Some 50 Iranian MPs test positive for Covid-19 as Omicron rages, says lawmaker
MP Alireza Salimi, speaking to YJC — a news agency linked to Iran’s state TV…
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Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and wife test positive for Covid-19
Erdogan said on Twitter that the couple had contracted the Omicron variant of the coronavirus…
The leader of ISIS died this week. But the terror group remains a formidable force, UN finds
The report — compiled by UN experts on ISIS and al Qaeda and covering the…
Analysis: Why the Queen isn’t celebrating her platinum jubilee just yet
A version of this story appeared in the February 4 edition of CNN’s Royal News,…
Suspected Chinese hackers hit News Corp with ‘persistent cyberattack’ in January
The media conglomerate, whose publications include The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post,…
Ice that took roughly 2,000 years to form on Mt. Everest has melted in around 25
The findings serve as a warning that rapid glacier melt at some of the Earth’s…
4 of Boris Johnson’s key aides quit, marking latest blow for the UK PM
Johnson’s head of policy, Munira Mirza, chief of staff Dan Rosenfield, principal private secretary Martin…
Xi’s Olympic guest list heavy on strongmen and autocrats
Of the just over 20 presidents, prime ministers, heads of state and royalty set to…
Afghan universities reopen to female students but with strict rules on mixing
The Taliban administration has not officially announced its plan for Temperatures have plunged well below…
12 people found frozen to death, sparking diplomatic row between Turkey and Greece
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the dozen migrants froze to death in Ipsala, a…
White House says it’s no longer calling potential Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘imminent’
“I used that once. I think others have used that once. And then we stopped…
Congolese man beaten to death in Brazil over unpaid wages, family say
Moise Kabagambe was seen in a video from the Tropikalia beach kiosk’s security cameras being…
Rapidly intensified Cyclone Batsirai bears down on Madagascar, weeks after deadly floods
The planet’s strongest storm underwent rapid intensification overnight and is now equivalent to a Category…
Analysis: ‘Old friends’ Putin and Xi set for Olympic meeting as Russia moves closer to China
A summit between the two leaders, expected to take place on the day of the…
OPEC and Russia keep promising to pump more oil. They’re not delivering
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and 10 other major crude oil producers, including…
Vladimir Putin says the West has ‘ignored’ Russia’s key concerns over Ukraine
For weeks, Putin had said little publicly about the crisis sparked by Russia’s buildup of…
China’s biggest Lunar New Year release is another Korean War propaganda movie
“Water Gate Bridge” is the sequel to the 2021 Chinese blockbuster “This year’s Lunar New…
Disaster-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after recording first local Covid cases
Two positive cases were discovered among front line workers at a port in the capital…
Vladimir Putin says the West has ‘ignored’ Russia’s key concerns over Ukraine
For weeks, Putin had said little publicly about the crisis sparked by Russia’s buildup of…
In eastern Ukraine they don’t expect an invasion, but people are watching and waiting
The Russian border is less than 20 miles away. Beyond it, thousands of Russian troops…
