Iraq recorded 717 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Saturday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 22 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 1,665 patients have achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in …

The Israeli High Court of Justice is expected to decide over the next month whether an area in the occupied West Bank – where Palestinian Bedouin communities have resided long before the Israeli occupation – will continue to be used for military purposes. Masafer Yatta, located south of the city …

At least 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said. An official told New Delhi Television that around 17 patients were in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar when the fire broke out. The …

More than 1,000 people demonstrated on Saturday in Australia’s biggest cities of Sydney and Melbourne to protest against the government’s climate policies and the strategies it offered at a UN climate summit in Glasgow. Sydney’s first legal protest after a months-long COVID-19 lockdown saw about 1,000 people march in support …

Archaeologists have uncovered a room at a villa just outside Pompeii containing beds and other objects that shed light on the living conditions of slaves in the ancient Roman city buried by a volcanic eruption. The room, in an excellent state of preservation, contains three wooden beds and a series …

The head of al-Fateh Alliance, Mr. Hadi al-Ameri, said earlier today, Saturday, that yesterday’s violence against the demonstrators protesting the election fraud “will not go unpunished.” Al-Ameri’s remarks came in a speech he delivered during a condolence gathering for the victims of Saturday’s clashes between the protestors and the law …

Thousands of protesters set off from a Glasgow park Saturday to march through the city hosting the U.N. climate conference and demanding bolder global action. Students, activists, and climate-concerned citizens bundled up against the damp cold, linking arms as they moved west from the city’s Kelvingrove Park toward the central …

Police in Spain arrested 12 people and were looking for 12 more after a group of passengers fled a plane onto the runway at Palma de Mallorca airport on Friday night, causing the closure of the airport for several hours. The Air Arabia Maroc flight from Casablanca to Istanbul made …

Premier League champions Manchester City cruised to a 2-0 win over struggling Manchester United in their derby at Old Trafford on Saturday. Gifted two goals by United in the first half, City were happy to control the game after the break, while their hosts failed to present any sort of …

A crush of rap music fans pushing toward the stage during Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston killed at least eight people and injured many more as panic rippled through the packed crowd, officials said on Saturday. The disaster unfolded at NRG Park at around 9 p.m. on Friday during …

After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a $1 trillion package of highway, broadband, and other infrastructure improvements, sending it on to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The 228-to-206 vote late on Friday is a substantial triumph for Biden’s Democrats, who …

Former British Prime Minister John Major on Saturday attacked fellow Conservative Boris Johnson’s handling of a corruption row, calling the conduct “shameful” and saying this could undermine his popularity. Johnson was forced to make an embarrassing U-turn after he abandoned plans pushed through parliament to protect a lawmaker found to …

Russia on Saturday said it does not expect progress in talks in the coming weeks with the US on issues including visas and the size and functioning of their embassies, Russian news agencies reported. With ties already at post-Cold War lows, Moscow and Washington are in a dispute over the …

At least 99 people have been killed after an oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, with the country’s president mourning the “horrendous loss of life”. More than 100 victims were taken to hospitals and clinics across the city, deputy health minister Amara Jambai said. A staff member at Connaught …

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Saturday he would not make the “first move” towards easing tensions with former colonial power France after critical comments from Paris about his country. The diplomatic spat has been fueled by a visa row and media reports that President Emmanuel Macron told descendants of …

Dozens of demonstrators gathered on the main road in Kirkuk to denounce the repression of the protestors demanding a manual recount of the ballots in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. “The demonstrators organized a demonstration downtown the city of Kirkuk inside the governorate square in an act of protest against using …

The Pakistani Taliban have demanded that the government of Pakistan release a number of prisoners as a condition for talks aimed at laying the ground for full ceasefire negotiations, multiple sources in the group said. The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan or TTP and separate from the …

A knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany has injured several people, police confirmed Saturday morning. Local police told The Associated Press that they received a call about the attack around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday. The train in question, one of Germany’s high-speed ICE trains, was traveling …

The United States said Saturday it has ordered the departure of its non-essential diplomats from Ethiopia, as the war between Tigray rebels and government forces intensifies. “The Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency US government employees and their family members from Ethiopia” on Friday, the State Department said …

A security source in Nineveh reported that an overall operation was launched in the remote areas surrounding the Makhmur district. “A large military force of the Iraqi army stormed the Kashaf area and the surrounding remote areas in Makhmur district, after receiving intelligence that ISIS elements are hiding in this …