The first cruise ship to leave Venice since coronavirus restrictions were eased set sail on Saturday, but some local residents protested over the return to normal, unhappy about the passage of giant liners through the historic lagoon city. Hundreds of people rallied on land and small boats fluttering flags saying …

An explosion near a petrol station in the Yemeni city of Marib killed at least 14 people on Saturday, a medical source said. The source said that dozens of people, many of them badly burned, had been taken to Marib General Hospital and 14 of them had died of their …

The Ministry of Defense condemned the cowardly terrorist attack on an Iraqi military unit within the Peshmerga forces while they were performing their duty on the way to Mount Mateen in Dohuk Governorate at the hands of non-Iraqi armed groups. The Ministry stressed in a statement that the Peshmerga forces …

With COVID-19 infections coming down to the lowest level country-wide in nearly two months to 120,529 new cases in the last 24 hours, India’s major cities today announced significant relaxations in lockdowns in New Delhi and Mumbai. Government and private offices will be allowed to reopen with 50 percent attendance …

The award-winning seven-year-old rodent has detected 71 landmines and 38 items of unexploded ordnance, according to his employers. Magawa, an award-winning giant African pouched rat, is retiring after five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. The seven-year-old rodent, originally from Tanzania, was trained by the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States was wrong to think that it is “powerful enough” to get away with threatening other countries, a mistake, he said, that led to the downfall of the former Soviet Union. Putin made the comments during a press briefing late on Friday as …

Three U.S. senators will visit Taiwan on Sunday and will meet President Tsai Ing-wen to discuss security and other issues, Taiwan’s government and the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei said on Saturday, a trip that will likely irritate China. The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic …

A deputy Polish parliamentary speaker faced calls for his dismissal on Saturday after criticising Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for meeting Warsaw’s liberal mayor. Tsikhanouskaya met Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a member of Poland’s biggest opposition party, during a visit to Warsaw this week which she used to call for increased …

The death toll from the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years has risen to 132, the government said on Saturday, after armed assailants laid siege overnight to a village in the jihadist-plagued northeast. The attackers struck during the night on Friday, killing residents of the village of …

A Turkish airstrike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, said Rashad Kelani, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party official. The strike on the camp housing thousands of Kurdish refugees took place three days after Turkish President Tayyip …

The Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency announced arresting 12 people accused of belonging to ISIS terrorist gangs in Diyala Governorate. The agency said in a statement today that through pre-emptive operations in Diyala, its detachments managed to arrest 12 terrorists in different areas of the governorate, wanted under the provisions …

Group of Seven rich nations will seek to overcome long-standing differences on Saturday and strike a landmark deal to close the net on large companies that they say do not pay enough tax. The proposed accord, which could form the basis of a global pact next month, is aimed at …

Protesters faced off with officers in Minneapolis early Saturday over the shooting death of a man by members of a U.S. Marshals task force. Photos from the scene following a vigil for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., 32, showed dumpster fires in the street and a line of officers standing guard. …

Iraqi security sources reported that at least one person was killed and seven others were wounded including three members of a nomadic group in a terrorist attack, northern Baghdad. Iraqi security sources announced on Friday evening that the latest terrorist attack by gunmen took place in the city of Al-Tarmiyah, …

A leading American magazine says Yemen’s popular Ansaruallh movement won the US-sponsored war waged by Saudi Arabia, stressing that the losers are now in no position to dictate terms to the victors. In an article, the Foreign Policy analyzed the situation in Yemen, where the army and Popular Committees defeated …

Bulgaria will set up its own “blacklist” of companies and people associated with three Bulgarians and 64 entities that the United States has imposed sanctions on over alleged corruption, preventing state dealings with them, the interim government said late on Friday. The United States this week blocked assets and cut …

At least three people were killed in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River delta region on Saturday as the military junta’s forces clashed with villagers, local media and residents said, while fighting was also reported in northern and eastern Myanmar. The army has struggled to impose control since the army returned to power …

Russian president says he wants to improve strained ties with the US but sets a tough tone ahead of the Geneva summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he wants to improve Moscow’s ties with Washington when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month, …

A total of 81 refugees on Idaman Island are staying in emergency tents and have been provided with food and water by locals as they await their fate. A boat carrying 81 Rohingya refugees has washed ashore at an uninhabited island in Indonesia after drifting for more than 100 days …

Questions surround controversial decision to award football tournament to Brazil, country with second-highest COVID death toll in the world. It is fitting that the underused Estadio Mane Garrincha football stadium in Brasilia sits almost within sight of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s office. In a little more than a week, the …