Egyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing what may be the oldest and “most complete” mummy yet to be discovered in the country, the excavation team leader said on Thursday. The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-meter shaft in a recently uncovered …

Iraq has sentenced 14 people to death for their role in the ISIS terrorist group massacre of hundreds of army cadets in 2014, judicial officials said Thursday. The massacre, one of the worst committed by ISIS in Iraq, saw the terrorists in June 2014 abduct up to 1,700 mainly Shia …

The global economy is predicted to register slower growth this year, continuing the trend from last year, with the United States, also poised to mark a smaller pace of growth and several countries likely to see a “mild recession,” according to the United Nations. Global economic growth in 2023 is …

Lebanon’s judge Tarek Bitar, who is probing the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion, has unexpectedly reopened the blast’s case, charging eight top officials with roles in the tragedy. Bitar reopened the case on Monday before charging Prosecutor General Ghassan Oueidat and seven other ranking personalities with, what he has called, …

Russia has warned that foreign-backed terrorists are preparing to stage a series of acts of sabotage and terror attacks in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib to implicate Syrian and Russian military forces and fabricate pretexts for military action in the war-ravaged Arab country. Major General Oleg Yegorov, the deputy head …

A new report has revealed that Indian security forces lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points in Eastern Ladakh amid an ongoing standoff with China along the 3,500-km disputed Himalayan border. The revelation was made in a research paper submitted at the annual Director General of Police (DGP) Conference of the …

US President Joe Biden says the United States will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, granting a key request from Kiev that is expected to enhance the military capabilities of the Ukrainian army over the coming months. Less than 24 hours after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced, after weeks …

US President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top State Department human rights post has withdrawn her candidacy as she faced intense scrutiny from a Republican senator who refused to agree to her nomination due to her statements on Israel. Sarah Margon, whose nomination to serve as assistant secretary of state …

On Wednesday, trade unions Faib, Fegica and Figisc-Anisa called for a two-day strike to protest at “being hit with a wave of mud over high fuel prices.” The trade unions say a decree recently passed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet, that the government says is aimed at boosting the …

Hundreds of asylum-seeking children have gone missing from hotels managed by the British government, the country’s immigration minister Robert Jenrick told the parliament on Tuesday, prompting calls for an investigation into the matter. Jenrick said around 200 children have gone missing since July 2021, although the number could be higher. …

Thousands of workers have walked out on a five-day strike and taken to the streets in Catalonia to demand more resources for the public sector. Teachers, taxi drivers, and healthcare workers stopped working on Wednesday, and gathered in the capital, Barcelona, to protest in front of the regional parliament. Barcelona …

Russia has decried a decision by the United Nations’ cultural agency, UNESCO, to add the historic center of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa to the list of World Heritage in Danger. The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the designation, saying the only threat to Odesa comes from the “nationalist regime …

Spanish authorities have said they were investigating what they called a possible “terrorist” incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches – San Isidro and Nuestra Senora …

Russia says heavy battle tanks the United States plans to send to Ukraine “will burn” in the ex-Soviet republic, dismissing the move as an expensive folly. Reversing its previous position, the administration of US President Joe Biden is due to reveal plans as early as this week to send American-made M1 …

Iran on Wednesday announced sanctions against 34 individuals and entities from the European Union and the United Kingdom, days after Brussels and London imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iranian officials and organizations. The ministry said the individuals and entities were designated because of “supporting terrorism and terrorist groups, …

Armenia on Thursday accused arch-foe Azerbaijan of conducting a “policy of ethnic cleansing” and forcing ethnic Armenians to leave the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since mid-December, a group of Azerbaijanis has been blocking the only road into Karabakh from Armenia to protest what they claim is illegal mining causing environmental …

At least 20 others were injured with live ammunition during a large-scale raid on the Jenin refugee camp. Israeli troops have killed at least nine Palestinians in one of the deadliest days in the occupied West Bank since Israeli raids intensified at the start of last year. The Palestinian Ministry …

The United States has formally designated the Wagner Group as a “transnational criminal organisation”. The shadowy paramilitary group is closely aligned with the Kremlin and has been heavily involved in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The US Department of the Treasury said it had taken the move as part of action …