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Ukraine’s navy said on Wednesday that 12 more vessels were ready to enter a Black Sea shipping corridor on their way toward Ukrainian ports, and that 10 other vessels were ready to depart from the country’s ports. Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk made his remarks as Ukraine tries to defy a de-facto Russian blockade on Ukrainian … Read more

Kyiv’s attempts to penetrate Russian defenses on frontlines in the east and south of the country have “failed,” Moscow said on Tuesday, four months into a closely-watched Ukrainian counteroffensive. Kyiv launched the long-awaited counteroffensive in June but has acknowledged slow progress as its forces crash into sophisticated and kilometers-deep Russian defensive positions. “The enemy’s attempts … Read more

Police detained almost 1,000 people in raids across Turkey on Tuesday, including dozens with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital. Police detained at least 67 people across Turkey on Tuesday in a sweep targeting people with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in … Read more

US President Joe Biden thanked Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Tuesday for Doha’s help securing the release of five Americans detained in Iran, according to the Qatari News Agency (QNA). The QNA said the two leaders also discussed strategic ties and ways to bolster them “in a range of fields.” Biden praised Qatar’s “constructive … Read more

Since a huge flood swept away whole neighborhoods of Libya’s city of Derna last month, Abdulsalam al-Kadi has been searching for his father and brother. He doesn’t expect to find them alive but he wants to bury them so he has a grave to mourn over. With friends, he has scoured mudbanks where his family’s … Read more

Neymar opened his scoring account for Al Hilal as the Saudi Arabian team triumphed over Iran’s Nassaji Mazandaran with a 3-0 victory in the Asian Champions League at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The match saw striker Aleksandar Mitrović securing an early lead for Al Hilal just 18 minutes into the game. Neymar, in the … Read more

An Iranian girl aged 16 has been left in a coma and is being treated in hospital under heavy security after an assault on the Tehran subway, a rights group said on Tuesday. The Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw said the teenager, named as Armita Garawand, had been badly injured in a run-in on the Tehran … Read more

Authorities in Abu Dhabi have confirmed they have launched an investigation after more than 100 cats – many of them dead – were found in a desert in the UAE capital as they condemned the “inhumane act.” As Al Arabiya English reported last week, animal rescuers were left horrified after the cats and kittens were … Read more