Russia pummelled positions in the east of Ukraine on Sunday, its defence ministry said, as it sought to encircle Ukrainian forces in the battle for Donbas and fend off a counteroffensive around the strategic Russian-controlled city of Izium. At a meeting in Germany, the secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty …
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Sweden approves NATO membership bid
The country’s ruling party has followed the example of neighboring Finland
Read More »Polls close in Lebanon’s key parliamentary elections amid economic crisis
Polls have closed in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, which many hope could set the stage for recovery from economic woes fueled by US-led sanctions on the country.
Read More »On Nakba, ‘catastrophe’ lingers on amid Israeli apartheid: Palestinian Ministry
On the 74th anniversary of the Nakba (Day of Catastrophe), Palestine’s Foreign Ministry says the catastrophe lingers on amid Israel’s apartheid against the Palestinian people.
Read More »Car bomb blast in Yemen’s Aden leaves several injured
News sources reported that the blast took place in Aden city in the south of Yemen and left several people injured.
Read More »3 US military convoys targeted in Iraq
Local sources reported that three US military logistics convoys have been targeted in Iraq’s Al Diwaniyah and Samawah cities.
Read More »10 killed in US shooting live-streamed on Twitch
A man in military-style gear entered a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and began firing a rifle
Read More »Finland officially decides to join NATO
The Nordic country’s bid to join the US-led military bloc now needs approval from parliament
Read More »Bomb kills 6 people, 3 kids included, in northwestern Pakistan
Three soldiers and three children have been killed in a bombing near a military vehicle in Pakistan’s northwestern region.
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