Putin hails election victory, says would not be ‘intimidated’
If he completes another full Kremlin term, Putin will have stayed in power longer than any Russian leader since Catherine...Geostrategy
WHO calls on Israel to halt planned assault on Rafah
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the military's "plans for action in Rafah", according to a statement Friday, which gave...Geostrategy
Qatar gives $5m to Ukrainian refugees, reminds world of Syrian, Palestinian refugees
Al Khater reiterated Qatar's call for an immediate cessation of military action in Ukraine and securing humanitarian corridors to ensure...Al Khater reiterated Qatar's call for an immediate cessation of military action in Ukraine and securing humanitarian corridors to ensure aid access
She called for resolution of the dispute through constructive dialogue and diplomatic methods, and avoiding what can lead to further escalation
Israel ‘on offensive’ after Tel Aviv attacks, Jenin camp on alert
Israeli forces Sunday raided the flashpoint West Bank district of Jenin, home of gunmen who launched two recent deadly attacks...Israeli authorities demanded that Fathi Hazem -- the father of the late 28-year-old Tel Aviv shooter who killed three Israelis -- turn himself in
Tensions have surged in the West Bank during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, leading to 11 days of devastating conflict
France votes with Macron seeking new term in tight election
Flash opinion polls conducted in the wake of first-round voting in France's presidential election Sunday forecast that Emmanuel Macron will...Macron advanced to the run-off against Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader who is again forecast by polls to qualify for the second round this year.
Polls suggest a repeat of the Macron-Le Pen contest would be much closer this year, in line with a rightward drift among the French electorate in recent years.
Iran FM says US ‘imposing new conditions’ in nuclear talks
Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that Washington is "imposing new conditions" in the negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement."On the issue of lifting sanctions, they (the Americans) are interested in proposing and imposing new conditions outside the negotiations," IRNA quoted the minister
Iran has been engaged for a year in negotiations with France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China directly, and the US indirectly in the Austrian capital to revive the deal
Defiant Tunisians rally against President’s power grab
More than a thousand Tunisians rallied Sunday decrying what they said was a power grab by President Kais Saied and..."Get out," protesters in the capital Tunis shouted at a rally organized by the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party that dominated the now-dissolved parliament
"The people want to dismiss the president," the crowds chanted, many waving national flags. "Down with the coup"
Bonded by war, Syria rescuers offer tips to Ukraine
In a bombed-out building in northwest Syria, rescue workers who for years have braved Russia's war strategies film a tutorial...The video which offers a range of other rescue initiatives is the latest example of how Syrians are mobilizing to share with Ukrainians knowledge gleaned from war
"As first responders, we believe that we can share our experiences in Syria with humanitarian aid workers in Ukraine," volunteer rescuer Ismail al-Abdullah tells the camera
Syria again accuses US of stealing oil through Iraq
Syria has over the past few months repeatedly accused the US of using its forces to steal oil from its...Local sources in the Yarubiya countryside said that US forces on Saturday brought out a convoy of 60 vehicles
This, they said, included a number of trucks and tens of tanks loaded with ‘stolen Syrian oil’ being taken to Iraq
Pandemic ‘far from over’, but ‘let’s end it together’, says UN chief
The UN chief said countries need to fulfil and accelerate dose-sharing and donation commitments in order to reach the billions...Antonio Guterres said the spread of Omicron was “a startling reminder of how quickly COVID-19 can mutate and spread
The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is now surging in the form of the BA2 variant in many parts of the world
Famine-threatened Yemen fears impact of Ukraine war
Across the MENA region, people are struggling to secure even the most basic staples in view of soaring food and...More than 17 million people in Yemen face high levels of food insecurity
Famine conditions already afflict more than 30,000 Yemenis, UN agencies said
Civilians flee east Ukraine as Boris Johnson visits Kyiv
Evacuations resumed on Saturday from Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, where a missile strike killed 52 people at a railway station...US President Joe Biden accused Russia of being behind a "horrific atrocity" in Kramatorsk, and France also condemned the strike
Moscow denied responsibility for the rocket attack on the station, which also wounded 109 people, according to the latest official count
