The assistant to Iran’s foreign minister and director-general for the Persian Gulf affairs of the Foreign Ministry has expressed the country’s intention to cooperate at a maximum level with all its neighbors, saying Tehran-Riyadh ties will be in the interests of the entire region and the Muslim world. “We think …

The Russian military says Syrian air defense units intercepted most of the missiles fired during a recent Israeli raid on the capital Damascus, shooting down 21 projectiles during the attack launched from the Lebanese airspace. “At about 1:30 September 3, four Israeli Air Force F-15 tactical fighters fired 24 guided …

Britain’s biggest supplier of influenza vaccines said on Saturday it was postponing deliveries due to a Brexit-related shortage of lorry drivers, delaying the government’s winter inoculation campaign. Medics say the campaign offering free flu vaccines to more than 35 million people is even more important this year after lockdowns for …

Taliban and opposition forces were fighting on Saturday for control of the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the extremist group, according to reports. Taliban sources had said on Friday the group had seized control of the valley, although the resistance denied it …

New blood donor research suggests that more than 80 percent of American adults now have COVID-19 antibodies due to vaccinations or infections. Published in the open-access medical journal JAMA on Thursday, the study estimated that more than 80 percent of Americans above 16 years of age had COVID-19 antibodies as …

Taliban forces have taken full control of Afghanistan including the Panjshir valley where opposition forces had been holding out, three Taliban sources said on Friday as heavy celebratory gunfire was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul. “By the grace of Allah Almighty, we are in control of the entire Afghanistan. …

The Leader of Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri offered his warm condolences on the death of the great religious authority, Sayyid Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim We received with more sadness and sorrow the news of the departure of the great religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim (may his secret be …

At least 400 people have been hospitalized with viral fever in an Indian city as a mystery illness that has killed more than 60 people in the space of a week continues to spread through the state of Uttar Pradesh. According to a report from the Daily News and Analysis …

India has tightened restrictions on movement in the part of Kashmir that it administers to contain protests after the burial of a top independence leader. Dozens of armed soldiers patrolled the streets of Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar ahead of midday prayers on Friday as tensions ignited in the disputed …

A small group of Afghan women protested near the presidential palace in Kabul on Friday, demanding equal rights from the Taliban as Afghanistan’s new rulers work on forming a government and seeking international recognition. The Taliban captured most of the country in a matter of days last month and celebrated …

China and the United States did not reach an agreement on climate change, with Beijing rebuffing calls to make more public pledges on climate change before a United Nations climate summit in November, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Friday citing a source. “China already has its own …

Thick smoke billowed above Brazil’s Amazon jungle as fire tore through the butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched earth like dead matchsticks, burnt and black. A Reuters witness saw vast burned and clear cut areas on Wednesday and Thursday, as the arc of deforestation advanced deeper into the …

A major fire broke out in the centre of the northern Italian city of Turin on Friday, forcing around 100 people to be evacuated from their homes, emergency services said. The fire started in the attic of building close to the main train station and soon spread to adjacent properties, …

A delegation from Lebanon’s caretaker government will visit Syria on Saturday in the highest-level visit in years, aiming to pave the way for a plan to ease a power crisis in Lebanon by transmitting electricity via the Syrian grid. Lebanese government officials have mostly avoided Syria since the war began …

A security source reported that sirens sounded today in the Victoria military base inside Baghdad International Airport. The source told Alghadeer News that it was only an experimental drill. The base hosts U.S. soldiers and others affiliated with the Global Coalition and is continuously subjected to rocket attacks. Washington accuses …

Iraq registered 60 mortalities and 5672 new cases, according to the daily COVID-19 report issued by the Ministry of Health today. The report said that 7828 patients have recovered from the virus in the past day. According to the Ministry’s stats, 1908079 citizens have tested positive for the virus since …

The Customs Authority announced today, Friday, the launch of talks between Iraq and Saudi Arabia regarding facilitating transit work procedures. The authority said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “a memorandum of understanding was implemented between Iraq and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the …

Several thousand people gathered in Bangkok to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday, one day before lawmakers hold a no-confidence vote over his government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Protests against Prayuth have gathered steam since late June as university students who sought his removal …

Key air pollutants temporarily plunged by unprecedented levels during coronavirus lockdowns last year, with fine particle pollution falling by more than a third across parts of Asia, a U.N. agency said on Friday. Particulate matter (PM 2.5) fell by up to 40% across Africa, South America, and Southern Asia and …

Indonesia condemned on Friday an attack on a house of worship belonging to the Ahmadiyah, a Muslim minority sect, on its part of the Borneo island, calling it an “illegal act”. In a video posted on social media dozens of people can be seen attacking the building, in a village …