MemHT Portal ]]> A spokesman for the jihadist group said Hashimi, an Iraqi, was killed "in combat with enemies of God", without elaborating on the date of his death or the circumstances.]]> The framework of open markets that has shaped the last three decades of commerce and geopolitics looks increasingly wobbly as trade spats fan economic nationalism, a pandemic exposes the fragility of global supply networks and a war in Europe could reshape the geopolitical landscape.]]> China-Solomon Islands Relations: The security agreement between Beijing and Solomon Islands was above board.]]> Russia-Ukraine War: "We need to be prepared for the long term...There is absolutely the possibility that this war will drag on and last for months and years," the alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.]]> Russia-Ukraine War: The Russian-flagged Pegas, with 19 Russian crew members on board, was seized near Karystos on the southern coast of Evia, which lies just off the Greek mainland near the capital Athens.]]> "In response to North Korea's ICBM launch, our military jointly fired missiles from ground, sea, air," said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.]]> Among the countries that have called on their nationals to leave Ukraine are the US, Germany, Italy, Britain, Ireland, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.]]> The United States and its EU allies accuse Russia of seeking to upend European stability by threatening an invasion of Ukraine.]]> Indonesia Floods: Torrential rains have hammered Indonesia for days, causing rivers to burst their banks and sending water levels surging in residential areas, the national disaster agency said.
]]> Israel's LGBTQ+ community had demanded for years to be allowed to pursue surrogacy, which is already accessible to heterosexual couples and single women.]]> Kim Jong Un, who took power just over a decade ago after the death of his father Kim Jong Il, said at the party meeting that battling the pandemic was one of the main goals for the coming year.]]> The boat carrying migrants ran aground on an islet north of the Greek island of Antikythera on Thursday evening.]]> A deadly storm in the Philippines has uprooted trees, destroyed buildings, and caused over 300,000 people to flee their homes and seek emergency shelter.]]> Hong Kong World Trade Centre Fire: Firefighters were battling the blaze with two water jets, the government said, employing ladders and breathing apparatus in the effort to rescue those trapped.
]]> Russia, the United States, France and China have all been experimenting with so-called hypersonic glide vehicles -- defined as reaching speeds of at least Mach 5.]]> The crowd of up to 5,000 people surrounded the police station in Charsadda town in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday night, also setting fire to more than 30 cars.]]> Chaos broke out after a protest in Rotterdam against the coronavirus restrictions and government plans to restrict access for unvaccinated people to some venues.]]> Moscow has in recent years touted the development of weapons that it hopes will give it the edge in any arms race with the United States at a time of growing tensions with the West.]]> The bill is a response to a public outcry against a recent spike in incidents of rape of women and children in the country and growing demands for effectively curbing the crime.]]> Friday's day trip to the sandy shores of the capital's Qargha reservoir was a welcome break for the fighters after months of conflict and weeks of security duty since the Taliban took power in mid-August.]]> Haitians have been migrating to the US in large numbers from South America for several years, many of them having left the Caribbean nation after a devastating earthquake in 2010.]]> The ASEAN has been trying to end violence in Myanmar and open a dialogue between the military rulers and their opponents following the overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi in February.]]> Grace was blowing maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour (201 km per hour), a Category 3 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, when it slammed into the coast near the resort of Tecolutla in Veracruz state in the early morning.]]> The death count has been climbing all weekend as rescue and recovery workers pick through debris left behind by the subsiding waters in the hardest-hit areas.]]> A tweet from the Afghan Presidential palace account said firing had been heard at a number of points around Kabul but that security forces, in coordination with international partners, had control of the city.]]> Senior Afghan Army General Sami Sadat told residents to get out as soon as they could.]]> China flood: Rainstorms submerged Zhengzhou's metro, killing 12 people and injuring five, while city officials said hundreds were rescued from the subway.]]> Joe Biden reiterated that he decided against sanctioning the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline because the project was near completion, a decision that drew criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike.]]> It was the second such large explosion in the city this month. A blast targeting a teashop killed at least 10 people last week.]]> In the last week, the Taliban have overrun areas bordering five countries - Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China and Pakistan - as foreign forces end their two-decade intervention and the domestic security situation deteriorates.]]>