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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow would do all it could to “sober up” the European Union and NATO, which he accused of setting out to weaken and defeat Russia. His comments came on the same day that former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warned NATO that …

The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a police post in northern Pakistan that killed three police officers. Attackers threw grenades at a police outpost near the Afghan border in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and entered the premises where a suicide bomber detonated explosives, …

Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, as tensions continue to escalate across the occupied territories. Palestinian media outlets reported that Israeli military forces stormed the camp on Thursday morning, triggering violent confrontations with local residents. The …

Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defense firm Baykar said on Wednesday. International demand for Baykar’s TB2 drones soared after they featured in conflicts in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan and interest in them increased further following …

Nurses across England have launched a new round of strikes over low pay in an already disrupted public health services as inflation skyrockets. “We take strike action with a heavy, heavy heart but a clear mind about what we want to achieve,” said nurse Anna Swift before joining a picket …

Ukraine needs a “significant increase” in weapons at a pivotal moment in the war, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday, saying such support was the only route to a negotiated peaceful solution with Russia. “President Putin has shown no sign of preparing for peace and therefore he must realize …

American “occupation troops” stationed in Syria are “looting” the country’s resources, Beijing has claimed China has blasted the United States for its “banditry” in Syria, claiming that Washington’s years-long military occupation and the “plundering” of Syrian resources have placed the country on the brink of a “humanitarian disaster.” Addressing reporters …

A new report says the United States is quietly sending hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine from the so-called American emergency stockpile in Israel, amid Russia’s ongoing war with the former Soviet state. The New York Times, citing US and Israeli officials, reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon …

At least 70 people have died in a wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, as extreme weather compounds a humanitarian crisis in the poverty-stricken nation. Since January 10, the mercury has plunged in Kabul and several other provinces, with the central region of Ghor recording the lowest …

At least 30 others, including 12 children, are in the hospital following the incident in the city of Brovary on Wednesday, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration. Tymoshenko has revised down the number of people killed in the crash on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital — …

China’s health authorities on Saturday reported almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths in just over a month, the first major death toll released by the government since the loosening of its virus restrictions in early December. China recorded 59,938 COVID-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year, Jiao Yahui, …

On Saturday, Iraq, and Jordan revealed that the electrical grid connection project and building a pipeline from Basra to Aqaba between the two countries would be launched soon. In a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Ahmed Al-Safadi, the Iraqi parliament speaker, Muhamed Al-Halboosi, said that the Jordanian delegation …

One person was killed and at least six others injured in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint manned by Somali government troops in the central region of Hiran on Saturday, witnesses said, part of a twin suicide car attack. The two blasts went off almost simultaneously, the witnesses said. …

The UK government is set to supply Ukraine with a fresh package of lethal military equipment, including heavy battle tanks, despite Russia’s warning against fanning the flames of war by sending military supplies to Kiev. In a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, British Prime Minister Rishi …

Jair Bolsonaro faces a probe after his supporters stormed government buildings Brazil’s Supreme Court approved a request from the prosecutor general’s office on Friday to investigate former president, Jair Bolsonaro, on suspicion of inciting riots in the capital. On Sunday, Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed and looted buildings in the capital, Brasilia, …

Around 20 classified materials were retrieved from the US president’s former office and home, a report says Approximately 20 classified documents, including top-secret materials, have been recovered from US President Joe Biden’s former office and home, CBS News reported on Friday, citing a federal law enforcement official familiar with the …

Turkey is running out of time to ratify NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland before it holds elections expected in May, a Turkish presidential spokesman said on Saturday. President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said Turkish ratification of the countries’ bids depended on how quickly Stockholm fulfils counter-terrorism promises …

Israeli military forces have shot and killed two young Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, only a few hours after another young Palestinian died from injuries sustained when Israeli troops opened fire in another part of the occupied …

Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi received his Jordanian counterpart Ahmed al-Safadi and his accompanying delegation in the parliament headquarters in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Wednesday. According to a readout issued by his office, al-Halboosi discussed with his guest the bilateral ties between their respective countries, cooperation and coordination prospects, …

The European Union is prepared for a long war in Ukraine and will support Kyiv against Russia’s aggression as long as it takes, Sweden’s foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, whose country holds the EU’s presidency, said on Wednesday. “Despite Russia’s continued attempts to divide us, unity within the EU and across …