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May 3rd, 2026 - 11:09 GMT

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Ukraine strikes Russian tankers near Novorossiysk port

ALBAWABA - Ukrainian forces struck two Russian shadow fleet vessels near the entrance to the port in the city of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea in Russia, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a clip on Sunday. Zelensky wrote on his official X account, " Our warriors continue to apply sanctions against Russia’s shadow oil fleet – two such vessels were struck in the waters at the entrance to the port ...

This file photo taken on November 17, 2019 shows a scorched gas station that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration against a rise in gasoline prices in Eslamshahr, near the Iranian capital of Tehran. One year after protests harshly suppressed by the Iranian authorities, grief over the hundreds of mainly young lives lost is matched by anger over the lack of accountability over a crackdown whose scale is only beginning to emerge. AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 10:16 GMT

One Year On: Iranians Protests Remembered For Their 'Bloody' Crackdown

In this file photo taken on October 02, 2020 Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives on the second day of a European Union (EU) summit at The European Council Building in Brussels. Hungary and Poland blocked approval on November 16, 2020 of the EU's long-term budget and coronavirus rescue -- a 1.8-trillion-euro package -- and plunged the bloc into political crisis. Olivier HOSLET / POOL / AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 10:07 GMT

Poland Warns Escalating Funding Row May 'Break-Up The EU'

A nurse takes care of a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit of the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on November 13, 2020. In Lebanon, where hospital capacity has been saturated, coronavirus infections crossed the 100,000 mark as the country prepared to enter a new two-week lockdown. The health ministry said the number of people who have tested positive with Covid-19 had reached 100,703, including 775 deaths. JOSEPH EID / AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 08:28 GMT

Lebanon Fights Surge of COVID-19 Amidst Shortage of Medical Staff

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) talks to reporters after she was re-elected to lead her conference at the U.S. Capitol November 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. The conference leadership elections were conducted with some members in-person at a Washington hotel and others joining by Zoom due to the risk posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 08:19 GMT

Pelosi Re-Elected as House Speaker But Her Position May Still be Precarious

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November 19th, 2020 - 08:08 GMT

Egypt: Sisi's Move to Execute 15 Political Detainees Made to Instill Fear Among Protesters

(L to R) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, all mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, arrive for a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. Menahem KAHANA / POOL / AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 08:03 GMT

Netanyahu Wants Trump to Give Him a Green Light to Build 9000 'Settler Homes' in East Jerusalem

Ethiopian refugees who fled fighting in Tigray province lay in the shade in a straw shack at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 18, 2020. Sudan -- one of the world's poorest countries, now faced with the massive influx -- has reopened the camp, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border. It once housed refugees who fled Ethiopia's 1983-85 famine that killed over a million people. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 07:55 GMT

Why Are They Fighting in Ethiopia?

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November 19th, 2020 - 07:48 GMT

Watchdog: 13,000 Civilians Killed by US Forces Since The War on ISIS Began in 2014

Aerial view of architecture and newly constructed areas in Manama, Bahrain (Shutterstock)

November 19th, 2020 - 07:13 GMT

The Palestinian Authority Quietly Returns its Ambassadors to Bahrain, UAE

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with members of the government via teleconference call at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on November 18, 2020. Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 07:03 GMT

Don't 'Pretend That All is Fine' Vladimir Putin Warns of Covid Spike

Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating against measures imposed by the German government to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on November 18, 2020 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. After repeated warnings for the crowd to put on face coverings went unheeded, police said they would take action to clear the protest and "detain violators". Around 5,000 activists massed at the Brandenburg Gate, after the German government banned rallies outside parliament because of fears of vi

November 19th, 2020 - 06:48 GMT

'Shame, Shame'! German Police Spray Thousands With Water Cannons in Berlin Mass Protest

The Martyr's square, in the centre of Lebanese capital Beirut, remains deserted a day after the country went into lockdown, in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, on November 14, 2020. In Lebanon, where hospital capacity is saturated, coronavirus infections crossed the 100,000 mark as the country entered a new two-week lockdown. The health ministry said the number of people who have tested positive with Covid-19 had reached 100,703, including 775 deaths. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

November 19th, 2020 - 06:40 GMT

The UNSC Calls on Lebanon to Form a Cabinet and Unlock Much Needed Aid