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A Russian armored vehicle has come under fire while patrolling a strategic highway in Idlib province along with allied Turkish forces, prompting commanders to cease the joint operation. The patrol, jointly manned by Russian and Turkish soldiers, was targeted by militants that struck an infantry vehicle with an anti-tank rocket. The apparent ambush happened as…

Iran has praised the outcome of a summit with the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, who traveled to Tehran amid growing geopolitical tensions over the country’s nuclear program. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said during a press conference on Tuesday that the talks were…

Health authorities in the Palestinian territory have imposed a lockdown after four people tested positive for Covid-19 at a refugee camp. Shops, mosques and schools were ordered to close in a bid to contain the transmission. The four coronavirus cases were confirmed within a single family in a refugee camp, government spokesman Salamah Maarouf said…

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will try to ease the growing tensions between historic rivals Greece and Turkey. Berlin fears that the standoff in the eastern Mediterranean could lead to greater conflict. Maas will embark on a mediation mission to Athens and Ankara on Tuesday, Germany’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christopher Burger said. He added that…

Astronomers researching the mysterious Fast Radio Burst (FRB) 121102 have confirmed that the powerful phenomenon has a predictable cycle, which may allow us to find out what exactly is causing it once and for all. First discovered in 2012, the FRB is located in a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light-years away making it very difficult…

The recent explosion at a pipeline outside Damascus was likely an attack by Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL), US envoy for Syrian affairs James Jeffrey has said. The blast triggered power outages across the country. “We are still looking into that. But it was almost certainly a strike by ISIS,” Jeffrey said, as cited by Reuters.…

A police crackdown at a nightclub in Lima turned horribly wrong after partygoers rushed to escape and got trapped in a deadly stampede. The tragedy has claimed 13 lives and left six others injured. The police raid at the Thomas Restobar nightclub in Peru’s capital Lima was launched to enforce a freshly reimposed ban on…

Thousands of people have hit the streets of Jerusalem, as protests against PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption, as well as mishandling of the coronavirus crisis, continue across the country. Up to 10,000 people hit the streets of Jerusalem on Saturday, according to some estimates, as the protests against Netanyahu continue for the 9th consecutive week.…

Indian police have captured a man suspected of plotting attacks in the name of ISIS in the country’s capital. He was apprehended after a firefight, as authorities launched a search for his possible accomplice. Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police Special Cell Pramod Kushwaha described the suspect, Abdul Yusuf Khan, as a “lone wolf who had…

The Covid-19 pandemic may lead to a calamity of epic scale, with millions facing starvation worldwide, the head of the UN’s hunger-fighting body has warned. “All the data we have, including WFP forecast that the number of people experiencing malnutrition will grow by 80 percent by the end of the year, … points to a…

Indian authorities believe that a suspect detained for money laundering was also running a secret operation to meddle in the next Dalai Lama selection process, reports say. Chinese national Charlie Peng may have bribed around 100 monks over the past two years to garner support for a “Chinese candidate” to succeed the Dalai Lama, Indian…