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UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to allow international naval forces to continue using all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia – but only for the next three months because the Somali government says there has been no piracy incident for over four years and it´s […]

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu speaking at the Global Strategies in Defense and Aerospace Industry Conference in Antalya province, Turkey, Dec. 4, 2021 (AA Photo)  A huge number of European Union and NATO countries are interested in Turkish drones as well as the country’s defense industry in general, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Saturday, not […]

As variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 have appeared over the past several months, scientists have sought to understand how they come to be. Some have been looking into the role that individuals with compromised immune systems may play in spurring the mutations of the virus that create new variants. Patients waiting for […]

Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi announced on Friday his resignation to pave the way for a possible resolution of a diplomatic spat between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia sparked by comments he made. A file photo shows then-Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi. (Reuters) Kordahi made the announcement at a press conference in Beirut. He said his […]

   The Moscow Times followed a group of six Syrian men from Minsk to The Netherlands. They told a story of violence, swamps and hunger. The men, all in their twenties, traveled from Syria.Pjotr Sauer / MT BUDEL, The Netherlands– At the Budel refugee center, a former military camp in southern Holland, groups of asylum seekers […]

 The Taliban decreed Friday that they are banning the forced marriage of women in the war-torn country, in what appears to be a move to address criteria that developed nations consider a precondition to recognize their government and restore aid. An Afghan refugee waits in line for personal hygiene products inside a distribution and donation […]

 Norway has announced new restrictions to contain COVID-19 in Oslo and the surrounding region after an outbreak of infections linked to a Christmas party. People out on the streets to celebrate the end of the COVID-19 restrictions, in Oslo, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.   –   Copyright  Naina Helen Jama/NTB via AP More than half of some 120 people present […]

Momentum was building Thursday for direct talks between US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin as both sides sought to avoid a “nightmare” confrontation over Ukraine. Putin and Biden met for the first time at a summit in Geneva in June but tensions have persisted.David Lienemann / Official White House Photo The Russian […]

The new COVID-19 variant Omicron has now been detected in at least 27 countries worldwide, and the numbers are steadily growing The new COVID-19 variant has now been detected in at least 27 countries worldwide./Photo: Stock/Canva OMICRON CIRCULATING THE GLOBE  The World Health Organization (WHO) named the Omicron variant of the coronavirus a new variant of concern. With the […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed travel bans on Wednesday that target specific countries and regions over the new COVID-19 variant omicron, calling them “unfair” and “ineffective.” United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 11, 2021. (AFP Photo)  “With a virus that […]