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The US Justice Department ordered the seizure Monday of two aircraft owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, saying they had been used in violation of sanctions on Russia imposed over its invasion of Ukraine. The department said in court filings th…

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday ordering the payment of 5 million roubles ($81,500) to the families of members of Russia’s National Guard who died in Ukraine and Syria. The decree amounted to official recognition that members of the …

Canada voted last week against a set of recommendations calling on the international community to support access to healthcare for Palestinians, Canadian media reported. The vote took place during a World Health Assembly (WHA) session on May 25. The WH…

Cyprus’ main opposition party has slammed a large Israeli military exercise which took place on the island recently, warning of the consequences of dragging Cyprus into any regional conflict. The exercise, which ended last week and is believed to be on…

Saudi Arabia has begun compensating residents who lost property to a massive redevelopment project in the coastal city of Jeddah that has spurred rare expressions of public anger, state media said. “The delivery of the first batch of compensation for t…

Australian dreams of a fifth straight World Cup appearance will be on the line on Tuesday when they go head-to-head with the United Arab Emirates in Al Rayyan, Qatar for a chance to keep alive their hopes of returning to the Gulf state for November’s f…

Microsoft has suspended several OneDrive accounts for alleged cyberattacks on Israeli companies, The Times of Israel reported last week. Officials from the company wrote on Thursday last week that they had “high confidence” the organisation behind the …

Like hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Eman Odeh, 23, can pinpoint the date of her family’s exile from Palestine to June of 1967. Both her grandfathers served in the Jordanian army at the time and fought to defend the West Bank village they were f…

Qatar on Sunday demanded that India apologise for “Islamophobic” comments made by a top ruling party official as India’s vice president started a visit to bolster trade with the wealthy Gulf state. Comments about the Prophet Mohammed made by a spokespe…

Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday brought the curtain down on her historic Platinum Jubilee celebrations, making a rare public appearance on the last of four days of festivities and vowing to maintain her record-breaking reign. The 96-year-old monarch, who …