“An incident is currently underway” some 61 nautical miles (113 kilometers) east of the United Arab Emirates region of Fujairah, UK Maritime Trade Operations said on Tuesday. The agency – which is staffed by Royal Navy reservists and monitors marine traffic in the area – also marked the incident as …
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Speaking on Tuesday, Bennett warned of the “price” to those who threaten the Jewish state and declared that Israel is fully capable of defending itself unilaterally against Tehran, saying: “We are working to rally the world, but at the same time we also know to act alone.” Iran already knows …
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John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), pointed to a pattern of disastrously managed American wars over the decades, telling reporters on Thursday that Washington is all but guaranteed to make the same mistakes again, even as it extracts itself from the longest conflict in US history. …
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A total of 1,659 civilians were killed and 3,254 injured in the first half of 2021, which is a 47% increase from the same period in 2020, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in its mid-year report on Monday. The actual numbers may be even higher, considering that …
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Following an emergency meeting at his palace on Sunday night, President Kais Saied announced his decision to sack prime minister Hichem Mechichi and suspend parliament, promising to ‘save’ the country with the help of a new PM. “We have taken these decisions… until social peace returns to Tunisia and until …
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Germany might be in for yet another wave of Covid-19 cases, Helge Braun, Merkel’s chief of staff, told Germany’s tabloid Bild on Sunday. “The number of new infections is increasing even faster than in the previous waves. That worries me very much,” Braun, who is also a medic himself, warned. …
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Biden has sanctioned the Cuban minister of defense Alvaro Lopez Miera and the “Boinas Negras” or black berets, a Special National Brigade within the Ministry of the Interior, citing their alleged role in repressing “peaceful, pro-democratic protests” starting July 11. The Biden administration warned it will continue to impose sanctions …
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An estimated 23 million children worldwide missed their routine immunizations in 2020, the two UN agencies announced on Wednesday, with the Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia most affected. Even as everyone focuses on Covid-19 jabs, “we have gone backwards on other vaccinations, leaving children at risk from devastating but preventable …
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Havana has blamed the US for the protests that erupted across dozens of Cuban cities on Sunday. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that the continuing US policy of “economic suffocation” against the island nation has caused shortages of food and medication and power outages. Speaking to reporters at the …
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With pharmaceutical companies touting the possibility of booster shots against the latest Covid-19 variants, Dr. Swaminathan warned on Monday against mixing different vaccines in an effort to boost immunity. “I really want to caution folks,” Swaminathan said during a World Health Organization (WHO) press briefing. “There are people who are …
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