The Netherlands avoided any late nerves to seal top spot in Group A at the 2022 World Cup thanks to a straightforward 2-0 win over hosts Qatar. Louis van Gaal’s side will face the runners-up from Group B in the last 16, as goals either side of the break from …

As Arizona counties face a Monday deadline to certify their midterm election results, Republican candidates and activists promoting false theories of voter fraud are refusing to back down. State Senator-elect Jake Hoffman, head of Arizona’s Freedom Caucus, a group of largely pro-Trump Republican state lawmakers, told Reuters he will lead …

The US government is mulling over a proposal to send Ukraine small and cheap precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing the country to strike up to 94 miles behind Russian lines. According to Reuters, Boeing’s proposed system called the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) combines small, inexpensive precision …

NATO has promised to “stand for Ukraine” as long as necessary, claiming Russia is using winter as a weapon of war by hitting energy infrastructure in Ukraine. “NATO will continue to stand for Ukraine as long as it takes. We will not back down,” NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said in …

The Chinese military says it has chased away a US Navy guided-missile cruiser after it “illegally intruded” into waters in the vicinity of the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands. According to Press TV, on Tuesday, Tian Junli, Spokesman for the Southern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army said that the …

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the Iraqi official decision to deploy border guards between Iraq and Iran. On Monday, the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanaani revealed details about the visit of the Iraqi PM, Muhammad S. Al-Sudani to Tehran, which is his third trip abroad …

At the global plastics treaty talks, we, the people, need to speak louder than the plastic-addicted corporations. In March, there was a collective cheer when United Nations member states adopted a historic resolution to end plastic pollution during the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi. Governments agreed to start work on …

The latest demonstrations are unprecedented in mainland China since President Xi Jinping took power a decade ago. Hundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over China’s severe COVID-19 restrictions continued into the third day and spread to several other cities. The latest demonstrations — unprecedented in …

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC has hailed a test run of the world’s first hydrogen-powered jet engine as a “new aviation milestone”, suggesting a large step has been made towards the decarbonization of the aviation industry. In partnership with EasyJet PLC, Rolls-Royce ran a converted regional aircraft engine fuelled by green hydrogen, …

The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort to protect the nation’s communications network. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Friday to expand its ban on the sale and import of Chinese technology from firms that …

Scientists have revived a virus that had been trapped in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 50,000 years, bolstering concerns that global warming will lead to ancient pathogens being released. That the microbe was still capable of infecting cells highlights the danger of so-called zombie viruses emerging from thawing soils, researchers …

Pakistan’s Taliban said on Monday they have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed upon with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a separate entity from the Taliban in Afghanistan but sharing a similar Islamist ideology, has been responsible for dozens …

More than 80 people were wounded in India as villagers protesting to halt construction of the $900-million Vizhinjam port project by India’s Adani Group clashed with police in Kerala state, the latest escalation in a months-long strike. The protests, by a mostly Christian fishing community against the project led by …

The United States is considering a proposal to provide Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs, which would allow Kyiv to strike far behind Russian lines, as the war drags on and the West struggles to meet demands for more weapons. Citing industry sources, Reuters said in a report on Monday …

The family of the late prominent commander of al-Hashd al-Shaabi, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, has filed a lawsuit against former Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, former US president, Donald Trump, former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, former US ambassador to Baghdad. Among the complainants is Muhammad Hassan Jaafar, a brother of …

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to use his first major foreign policy speech to vow commitment to sustaining and possibly stepping up military aid to Ukraine. “We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes,” read an excerpt of a speech, which Sunak is slated to deliver …

An eruption began in the summit caldera of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Service’s (USGS) volcanic activity service said. “At this time, lava flows are contained within the summit area and are not threatening downslope communities,” the notification said. However, the …

Women from deprived backgrounds in the United Kingdom are at higher risk of dying from cancer compared to their counterparts in other European countries and better-off women in Britain, a new World Health Organization (WHO) study finds. According to Press TV, the study by the International Agency for Research on …

Reports say British troops will be brought in to drive ambulances and fill hospital roles as thousands of health workers plan to go on strike next month to demand a pay hike and better working conditions amid soaring inflation in the country. British media reports said health and defense officials …

Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson has accused former US President Donald Trump of empowering extremism after he dinned with white supremacist Nick Fuentes his in Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida. “I don’t think it’s a good idea for a leader who’s setting an example for the country or the party to …