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Qatar finance minister arrested over misuse of public money and abuse of power

Qatar’s Attorney General Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri ordered the arrest of the country’s Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al-Emadi on Thursday over ...

World sees US as significantly greater threat to democracy than Russia & China – survey

A poll taken in 53 countries has found that 44% of people around the world consider the United States to be ...

Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan agree complete cessation of hostilities after border flare-up over water

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan both agreed to cease all hostilities and withdraw troops from their shared border on Saturday following several days ...

EU head tells Somali warlords to remove militia from Mogadishu streets

It was 25 April when two former presidents of Somalia Hassan Sh Mohamud and Sharif Sh Ahmed have called their tribe ...

Pakistan deploys TROOPS to help civilian authorities cope with Covid-19 infections

As rising Covid-19 infections threaten to collapse Pakistan’s healthcare system, Islamabad has deployed troops across the country, with particular attention to ...

61 doctors died from coronavirus since start of April: Egypt’s medical syndicate

The syndicate said that the doctors with the highest mortality rates are those working in obstetrics and gynaecology. In a statement released ...

Taiwan says it’s looking to buy US missiles with 925-km range

The head of Taiwan’s defense ministry’s strategic planning section has told lawmakers that the government is seeking to procure, from the ...

Sputnik V maker reports over 97% efficacy after 3.8 million vaccinations

The Russian Covid-19 vaccine has an even higher efficacy rate than previously reported in the Lancet journal, its developer has said ...

Chinese military drills aimed against Taiwan’s independence & ‘collusion’ with US – Beijing

Chinese military exercises in the Taiwan Strait send a strong signal to Taipei’s “secessionist” politicians who rely on the US’ support ...

Russia unlikely to send its ambassador back to Washington without clear US sign

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has revealed it has no plans to restore full diplomatic representation in Washington until it sees evidence that ...

Suez Canal Authority considering expanding southern channel

The chairman of the Suez Canal Authority has said the state-owned organization, which controls the vital waterway, is considering expanding the ...

Tensions rising in Donbass, Ukraine refuses to attend meetings

The Ukrainian delegation to peace talks on settling the conflict in Donbass will refuse to attend any discussions if they continue ...

US foreign policy undermining reliability of dollar as Moscow contemplates new rival to Western payment systems

A top Russian diplomat has warned that the US dollar is becoming an increasingly risky currency on which to base global ...

Vladimir Putin signs law enabling him to serve two more terms until 2036

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill which allows him to run for a fifth term as the country’s head ...

10 Chinese warplanes, including spy and anti-submarine aircraft, fly over Taiwanese air space

Taiwan has reported on Monday that Beijing flew another ten military aircraft into its air space. The incident occurred weeks after ...

Russia to make Northern Sea Route cheaper than Suez Canal

The Russian government is making plans to turn the Northern Sea Route into an alternative to the Suez Canal, with the ...

Iran to start making Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in April

Iran expects to start domestic production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine in April, the RIA news agency cited the Iranian ambassador ...

China overtakes US as world’s largest refiner

As the shift in oil demand from Covid-19 turned the tables of regional levels of fuel production and exports, China succeeded ...

Norwegian scientists say AstraZeneca DID cause blood clots, as British & Dutch experts dismiss theory

Norwegian scientists have linked the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots – a condition seen in some people that led countries around ...

New Zealand makes Pfizer its primary vaccine supplier after AstraZeneca jab concerns

New Zealand’s government has announced it has bought enough Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer to inoculate its entire population following concerns about ...

Singapore Airlines to test digital health ID for flights to London

Singapore Airlines has announced that its flights to London will begin using a mobile app that verifies passengers’ Covid-19 status, as ...

Slovakia’s PM says he won’t give up on ‘quality’ Sputnik V vaccine only because it’s made in Russia

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic has rejected the possibility of returning Sputnik V supplies to Russia, saying that the effective jab ...

Austria halts injections of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine batch as authorities probe death

Austrian health officials have flagged a batch of AstraZeneca as a precaution while probing the death of a nurse who received ...

China vows to ‘resolutely deter’ separatist activity in Taiwan

China says it will resolutely deter any separatist activity in Taiwan but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across ...

Raiisal wasaaraha oo sharaxay waxa fashiliyay kulan uu la qaatay musharixiinta Hawiye

Waxa xalay aroor hore burburey kulan u dhexeeyay raiisal wasaaraha iyo musharixiinta Hawiye oo iyagu sheegta midowga musharixiinta. Kulanka oo dadka ...

Yemeni forces launch fresh retaliatory drone strikes at targets in Saudi Arabia

Yemeni armed forces, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have launched fresh retaliatory attacks against Saudi Arabia, targeting Abha International ...

Iraqi resistance group to continue fighting until US leaves the region

Iraqi resistance groups have announced a new phase of resistance against US forces in the country, vowing “confrontation with occupiers until ...

Could Somalia become the world’s first cashless economy?

Somalia’s Hormuud Telecom already offers mobile money services but, in an effort to formalise the country’s fast-growing digital payments infrastructure and ...

Syria & Russia accuse US of funneling supplies on pretext of ‘humanitarian aid’ to militants

Washington is pressuring the United Nations to deliver international assistance to an overpopulated desert refugee camp but secretly planning to use ...

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