Middle East

Two drones shot down targeting Iraq base: anti-IS coalition

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Two armed drones targeting an air base in western Iraq were shot down on Tuesday, an…

Spoils of war: Taliban put victory over US on display

by Elise BLANCHARD Agence France-Presse GHANZI, Afghanistan (AFP) - In the governor's compound of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, a new historical…

Palestinian president Abbas visits Israel’s Gantz in rare trip

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas made a rare visit to Israel Tuesday for talks with Defence Minister…

Israeli air strike targets Syrian port of Latakia: state media

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) - An Israeli air strike hit the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday, the second such attack on…

French arrest man over chemical weapons parts in Syria

PARIS, France (AFP) - A French-Syrian man has been detained by French police on suspicion of supplying components for the…

Saudi Arabia reports first Omicron case in Gulf

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia has recorded the Gulf's first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of…

US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern

by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to…

New Covid variant raises fears of next delta, or worse

by Paul RICARD Agence France Presse It is, scientists say, the most worrying Covid-19 variant since delta and perhaps ever.…

Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives – WMO report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLaT1wyLaE   Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50…

Israel registers record daily coronavirus cases

  JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel on Tuesday recorded its highly daily coronavirus case tally of nearly 11,000 new infections, amid…

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