afghanistan’s TOLO news agency said on Sunday that heavy clashes were underway between Afghan security forces and the Taliban in …

One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents seven years after Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped her and more than 200 of her classmates, Borno state’s governor said on Saturday (August 7). The raid on the school in the northeastern town one …

Several people are feared dead after a single-engine plane crashed into an unoccupied house in Victoria, Minnesota. Officials said the crash is under investigation that reportedly killed multiple people. According to media reports, the exact number of victims is still unknown but no survivors are believed to have been in …

Russian authorities started to evacuate two villages in a vast region of Siberia where 155 active forest fires burned Sunday. A dozen villages in northeastern Siberia’s Sakha-Yakutia republic were threatened by the fires, according to the regional task force dealing with the emergency. Local authorities were moving the residents of …

A lawyer of Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky says the Nigerian government is seeking to file a new lawsuit against the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria as part of attempts to prevent him from leaving the country for medical treatment. “We have news that the Nigerian government …

Mount Merapi unleashed clouds of hot ash at least seven times since Sunday morning, as well as a series of fast-moving pyroclastic flows, a mixture of rock, debris, lava and gasses. Indonesia’s most volatile volcano erupted Sunday on the densely populated island of Java, spewing smoke and ash high into …

The bus carrying passengers skidded off the road in western Turkey killing at least 14 people. A passenger bus veered and tumbled off a highway in western Turkey, killing 14 people on Sunday. The governor’s office of Balikesir province said 18 people injured in the crash were being treated in …

Protests against Myanmar’s military government broke out across the nation on Sunday, the anniversary of the bloody suppression of a 1988 uprising against a previous army junta. At least six separate protests were documented on Facebook pages of opponents of the military, which seized power from the elected government six …

The coronavirus outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the pre-vaccine winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates in the South. Health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar …

The Taliban seized the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. It is the first major city to be overtaken by the insurgents since they began their sweeping military offensive in May. Kunduz, the capital of a province of the same name, is a significant military and …

EU citizens living in the United Kingdom are being threatened with deportation despite having applied correctly for settled status, the Observer reports. Under the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU, which sets out the terms of relations after Brexit, EU citizens are entitled to apply for settled status …

Protesters have staged street rallies in France and Italy against COVID restrictions, which they say infringe on their civil liberties. Hundreds of thousands of French protesters took to the streets on Saturday in opposition to government-issued health passes and mandatory vaccines for health care workers. Some 17,000 people demonstrated in …

60,000 worshippers divided into 8 periods, increased to 2M per month, says Saudi media Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that beginning Monday applications for Muslim pilgrims wishing to perform umrah from abroad will be received and 2 million requests will be accepted per month. The Saudi news agency SPA cited …

King Khufu’s Boat, an ancient vessel that is the oldest and largest wooden boat discovered in Egypt, has been painstakingly moved from its longstanding home next to the Giza pyramids to a nearby giant museum, officials said on Saturday. The 4,600-year-old vessel, also known as the Solar Boat, was moved …

At least eight people were missing Saturday as one of the worst wildfires in the nation scorched through Northern California communities, forest, and tinder-dry scrub in the Sierra Nevada mountains, destroying a historic gold rush town. Even as the calmer, less windy weather gave firefighters a break overnight with the …

The U.S. Senate voted to advance a $1 trillion infrastructure package on Saturday, an important procedural step forward after months of negotiations between President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators. In a 67-27 vote demonstrating broad support, senators agreed to limit debate on the legislation, which represents the …