The United Arab Emirates ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, will resume his duties in Tehran in the coming days in an effort to further boost mutual relations, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry says. The decision was made “in line with UAE efforts to strengthen relations with Iran and as …
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At least 32 people killed in Turkey in separate crashes at accident sites
At least 32 people were killed in southeast Turkey on Saturday when vehicles crashed into first respondents who were attending earlier accidents, authorities said. Sixteen people including emergency workers and journalists died when a bus crashed into an earlier accident site, regional governor Davut Gul from the southeastern province of …
Read More »Russia says destroys HIMARS ammunition depot in Ukraine’s Odesa
Russia says its forces have destroyed an ammunition depot containing US-made HIMARS rockets in Ukraine’s Odesa with Kalibr missiles. In a statement issued on Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its sea-based Kalibr missiles had destroyed a depot where Western-made anti-aircraft systems, including rockets for US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System …
Read More »Taliban warns of ‘stern stance’ in response to Western sanctions
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has warned the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of a stern response to Western sanctions against the country’s officials, warning the world body not to use the bans as a “pressure tool.” Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman, issued the warning before the UNSC’s plan …
Read More »US to send Ukraine GPS-guided munitions – Politico
The Excalibur shells can be fired from M777 howitzers already used by Kiev’s troops
Read More »Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded as rescue crews have been racing to evacuate survivors. Earlier …
Read More »At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed
Somali forces have ended a deadly siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu which saw more than 20 people killed and dozens of hostages freed, authorities said on Sunday. Elite armed forces in the Horn-of-Africa nation battled al Qaeda-linked militants for 30 hours after the jihadists blasted and shot …
Read More »Another US official arrives in Taiwan, escalating tensions with China
The Republican governor of Indiana, Eric Holcomb, has landed in Taiwan, becoming the latest US official to visit the self-ruled island amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. Holcomb announced in a Twitter thread on Sunday that he arrived in Taiwan along with a delegation for a trip to strengthen …
Read More »Daughter of Russian ideologue killed in suspected car bomb attack
The daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue who advocates Russia absorbing Ukraine was killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow, Russian state investigators said on Sunday. Darya Dugina, daughter of prominent ideologue Alexander Dugin, was killed on Saturday evening after a suspected explosive device blew up the Toyota …
Read More »Iraq | IED explosion targets a convoy of US coalition in Saladin
A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Coalition in mid-Iraq earlier today, Sunday. A security source said that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition in the governorate of Saladin. The attack resulted in no material damage, and the convoy resumed its …
Read More »Iraq | Soil collapse over a religious shrine in Karbala (Pictures)
Al-Ghadeer publishes the details of the collapse of a sand hill, today, Saturday, over the Qattara shrine of Imam Ali “peace be upon him” in the holy Karbala. Our correspondent in Karbala said that the collapse of a sand hill occurred above the Qattara shrine of Imam Ali “peace be …
Read More »Two terrorists arrested in al-Anbar and Kirkuk
The Iraqi intelligence agency announced arresting two terrorists on Friday. The Security Media Cell said in a statement that the two terrorists were separately arrested in al-Anbar and Kirkuk. In the same context, the agency’s units in the al-Anbar governorate discovered a 200-meters long tunnel, used by terrorist gangs to …
Read More »Putin warns of large-scale catastrophe amid Ukraine attacks on Zaporizhzhia
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has raised the alarm about the repercussions of Ukraine’s “systematic shelling” of the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Read More »Low water levels on Danube reveal sunken WW2 German warships
Europe’s worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of its lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War Two near Serbia’s river port town of Prahovo. The vessels were among hundreds scuttled along the …
Read More »Unidentified attackers take control of hotel in Somali capital -authorities
Unidentified attackers have taken control of a hotel in the Somali capital following two car bomb blasts and gunfire, police and intelligence officers said on Friday. “Two car bombs targeted Hotel Hayat. One hit a barrier near the hotel and then the other hit the gate of the hotel. We …
Read More »Another video surfaces of partying Finnish PM
Sanna Marin has denied any wrongdoing during her night out after footage was leaked online
Read More »Two injured in Sweden shopping centre shooting, one arrested
Swedish police said on Friday two people were injured in a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre in the southern city of Malmö and one suspect has been arrested. “The immediate danger to the public is judged to be over,” the police said in a statement. “At present, the incident …
Read More »Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for her Twitter activity
Human rights groups say the case of Salma al-Shehab, a 34-year-old mother of two, shows the situation for women’s rights in the kingdom “is not improving, but getting worse by the day.”
Read More »Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in occupied West Bank village
Salah Tawfiq Sawafta, 58, was shot in the head during an Israeli army raid on the village of Tubas.
Read More »PSG coach denies bad blood between Neymar and Mbappe
Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said on Friday there is no bad blood between star forwards Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. Neymar insisted on taking the team’s second penalty against Montpellier last Saturday after Mbappe had missed the first. Mbappe did not celebrate after Neymar converted the spot kick. Galtier called …
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