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The head of al-Fateh Alliance, Mr. Hadi al-Ameri, said earlier today, Saturday, that yesterday’s violence against the demonstrators protesting the election fraud “will not go unpunished.” Al-Ameri’s remarks came in a speech he delivered during a condolence gathering for the victims of Saturday’s clashes between the protestors and the law …

After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a $1 trillion package of highway, broadband, and other infrastructure improvements, sending it on to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The 228-to-206 vote late on Friday is a substantial triumph for Biden’s Democrats, who …

Dozens of demonstrators gathered on the main road in Kirkuk to denounce the repression of the protestors demanding a manual recount of the ballots in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. “The demonstrators organized a demonstration downtown the city of Kirkuk inside the governorate square in an act of protest against using …

A knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany has injured several people, police confirmed Saturday morning. Local police told The Associated Press that they received a call about the attack around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday. The train in question, one of Germany’s high-speed ICE trains, was traveling …

The United States said Saturday it has ordered the departure of its non-essential diplomats from Ethiopia, as the war between Tigray rebels and government forces intensifies. “The Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency US government employees and their family members from Ethiopia” on Friday, the State Department said …

A security source in Nineveh reported that an overall operation was launched in the remote areas surrounding the Makhmur district. “A large military force of the Iraqi army stormed the Kashaf area and the surrounding remote areas in Makhmur district, after receiving intelligence that ISIS elements are hiding in this …

The Saudi-led coalition waging war against Yemen has banned a new ship carrying fuel from docking at Yemen’s Red Sea Port of Hudaydah. Essam al-Mutawakel, a Spokesman for the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC), said in a tweet on Wednesday that the Saudi-led coalition seized a ship named SEA LION carrying …

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has stressed that the issue of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood can’t be compromised, warning Israel that it will pay the price for its “crimes” in the occupied city of al-Quds. Haron Nasser al-Din, a member of the political bureau of Hamas, made the remarks in a …

UN experts have condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Al-Quds as “the engine of the occupation,” saying the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal construction activities “trample”on human rights law. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Michael Lynk and Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory …

A senior Russian diplomat says the recent decision made collectively by Iran and other parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement to resume talks later this month will pave the way for the lifting of the sanctions that the US imposed on Iran after leaving the deal and Tehran’s return to …

A Pentagon investigation claims that the US drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul in late August did not violate any laws, including the laws of war, and was not caused by misconduct or negligence. Lieutenant General Sami Said, the Inspector General …

A European Parliament delegation that is on an official visit to Chinese Taipei has called for more “high-level concrete steps” to strengthen relations between the European Union and the Chinese territory, defying Beijing’s warnings against direct ties with the self-ruled island. French member of the European Parliament Raphael Glucksmann, who is …

The Security Media Cell announced arresting Abu Yasser, the terrorist responsible for transporting explosives for ISIS in Baghdad. The cell said in a statement that the intelligence agency launched, today morning, a security campaign to strike the most prominent ISIS den in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, from which terrorist operations …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they thwarted an attempt by the United States to detain a tanker carrying the Islamic Republic’s oil in the Sea of Oman. The American officials said that in reality Iranian forces had seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker last month and U.S. naval forces were …

The United States has put an Israeli spyware company on its blacklist following confirmation that the firm’s phone-hacking tools, like Pegasus, had been used by foreign governments to “maliciously target” journalists and officials. The US Commerce Department said in a statement on Wednesday that the Joe Biden administration had added …

The number of Chinese nuclear warheads could increase to 700 within six years, the US report said, and may top 1,000 by 2030. China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than US officials predicted just a year ago, highlighting a broad and accelerating buildup of military muscle designed to …

Russia has left military units near the Ukrainian border after exercises, with the number of Russian troops in the area now totaling 90,000, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. Russian armed forces recently held a series of large-scale drills, including with airborne troops, the ministry said late on Tuesday. After the …

The results in states that Biden won easily in 2020 suggest that Democrats’ razor-thin majorities in Congress are highly vulnerable in the 2022 elections. Republicans pushed Democrats out of the Virginia governorship and did unexpectedly well in heavily Democratic New Jersey on Wednesday, signaling trouble for President Joe Biden’s party …

A roadside bomb struck a Taliban patrol in a stronghold of ISIS militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding three, witnesses said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the attack bore the hallmarks of previous ISIS strikes against the Taliban. The two groups are …

With national leaders gone from the UN climate conference in Scotland, attention turned on Wednesday to the state treasuries and the businesses and financiers responsible for carrying out the pledges to cut emissions and build infrastructure. A main aim of the COP26 talks is to secure enough national promises to …