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  A view shows branded oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. (Reuters) Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet said on Tuesday the recent attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on the Kingdom’s oil facilities targeted the world economy, state news agency SPA reported. “The Cabinet considered the two terrorist attempts to target […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia A mortar attack targeted the offices of UN and African Union peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. The offices are located inside the heavily protected Adan Adde International Airport and the compound houses several western diplomatic missions in Somalia. Security sources told Anadolu Agency by phone that at least three […]

China introduced the first “virus passports” on Tuesday in a bid to boost international travel as the United States and the European Union consider similar programmes. The EU has said it plans to propose an EU-wide digital vaccination passport sometime this month. A phone displaying a mock-up of China’s new digital health certificate, a “virus passport” concept, which […]

The two crew members were injured on board the Donghai Airlines flight (Picture: Getty Images) A passenger jet captain and chief steward are under investigation after they started fighting during a flight. The pair are said to have got into a tussle when the captain emerged from the bathroom to find a passenger for first […]

A person wears a personal protective mask while walking downtown during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles, California, US on February 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]Experts said it is vital both countries share information and promote vaccine platforms Leading researchers and public health experts from China and the United States called on the […]

  Turkey’s Hisar-O+ air defense system can be seen in the screenshot provided on March 9, 2021, from SSB’s video of the test firing. (DHA Photo)  Turkey’s Hisar-O+ medium-range air defense system has successfully completed a test firing, which was the longest range and the highest altitude test conducted in the country to date. The […]

TEHRAN – The new U.S. administration of Joe Biden pursues the same policy that the Trump administration pursued against Iran, Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Speaking at a weekly press conference, Khatibzadeh said, “For several years, the United States has been driving in the wrong direction on the highway, thinking […]

FILE PHOTO: Dr. Dan Ponticiello, 43, and Dr. Gabriel Gomez, 40, intubate a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in the COVID-19 ICU at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, U.S., January 8, 2021. © Lucy Nicholson, Reuters For the first time in nearly three and a half months, the United States recorded fewer than 1,000 deaths […]

Image: 대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces (file photo) The following article is an opinion piece by Cheehyung Harrison Kim, an associate professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and a member of the Korea Peace Now Grassroots Network. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of […]

The Biden administration is gearing up to carry out cyberattacks aimed at Russian networks, the New York Times has reported, describing the provocation as a retaliatory measure designed to send Moscow a message. Cyber defense operations using ArcSight at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US, June 25, 2014. Picture taken June […]