A large fire broke out early Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured. “The Emergency Situations Ministry has confirmed there’s a fire,” the government’s press office said. “There’s also a confirmation that it’s the fuel …

An informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in Berlin, Germany, the news source reported. The meeting will be chaired by the NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, and is slated to be held on 14-15 May 2022, APA reported. …

Deputy Foreign Minister in Yemen’s National Salvation Government reacted to the cancellation of Yemeni people’s business trips by the Saudi-led military coalition and said that Riyadh does not want peace in Yemen Hussein Al-Ezzi blamed the Saudi-led coalition for halting the peace process and evading its commitments to facilitating travels …

News sources on late Sunday reported that 10 people, including 5 soldiers were killed after gunmen attacked a military base in northern Burkina Faso. The attack also left extensive financial damage, AFP reported. Earlier this month, gunmen killed 12 soldiers and four civilians in Burkina Faso. More than 2,000 people …

Israel says the move came after a rocket was fired from southern Lebanon, landing in an open area across the border. Israeli forces have fired dozens of artillery shells into southern Lebanon after a rocket was launched over the border from Lebanon. An Israeli military spokesperson tweeted that artillery forces …

European stability was the focus of many of the congratulatory messages sent to President Macron after his re-election. World leaders have rushed to congratulate French President Emmanuel Macron on his election victory over his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen. Many in Europe described the outcome of Sunday’s vote as a …

Moscow says weapon supplies would further aggravate the situation and raise the stakes of the conflict. Russia has warned the United States against sending more weapons to Ukraine, saying the delivery of arms supplies is “pouring oil on the flames”. The US has provided about $6.4bn in military assistance to …

Neutral Switzerland has held up German arms deliveries to Ukraine by blocking the re-export of Swiss-made ammunition used in Marder infantry fighting vehicles that Kyiv would like to get, Swiss paper SonntagsZeitung reported. The news comes as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces growing criticism for his government’s failure to deliver …

An Iraqi security source reported on Sunday that ISIS terrorists have attacked a security center in Anbar province. ISIS terrorists attacked the international highway linking Iraq’s western Anbar province to Jordan near the town of al-Rutbah, west of Anbar, the source added. The source also added that two Iraqi policemen …

Jordan’s King Abdullah headed to Cairo on Sunday for trilateral talks with Egyptian and Emirati leaders that were not previously scheduled, the royal palace said. The meeting will include Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to Jordan’s state news agency. …

The number of cases of unknown origin in children now stands at 169 reported in 12 countries. At least one child has died after an increase in hepatitis cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The number of cases of unknown origin in children now stands at 169 reported …

The Russian embassy in Tehran has denied some “fake” media reports about the transfer of Iranian weapons to Russia in order to be used in the ongoing military operation in Ukraine. “The information that appeared in some media about the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia is fake and does …

Iraq recorded 82 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 323 recovery cases and single mortality. The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,324,223 of …

The blast in Nigeria left bodies “burned beyond recognition,” a local official said An overnight explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Imo State has killed 100 people, the state’s commissioner for petroleum resources said on Saturday. Illegal refining is a persistent problem in an area of the …

Paris St Germain’s Kylian Mbappe started the Ligue 1 season to the booing of the Parc des Princes crowd, but his jaw-dropping performances eventually won the fans back as France forward led the club to a record-equalling 10th top-flight title. After saying he wanted to leave the club a season …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he discussed with Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan the need for the immediate evacuation of civilians from the mostly Russian-occupied port city of Mariupol. He said the two spoke, on the eve of the Turkish president’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, about the Mariupol …

The 10 people found by rescue workers on Sunday after a tour boat went missing in frigid waters off Japan’s northernmost island have been confirmed dead, the coast guard said. Authorities continued their search with patrol boats, aircraft and helicopters for the remaining 16 people who had been onboard the …

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Himalayan Kashmir on Sunday his first public event since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy and took direct control in 2019. Modi remotely inaugurated a tunnel and work on two hydropower projects before delivering a speech that was punctuated by his government’s developmental …

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele asked lawmakers to extend the country’s state of emergency for a month on Sunday, as police said that more than 16,000 gang members had been arrested since it was imposed. “I am calling the Council of Ministers to ask the Legislative Assembly to extend the …

A man described as mentally unstable attacked a priest with a knife in a church in Nice, southern France, officials said on Sunday. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on his Twitter feed the priest’s life was not in danger and added that police had arrested the attacker. The assault came …