The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials roll out booster doses of vaccines to protect the elderly and people working in high-risk professions. The country has reported an average of more than 2,000 deaths per day over the past week, which …
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US official: People of Haiti deserve to be treated with ‘dignity’
A senior American official has apologized for how the United States has treated Haitian migrants, describing it as an “injustice.” During a visit to Haiti on Friday, Juan Gonzalez, who is the director for the Western Hemisphere for the US National Security Council, said that the people of Haiti deserved …
Read More »Chinese Taipei scrambles combat aircraft after 25 Chinese jets enter its airspace
Taipei says it scrambled its combat aircraft after over two dozen Chinese fighter jets entered its airspace on the same day that Beijing marked its national day. According to the Taiwan ministry, 22 Chinese fighters, two nuclear-capable bombers and one anti-submarine aircraft entered the island’s southwest Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Friday. The ministry described the …
Read More »Environmental groups file objections to Biden’s plan for oil and gas leasing on public lands
Environmental groups have filed formal objections to the Biden administration’s plan to offer 734,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing, a decision that critics have condemned as an “insane policy in light of the climate crisis.” About a dozen conservation groups filed their objection with the US …
Read More »Bahrain’s move to welcome Israeli minister betrayal of Palestinians: Iran
Iran has censured Bahrain’s welcoming Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to Manama, saying the move amounts to a betrayal of the oppressed Palestinian people. “The Bahraini government’s welcoming of the foreign minister of the fake Zionist regime is a blatant betrayal of the oppressed and resilient Palestinian people’s cause,” Iranian …
Read More »Erdogan, Putin discuss setting up more nuclear power plants in Turkey
The Turkish and Russian heads of state have discussed establishment of two more nuclear power plants in Turkey in addition to one that is already being built in the country’s south. The conversation arose between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin in the Russian resort city of Sochi on Wednesday, …
Read More »Israeli forces attack anti-settlement protesters in West Bank
Israeli forces have attacked Palestinians taking part in a weekly anti-settlement protest in the occupied West Bank, leaving dozens injured. Israeli regime troops used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the protesters in the town of Beit Dajan, near the West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian Information Center reported on …
Read More »Over 240 Bahraini Muslim scholars blast Israeli FM’s visit to Manama, reject normalization
More than 240 Bahraini scholars have strongly denounced the first visit by Israeli regime’s foreign minister to the Persian Gulf state since the two regimes established ties last year and expressed their solidarity with the Palestinians. “We denounce the presence of the foreign minister of the Zionist enemy in Bahrain, and …
Read More »Saudi forces shell residential area in Yemen’s Sa’ada, kill civilians
The Saudi army has conducted an artillery attack on a residential area in Yemen’s northwestern Sa’ada province, martyring at least five civilians and wounding 11 others. Yemen’s al-Masirah TV channel reported that the shelling targeted the border town of Manbeh on Friday. Seven years of the Saudi-led war on Yemen has pushed …
Read More »Rearrested Palestinian inmates put in solitary confinement in Israeli jails, say lawyers
The six Palestinian prisoners, who recently tunneled their way out of a maximum security Israeli detention center and were all recaptured nearly two weeks later, have been transferred to solitary confinement, lawyers say. In a post on his Facebook page on Friday, the lawyer representing one of the inmates Mohamed …
Read More »Iraq reported 1236 new COVID-19 cases
Iraq recorded, on Saturday 1236 new Covid-19 cases to bring its total to 2,007,227, the health ministry said. It reported 42 fatalities; its death toll reached 22,344 cases. It also reported 3,803 recoveries to take its total to 1919106.
Read More »Al-Amiri: Our hope is great for Iraqis to choose efficient and honest candidates
The leader of the Al-Fatah Alliance, Hadi al-Amiri, accused on Saturday political parties of using political money to buy voters for the legislative elections. Al-Amiri said, “the (religious) authority has drawn a clear map for the elections, and there is no talk after the reference’s words,” calling for the necessity …
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