Former US President Donald Trump has held his first official rally for his 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas, promising that “2024 will be the final battle” and that he will overcome the accusations against him. On Saturday, Trump hosted a rally in Waco’s regional airport that drew more than …
Read More »Iraq becomes first Middle Eastern country to join UN Water Convention
Iraq made history as the first country in the Middle East to join the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (known as the UN Water Convention), according to a statement issued by the United Nations. Iraq became the 49th party to this unique international …
Read More »Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Agency arrests three persons with ties to ISIS
Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Agency on Saturday said three persons with links to the Islamic State (ISIS) had been apprehended in separate operations in the country. An official statement by the agency said, “based on the directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the heroes of the Counter-Terrorism Agency arrested two …
Read More »Damascus blasts US strikes on Dayr al-Zawr as cover-up to steal more oil in eastern Syria
Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the United States military for carrying out multiple air strikes in the eastern parts of the country against resistance groups, saying the raids are a cover-up for Washington’s ferocious attempts to further plunder energy resources there. Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates …
Read More »Trump calls 2024 election ‘final battle’ in first official campaign rally
Former US President Donald Trump has held his first official rally for his 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas, promising that “2024 will be the final battle” and that he will overcome the accusations against him. On Saturday, Trump hosted a rally in Waco’s regional airport that drew more than …
Read More »Political pressure growing on Netanyahu to pause judicial overhaul
Top lawmakers from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party have backed the regime’s minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant’s call to halt the controversial judicial overhaul, fearing that the parliamentary majority could be eroded. On Sunday, Yuli Edelstein, a Likud lawmaker who chairs the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs Committee, called …
Read More »Putin accuses West of building ‘new axis’ similar to World War II alliance
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States and NATO of seeking to build a new global “axis” which he said bore some resemblance to the World War II alliance between Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and imperial Japan. Speaking on state television on Sunday, Putin also criticized the US …
Read More »France bans use of social media platforms on government staff phones over ‘cybersecurity’ concerns
France has banned government employees from using all types of social media platforms, gaming, and video-streaming apps on their work phones, citing cybersecurity and privacy concerns, amid widespread protests across the country. The ban, which comes into force immediately, includes Chinese-owned video-sharing TikTok application, Instagram, Candy Crush, and Netflix, the Ministry …
Read More »Trump warns of ‘potential death and destruction’ if he’s indicted by court
Former US President Donald Trump has warned that filing court charges against him could result in “potential death & destruction,” escalating his attacks on the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation. Trump claimed on his Truth Social messaging platform on Friday that “NO Crime has been committed,” and warned of “catastrophic” results …
Read More »Iraq, UK reaffirm commitment to bolstering ties and supporting reform and development initiatives
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and the British Ambassador to Iraq, Mark Brassyion Richardson, convened on Saturday, underscoring commitment to bolstering bilateral cooperation and supporting the Iraqi government’s reform, development, and security initiatives.
Read More »Biden blew up Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines to punish Germany: Seymour Hersh
US President Joe Biden plotted to blow up Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines last year to punish Germany for refusing to supply arms to Ukraine in the midst of the conflict, a leading investigative American journalist has said. In an interview with China Daily, published on Friday, US Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist …
Read More »Iraq halts northern crude exports after winning arbitration case against Turkey
Iraq halted crude exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and northern Kirkuk fields on Saturday, an oil official told Reuters, after the country won a longstanding arbitration case against Turkey. Turkey informed Iraq that it will respect the arbitration ruling, a senior Iraqi oil official said. Turkish shipping officials informed …
Read More »Spain firefighters working to control blaze that has destroyed 4,000 hectares
Firefighters said on Saturday they had stopped Spain’s first major wildfire of the year from spreading further through the eastern Valencia region, where it destroyed more than 4,000 hectares (9,884 acres) of forest and forced 1,500 residents to abandon their homes. An unusually dry winter across parts of southern Europe …
Read More »Ukraine not ready for offensive – Zelensky
Kiev’s troops are suffering from a lack of ammunition, the Ukrainian president has said Ukraine has not yet accumulated enough resources to stage an offensive, President Vladimir Zelensky has admitted. In an interview released on Saturday by the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri, Zelensky said that the situation on the frontline “was …
Read More »Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani submits new bid to buy Manchester United
Qatari billionaire Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani has submitted a new bid worth around 5 billion pounds ($6.12 billion) to buy Manchester United, Sky Sports News reported on Saturday. The second bid was confirmed on Saturday, after Sheikh Jassim’s representatives received an indefinite extension on Tuesday for an original deadline …
Read More »Serbia vows to never forget ‘NATO aggression’
Aleksandar Vucic was marking the 24th anniversary of the bloc’s bombing campaign, which killed thousands Serbians could only forget the “aggression” unleashed by the US-led NATO, in 1999, if their country ceases to exist, President Aleksandar Vucic warned on Friday. He was marking the 24th anniversary of the military bloc’s …
Read More »Israel publishes tenders for over 1,000 new settler units in West Bank, East al-Quds amid tensions
Israeli authorities have published tenders for more than 1,000 new settler units in the West Bank and East al-Quds, irrespective of the international outcry against the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal settlement expansion activities and land grab policies across the occupied Palestinian territories. The anti-settlement group Peace Now said in a …
Read More »US, Canada reach deal on turning back migrants at illegal border crossings
The US and Canada have announced an immigration plan that will change the way they take in asylum seekers. While Ottawa vowed to accept 15,000 additional migrants, the deal allows both countries to reject those who arrive at unofficial border crossings. US President Joe Biden unveiled the new agreement alongside …
Read More »Iraq’s premier phone calls Egypt, Syria, and Jordan’s leaders for Ramadan greetings
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, has reached out to several Arab leaders to extend his congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, a statement by his media office said on Friday. In a series of phone calls, al-Sudani exchanged Ramadan greetings with King …
Read More »457 arrested, 441 cops injured as over a million protest in 300 cities in France
A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Speaking to the CNews channel on Friday morning, Darmanin also said that there had been 903 fires lit in the streets …
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