Poor sleep in the over 50s is linked to more negative perceptions of ageing, which in turn can impact physical, mental, and cognitive health, new research has revealed. A study led by the University of Exeter and found that people who rated their sleep the worst also felt older, and …

At least four people were killed and a further 19 injured – some seriously – after severe weather struck the Turkish city of Istanbul on Monday, local authorities have announced. According to a statement from the governor’s office, one foreign national and three Turkish citizens have died, while three of …

The investigation committee into the assassination attempt against Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said today that it has not charged anyone so far regarding the incident. The head of the committee, Mr. Qassem al-Araji (Iraqi National Security Advisor), said in a press conference that the investigation committee has not yet accused …

Giving criminals concessions like setting bail money low and handing out lenient sentences only encourages more crime – which is why the United States is seeing a record rise in murders and the widespread looting of shops. Don’t worry, folks. Once again, a Hollywood actor and an associate professor of …

Refugees cross the Channel, a protest over the verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial, a migrant caravan in Mexico and Black Friday: striking images from around the world this week

A huge fire at a factory in Santiago spewed out a dense gray plume of smoke over the Chilean capital city on Monday, forcing some planes to be diverted and neighborhood schools and nurseries to be suspended. The fire broke out at the factory of construction materials in the municipality …

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2.45 million airline passengers on Sunday, the highest number of daily passengers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency said Monday. Sunday’s total was the highest single one-day tally since mid-February 2020. Volume for the 10-day Thanksgiving travel period was 20.9 …

Russia said Monday it had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, as world powers race to develop advanced weaponry. Russia, the United States, France, and China have all been experimenting with so-called hypersonic glide vehicles – defined as reaching speeds of at least Mach 5. …

Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey will step down from his role and Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal will become his successor, Twitter announced on Monday. Dorsey’s departure marks the end of his second CEO stint at the social networking site, and he leaves at a time when Twitter …

Iran demanded on Monday the removal of all sanctions in a verifiable process as talks resumed between Tehran and world powers that are aimed at reinstating a 2015 nuclear pact abandoned by Washington three years ago. In a statement published just before the talks started, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian …

G7 health ministers praised South Africa on Monday for the work it has done in detecting the new Omicron variant and alerting others and said they would work together to monitor the strain. “Ministers praised the exemplary work of South Africa in both detecting the variant and alerting others to …

Gunmen freed more than 260 inmates during an attack on a prison in Nigeria’s central city of Jos, officials said, in the country’s fourth such raid this year. The attackers opened fire on guards on Sunday evening, starting a gunbattle that left one guard and nine prisoners dead, the correctional …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed that no new infection with the Omicron variant has been recorded in the country. A member of the ministry’s media team, Ruba Falah, told Al-Ghadeer News, “The vaccine works on most variants,” noting, “the vaccine reduces mortalities and the severity of infection, but does …