Despite the ever increasing number of casualties and fatalities due to gun violence and easily circumvented firearms legislation, the proponents of gun rights and gun control often fail to find common ground.

The unannounced meeting between PM Boris Johnson and the Bahraini Crown Prince at number 10 Downing Street on Thursday was met with dismay, both at home and abroad, with Lord Scriven accusing the PM of “putting trade over torture”.

Today, being a fisherman in Yemen is among the most dangerous jobs and many times an impossible one as they are deliberately and systematically targeted by the Saudi-led coalition.

Iran's Health Minister, Saeed Namaki, announced on Monday that the COVIRAN/ Barekat Coronavirus vaccine had received approval for public inoculations.

Since the end of World War II the United States has attempted to push a rules based international order, proclaiming itself a champion of democracy and human rights, despite abundant proof to the contrary, which is why it has "interests rather than friends and enemies".

The Saudis are busy issuing facile denials of heavy defeats on the front line, and at the same time, fabricating feats for their crestfallen forces, signaling that they are at the end of their tether.

Leaders of the G7 have pledged to share one-billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to give momentum to the global fight against the deadly disease, activists fear this is too little and certainly too late.

The theory that COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, despite being dismissed as a conspiracy theory, is presently gaining traction and international attention.

Tensions are rife between the West and Belarus after Minsk diverted the flight path of a Lithuania bound Ryanair passenger plane, forcing it to land, resulting in the apprehension of opposition blogger Raman Pratasevich.

“The Conservatives, or Labour, would be absolutely over the moon to have the level of support that President Assad has.”