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Saudi coalition strikes advancing Yemen rebels

Riyadh – The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Saturday it had launched air strikes in support of pro-government forces battling a quickening Huthi rebel advance on the northern city of Marib. The move came after a drone strike set a Riyadh oil refinery ablaze on Friday, in […]

Four nations may sign peace deals with Israel soon: official

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said Wednesday he expects three more Arab countries and an African country to sign peace deals with Israel soon. In an interview with the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Cohen said the countries that are the closest to signing normalization deals with Israel […]

Bigoted hatred of Muslims at ‘epidemic’ level: UN Chief

Hatred and discrimination against Muslims has risen to “epidemic proportions,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday. Guterres described skyrocketing anti-Muslim bigotry as part of a wider shift globally toward nationalism, and away from minority rights. “A resurgence in anti-Muslim bigotry is certainly in-line with other distressing […]

APHC seeks world intervention to end war crimes in IIOJK

APHC seeks wmAll Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed deep concern over the unending Indian state terrorism saying that New Delhi has thrust a full-fledged war against the people of Kashmir especially in Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama districts, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir […]

UK PM defends AstraZeneca shot over blood clot fears

London-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday defended the safety of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, after several European countries halted its rollout over blood clot fears. Germany, Italy and France on Monday joined others in suspending the vaccine, dealing a potential blow to the global immunisation campaign against a […]

6.9 Magnitude earthquake hits off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula

Russia’s easternmost peninsula is notorious for its seismic activity and is prone to earthquakes and volcano eruptions. A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia, some 185 kilometers southeast of Ust-Kamchatsk, the United States Geological Survey reported Tuesday. The tremor […]

10 years on, hopes of Syrian refugees hanging by a threat

Ten years since its outbreak in 2011, Syria’s ongoing civil war remains on the list of top world crises, with tens of thousands of civilians killed and millions displaced. A decade after taking refuge in Jordan, hopes of Syrian refugees for a free and democratic Syria remain […]

EU drug regulator investigating AstraZeneca vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday said it was continuing an investigation into possible side effects of the novel coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. With several European countries having recently suspended the vaccine, the EMA said in a statement that the probe was […]

Ireland suspends Oxford vaccine rollout over clot fears

Following similar moves by other EU countires last week, Ireland on Sunday suspended the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine over fears of serious blood clots. After consulting with the Norwegian Medicines Agency on Saturday and discussions with the Health Products Regulatory Authority, the Department of Health decided […]

UK police under fire after crackdown on vigil for murdered woman

London-Police in London drew widespread criticism on after handcuffing mourners at a vigil for a woman who was murdered after setting out to walk home, in a case that has sparked national fury about violence against women. Officers scuffled with some members of the hundreds-strong crowd that […]

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