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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has emerged as one of the most controversial whistleblowers of recent times, hailed by his supporters as a fearless campaigner for press freedom and denounced by his detractors as reckless, self-aggrandising and even dangerous. But on Monday Assange could be extradited from the UK to the US for crimes of espionage and for […]

Since the coronavirus first emerged, the prolonged pandemic has lent itself to endless headlines about the virus; from its rampant spread across the globe, border closures, worldwide lockdowns and the hunt for a vaccine. A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of a U.S. flag on display in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. […]

ROME— She was an immigrant who became known as a successful business owner in a remote valley in northern Italy. But most Italians had probably never heard of Agitu Ideo Gudeta until last week, when the Ethiopian-born cheesemaker was found bludgeoned to death in her home. Agitu Ideo Gudeta with her goat herd near Trento, […]

A car bomb targeting workers of a Turkish company killed four people including one Turkish citizen on Saturday in Somalia. (File/AFP) Mogadishu, Istanbul – Asharq Al-Awsat Military operation spokesman for the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a car bomb that targeted workers of a Turkish company killing four people in Somalia on Saturday. Four […]

Agroup of 11 Republican senators and senators-elect on Saturday said that they intend to appeal the upcoming certification of the results of the presidential election. U .S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks at a campaign event ahead of runoff races in Georgia for control of U.S. Senate, inCumming, Georgia, U.S., January 2, 2021. (Reuters Photo) […]

Adam Millar was 18 when he started to experience a cold that wouldn’t go away. It was the middle of hockey season, so he brushed his symptoms off. After what seemed like two or three months of a cough and fatigue, his cold progressed. “I didn’t even have the energy to stand to brush my teeth,” he told […]

The labourers were kidnaped from a coal mine in Mach and taken to the nearby hills where they were shot at. PHOTO: FILE At least 11 coal miners were kidnapped and killed in the Machh area of Balochistan on Sunday by unidentified men. Bolan Deputy Commissioner Murad Kasi said that four people injured in the […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec 30, 2020.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Susan Walsh  The US Congress on Friday overrode President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. The measure, backed on Monday […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the American daily Washington Times should know better than to publish fake news, making a reference to the daily’s distortion of President Hassan Rouhani’s remarks about his outgoing American counterpart. “Cowardice in assassinating foreign leaders is a US-Israeli trademark; NOT Iranian,” Khatibzadeh wrote in a tweet […]

  Construction workers take part in the renovation project of Somalia’s National Theatre in Mogadishu, Somalia Feb. 3, 2019. (Reuters File Photo) Four people, including a Turkish national, and several other Turkish laborers were injured after a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a road construction site in Somalia, security sources said Saturday. In […]