Turkish authorities have intercepted a boat carrying more than 200 Afghan migrants in the Aegean sea heading for Europe, Turkey’s coastguard and the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday. The interception near Turkey’s western shores came as hundreds of Afghans cross into eastern Turkey from Iran, after a rise …

An Austrian court has sentenced two men to jail over their involvement with ISIS in Syria, a spokeswoman said Wednesday, following a high-profile trial in the country that had one of Europe’s largest per capita rates of ISIS fighters. A Chechnya-born man who fled to Austria in 2004 was sentenced …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed over 13,000 COVID-19 cases and 66 deaths from its complications in the past 24 hours. The daily situation report issued by the Ministry said that 13,515 swabs have tested positive for the virus on Saturday, bringing the cumulative count of confirmed cases since the …

Shadi Salim, 41, shot dead near occupied West Bank village of Beita, the scene of protests against an Israeli outpost. A Palestinian man has been killed in Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, the scene of confrontations between protesters and Israeli forces for weeks, Palestinian officials said. Shadi Omar …

Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism-Services (CTS) apprehended thirteen ISIS terrorists in separate security operations in several governorates. According to a statement issued earlier today, Wednesday, CTS was able to apprehend a senior ISIS terrorist named “Abu Maaz” southern Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The terrorist was caught inside a destroyed house in al-lateefiyah in possession …

Russia says members of the Takfiri Daesh militant group are moving into Afghanistan from Syria, Libya, and several other countries, stressing that Moscow would provide its Central Asian ally Tajikistan with military assistance if any security threats emanate from Afghanistan. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the remarks during a …

Researchers say ‘overexploitation of the Earth’ has seen many of its ‘vital signs’ deteriorate to record levels. Thousands of scientists have repeated calls for urgent action to tackle the climate emergency, warning that several tipping points are now imminent. The researchers, part of a group of more than 14,000 scientists …

New research studying COVID-19 patients has found that a severe infection could cause brain changes that increase an individual’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Researchers from UT Health San Antonio have followed COVID-19 patients with long-term neurological symptoms for the past year, and are presenting their findings this week at the …

Eighteen migrant laborers sleeping on a highway in northern India after their bus broke down died when a truck rammed into the vehicle, police said Wednesday. At least 19 others were injured in the accident in Uttar Pradesh state, a senior police officer told reporters. Most of the passengers were …

Three Armenian troops were killed in border clashes with Azerbaijani forces on Wednesday, Yerevan said, in the deadliest military incident between the arch-foes since their war last year over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. “As a result of armed action launched following an attack by Azerbaijani forces, there are three dead …

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is talking to the United States about a travel corridor, LBC radio said on Wednesday, quoting him as saying he wants US citizens to come to Britain “freely” as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. “We want people to be able to come from the US …

A nine-member Taliban delegation is on a two-day visit to China where they met with the foreign minister for talks on the peace process and security issues, the group’s spokesperson said on Wednesday. “Politics, economy, and issues related to the security of both countries and the current situation of Afghanistan …

The Pentagon and Republican congressmen on Tuesday aired fresh concerns about China’s build-up of its nuclear forces after a new report saying Beijing was building 110 more missile silos. An American Federation of Scientists (AFS) report on Monday said satellite images showed China was building a new field of silos …

North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, three South Korean government sources with knowledge of the matter said. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim …

The spokesman of Ministers Council and Minister of Culture, Hassan Nadhim, announced that Iraq will restore tomorrow 17,000 antiquities from America and other countries while noting that Iraq is going on to recover the rest of the antiquities from the countries of the world. Nadhim said that the return of …

A Chaumet jewellery store close to the Champs-Elysee avenue in central Paris was targeted by an armed robbery on Tuesday, the Paris prosecutors’ office said, with almost 2 million euros ($2.37 million) worth of goods stolen, according to reports. Le Parisien newspaper said a man arrived at the store on …

Greek authorities have evacuated several areas north of Athens as a wildfire swept through a hillside forest and threatened homes near the country’s capital. The fire, which started on Tuesday morning, is “out of control,” Dionysos mayor Yannis Kalafatelis told Greek radio. The town located about 30 kilometres northeast of …

Lebanese tycoon Najib Mikati, who became the country’s new prime minister-designate following the parliamentary vote on Monday, is due to hold consultations with leading political parties with an aim to end the long political impasse over government formation. The two-time former premier affiliated with Azm Movement, Mikati secured support from …

The French Institute held a photographic exhibition in the corridors of the University of Mosul, to mark the fourth anniversary of the liberation of Mosul from the control of terrorist “ISIS” gangs. The photographer, Ali Al-Fahdawi, participated in an image that embodies the sacrifice and courage of the Popular Mobilization …

A former Los Angeles police officer was swarmed by 5,000 angry bees in his backyard on Saturday, in an attack that killed two of his dogs and left him with more than 40 stings. Bob Ramos of Diamond Bar, California, told local news outlet KTLA that the bees were in …