Early exit polls showed Bulgarian President Rumen Radev ahead of his rival, academic Anstas Gerdzhikov, in the decisive runoff round of the presidential vote. Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is projected to win another term with nearly two-thirds of the vote, according to exit polls published after the Sunday election by …
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Gunmen shoot dead three coal miners in southwestern Pakistan
Gunmen shot and killed three workers at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan, officials said on Sunday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Suhail Anwar Hashmi, the top administrator in Harnai district in Baluchistan province, said the early morning violence took place in the Sharag area where most …
Read More »Kremlin spokesman slams US ‘hysteria’ over Ukraine conflict
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Sunday slammed the United States for driving “hysteria” over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine after Western countries accused Moscow of a troop build-up near the ex-Soviet country. His comments come as Western countries this week raised alarm over Russian military activity near Ukraine and …
Read More »Two ISIS terrorists arrested in Baghdad
Baghdad Operations Command and al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) announced arresting two ISIS terrorists in Baghdad. The Security Media Cell said in a statement that a force from the Baghdad operations commands managed to arrest a suspect according to Article (4/1) of terrorism in northeastern Baghdad. In the same context, a force …
Read More »Al-Fateh: we have submitted enough evidence to annul the election results
Al-Fateh Alliance disclosed today, “evidence that proves and confirms” fraud and manipulation in the recent Iraqi elections. The leader in the coalition, Mahmoud Al-Hayani, told Al-Ghadeer News, “The recent change in the results after the decisions of the judiciary confirms and proves the existence of fraud and manipulation in the …
Read More »568 Covid-19 cases and 17 fatalities recorded in Iraq during last 24 hours
Iraq recorded 568 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 17 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 1006 patients have achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in …
Read More »Dutch police detain dozens in a second night of COVID-19 rioting
Five police officers were injured in the Netherlands and at least 40 people detained across three provinces as violent protests against COVID-19 restrictions continued for a second night into Sunday. Dutch authorities used water cannon, dogs, and mounted police to stop rioting youths who set fires and threw fireworks in …
Read More »China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania over Taiwan
China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Baltic State after Taiwan opened a de facto embassy there, escalating a row that has sucked in Washington. China views self-ruled and democratically governed Taiwan as its territory with no right to the trappings of a …
Read More »France to send police special forces to violence-hit Guadeloupe
France is sending police special forces to restore order in the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe hit by rioting and looting amid protests against COVID-19 protocols, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday. “The first message is that the state will stand firm,” Darmanin told reporters after holding a …
Read More »Poland says Belarus keeps bringing migrants to its border
Poland accused Belarus on Sunday of continuing to ferry migrants to its border, despite clearing camps close to the frontier earlier this week, as Polish premier Mateusz Morawiecki toured Baltic states to seek support in the crisis. Europe accuses Belarus of flying in thousands of people from the Middle East …
Read More »Sudan military reinstates PM Hamdok after deal
Sudan’s military reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday and announced the release of all political detainees after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a coup. Under an agreement signed with military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Hamdok will lead a civilian government of technocrats for a transitional period. Security …
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