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Some high-income countries, representing 16 percent of the global population, have snapped up at least 70 percent of COVID-19 vaccine doses available in 2021, according to a report published in the medical journal the Lancet on Friday.In the report, scientists said rich countries had secured at least 4.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines, warning that […]

 The Wright brothers invented and successfully engineered the first powered flight on Earth in 1903 and now, more than a century later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to prove that it’s possible to replicate the feat on another planet for the first time in aviation history with a helicopter, aptly named “Ingenuity.” […]

Motorists drive past the campaign billboard of Somalia’s opposition presidential candidate Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsameh along the main streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, Feb. 8, 2021. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Members of Somalia’s opposition groups say they will hold a peaceful protest later this week against President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s government over delayed elections. The coalition of Somalia’s […]

The attack late Monday was the first time in nearly two months that Western military or diplomatic installations have been targeted in Iraq, after a string of similar incidents. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for an investigation and promised to “hold accountable those responsible”. Smoke rises over Erbil, after reports of mortar shells landing near Erbil […]

Syria’s army said on Monday the country’s air defences intercepted “Israeli aggression” over the capital, Damascus, in the latest stepped-up bombing of alleged Iranian targets inside the country over the last two months. Israeli missile strikes against several targets killed at least nine pro-government fighters, a Britain-based war monitor said. KEEP READING What next as […]

An article published in the journal of the Ministry of Defense “Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice” says that the updated approach will provide “guaranteed protection against a possible NATO multi-sphere operation.” The article clarifies that a multi-sphere operation, which will begin with an integrated massive air strike against strategic targets, means the use of weapons on land, […]

 Greece’s migration minister on Sunday dismissed fresh claims that migrants are being illegally pushed out of the country toward Turkish borders. He was reacting to reports by rights groups that thousands of people had been forced back into Turkey in recent months in violation of their right to asylum. Riot police detain a migrant during […]

Peter Ben Embarek (C) and other members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team visit a local community in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province on February 4, 2021. Photo: VCG WHO experts who recently visited Wuhan slammed the New York Times for twisting their words and casting shadows over the efforts to uncover the origins […]

At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a “catastrophe” at Afghanistan’s biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said Sunday. The huge blaze, which broke out Saturday afternoon at Islam Qala port 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the western city of Herat, has largely […]

Ethiopians, who fled the conflict in the Tigray region can be seen in Sudan on 14 December 2020 [Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency] An official of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council on Friday announced that Juba’s mediation efforts to end border tensions between Khartoum and Addis Ababa “faces obstacles”. In a statement to Anadolu Agency, the source, who spoke […]