The US secretary of state says Biden will tell Putin “directly and clearly” that Washington will take actions against Moscow if the ransomware attacks continue. Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks next to President Joe Biden in Wilmington. (File photo by Getty Images)

An analyst has described US decision to authorize an additional $735 million in weapons sales to Israel as “shocking”, following the Tel Aviv regime’s deadly bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip in recent weeks.

The US has been seeking the advice of the Israeli regime — the sole nuclear arms possessor in the Middle East — about whether it should return to a historic nuclear deal with Iran and others.

The US slaps restrictions on officials in Ethiopia and Eritrea over the Tigray conflict.

Palestinian resistance factions say they have launched ‘Operation Sword of al-Quds’ in retaliation for the Israeli regime’s acts of aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem al-Quds.

Amnesty International calls for an end to the brutal repression of Palestinians by Israeli military forces in the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.

Venezuela’s parliament appoints the new members of a five-person National Electoral Council (CNE) to oversee elections in the Latin American country at the local, regional, and national levels for a seven-year period.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States intends to "revitalize" NATO and has a "steadfast commitment" to the military alliance.

North Korea dismisses the possibility of holding fresh talks with the United States on the demilitarization of the Korean Peninsula as long as Washington pursues a "hostile policy" toward Pyongyang.

Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismisses US allegations of "ethnic cleansing" in Tigray region.