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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has appointed Liz Truss as the new prime minister a day after the former foreign secretary won the ruling party’s leadership race. Truss, 47, on Monday won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest, gaining the parliamentary majority to become the country’s next prime minister and replacing …

Authorities in the southwestern China province of Chengdu have maintained a strict Covid lockdown, after an earthquake that has killed at least 65 people in surrounding areas. Footage circulating online showed workers wearing protective gear preventing some of the city’s 21 million residents from exiting their apartments. Buildings in Chengdu …

Karbala’s local government is working out the final touches on the preparations for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, first deputy governor Jasem al-Fatlawi said on Monday. Millions of Shiite Muslims are flocking to the holy city of Karbala to participate in the Arbaeen anniversary, a religious observance that takes place forty …

Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party on Monday, vowing to press ahead with promised tax cuts and action to tackle the deepening energy and cost of living crisis. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest, …

Oil prices rose about 4% on Monday, extending gains as OPEC+ members agreed to a small production cut to bolster prices. Brent crude futures for November delivery rose $3.53 to $96.55 a barrel, up 3.8%, by 11:07 a.m. ET (1507 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $3.08, or …

Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said on Monday. Police said the attacker was shot dead by …

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged the European Union on Monday to supply Kyiv with more weapons and equipment while offering to help out with gas deliveries to reduce the bloc’s dependence on Russia. “We need more modern weapons, such as air defence, missile defence and ship defence,” Shmyhal told …

Pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country’s biggest lake from bursting its banks and inundating nearby towns after unprecedented flooding, while the disaster management agency on Monday raised its toll of flood deaths by another 24. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan’s northern mountains have brought floods …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Europeans are expected to experience a harsh winter amid cuts in oil and gas exports by Russia in the wake of Western sanctions against Moscow over its military operation in the former Soviet country. Zelensky made the comment late on Saturday after Moscow shut down …

The move follows several incidents involving UAVs believed to be from mainland China The Taiwanese military announced the deployment of anti-drone guns to the offshore islands of Kinmen and Matsu on Friday, following several UAV incursions allegedly coming from the Chinese mainland. Kinmen and Matsu are groups of small islands …

John Sullivan has completed his tenure in Moscow, the diplomatic mission said John Sullivan has left Russia after almost three years as US ambassador, the diplomatic mission in Moscow announced on Sunday. “US Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan has concluded his tenure as US envoy and departed …

Iraqi Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) launched a large-scale search campaign south of Kirkuk, an official statement said on Sunday. The statement said that the operation aims to secure the vicinity of the Daquq district and close the security gaps that ISIS militants might exploit to wage terrorist attacks in …

The United Nations says Israeli forces shot dead at least four Palestinians and demolished 55 Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds in a time span of over two weeks. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory said in …

The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug. 8 search at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders labeled as “classified,” according to court records that were unsealed on Friday. The unsealing by US District Judge Aileen Cannon in West …

A grisly drug-induced homicide captivated the media in Saudi Arabia this April when a man in the country’s Eastern Province set his family house on fire before iftar, the meal that ends the Ramadan fast. Four members of his family were killed. Police said he was under the influence of …

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has over the past years turned into one of the “most dangerous” rulers in the world after gaining clout through pressing ahead with his highly repressive policies, dismissing his political rivals, and butchering his detractors inside and outside of the ultra-conservative kingdom, a …

Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people. The lockdown, and the suspension of bus and subway services, came into effect two days after city authorities said …

Russia says the United States is planning to move its unfinished programs for the development of biological weapons from Ukraine to another country in Eastern Europe, in a move that threatens the host country. Russia has formerly said it has discovered signs of several bio laboratories in Ukraine. The laboratories …

US President Joe Biden plans to expedite arms sales to Washington’s allies by removing bureaucratic obstacles that could cause delays in order to better compete with other countries, China in particular, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the Biden administration had appointed a new …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) arrested on Thursday, an official affiliated with ISIS and carried out a joint operation with the Iraqi army west of Mosul. PMF said in a statement that the Intelligence and Information department apprehended an ISIS official south of Baghdad. The detainees worked with the terrorist …