Worldwide

Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov says Moscow will not engage in strategic stability negotiations with Washington in the foreseeable future, since the US is openly taking “hostile steps” against the country. Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to International Organizations in Vienna, said, “one cannot really talk about resuming the dialogue with the …

Egyptian antiquities officials announced on Thursday the discovery of a hidden nine-metre-long corridor behind the main entrance of the Great Pyramid of Giza that they said could lead to further findings. The find was made under the Scan Pyramids project that since 2015 has been using modern technology including scans …

Greek authorities confirmed on Wednesday night that the death toll had risen to 38 following Tuesday’s tragic passenger train crash, likely caused by a “tragic human error”. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: “Everything in this tragedy points, unfortunately, mainly to human error,” said Mitsotakis in a televised address on …

The United States is Taiwan’s main supplier of military equipment, and China has objected to past sales with sanctions and other actions. The United States has approved the sale to Taiwan of $619 million in munitions for F-16 fighter jets, in a move likely to anger Beijing. The package includes …

A young Palestinian man has succumbed to the wounds he suffered during a raid by Israeli forces on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 22-year-old Mahmoud Jamal Hamdan died of his serious injuries on Wednesday night after being shot …

Media on Thursday morning reported an explosion in the suburbs of Syria’s Deir ez-Zur city which left 45 people killed and injured. The incident occurred due to the explosion of a mine left by ISIS terrorists in the path of a truck carrying Syrian citizens. 5 people were killed and …

The US Air Force relieved six leaders, including two commanders, from their positions at a nuclear base in North Dakota “due to a loss of confidence,” local US media reported. Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara relieved the commanders of the 5th Mission Support Group and 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron at …

The West African state of Guinea is repatriating dozens of its citizens from Tunisia, a senior official said Wednesday, after Tunisian President Kais Saied triggered a storm by accusing sub-Saharan migrants of crime. The foreign ministry official told AFP that the ruling junta had leased an aircraft to bring about …

Yemeni sources reported that one civilian was killed and five others were injured in the attack of the Saudi army on the border area of Yemen. Saudi army forces shelled some areas of the Al-Raqo district in the border town of Manbeh in Saada province, which borders Saudi Arabia. One …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran on Wednesday declared two German diplomats “persona non grata” and ordered their eviction from Iran over the Berlin government’s interfering measures. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said the two German diplomats have been expelled after being declared persona non grata following the German …

China’s Foreign Ministry told the US to “stop politicizing” the issue China has warned the US against making “politicized” claims about the origins of Covid-19. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing was responding after FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed that the virus “most likely” came from a Chinese government laboratory. Speaking …

The house used by Prince Harry and his wife Megan when they are in Britain has been offered by King Charles to the monarch’s brother, Prince Andrew, although he has turned it down, the Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday. Charles’s decision comes in the wake of the couple’s damning revelations …

Malaysia’s leader is calling for Burma’s ruling generals to resolve the civil conflict Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday that more than 200,000 refugees have fled Burma to his country and urgently called for new ways to persuade Burma’s ruling generals to resolve the civil conflict. Anwar and his …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow would not review its suspension of the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States until the United States changed its policy on Ukraine, Interfax reported. President Vladimir Putin last week announced that Moscow was suspending its participation …

Former President Donald Trump has received a boost over his potential rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination ahead of his address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week. A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Trump has surged ahead of Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who is widely …

The head of the bureau accused Beijing of attempting to “thwart” investigations into the source of the global pandemic FBI Director Christopher Wray has claimed Covid-19 “most likely” originated due to a leak from a Chinese government laboratory, citing a bureau assessment. The assertion follows reports regarding a classified briefing …

An Indian state-owned arms manufacturer has shipped artillery barrels to military-ruled Myanmar, an activist group said Wednesday, warning they could be used by the junta in its crackdown on dissent. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government two years ago, ending a …

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited opposition-held northwestern Syria on Wednesday, his first trip to areas outside Damascus’s control since a devastating quake last month, an AFP correspondent reported. Tedros was the highest-ranking United Nations official to visit the opposition-held zones since the February 6 quake. He entered …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that he has no plans to meet either the foreign ministers of Russia or of China during the Group of 20 (G20) meeting in New Delhi. Blinken was on a brief tour of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and will head to the …

President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after a devastating earthquake killed more than 45,000 people in Turkey. “This nation will do what is necessary on May 14, …