Britain and France clashed again over a post-Brexit fishing row on Sunday, with London calling on Paris to withdraw its threats and rejecting assertions there had been any agreement to try to cool an argument that could ultimately hurt trade. The two sides painted different pictures of a meeting between …
Read More »IHEC discloses the latest updates on the Iraqi Election
The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq disclosed today the latest details of the ongoing manual counting. Imad Jamil, a member of the Commission’s media team, told Al-Ghadeer News, “Today, the electoral stations whose results are contested will be manually counted in six governorates, which are Karbala with 101 stations, …
Read More »ISIS terrorist killed, two other injured in an ambush in Kirkuk
A militant affiliated with the terrorist organization of ISIS was reportedly killed in an ambush executed by the Federal Police on Sunday. The head of the Federal Police’s advanced headquarters in Kirkuk, Lieutenant General Ali al-Furayji, said that the Federal Police’s mechanized division killed a terrorist and injured two others …
Read More »Iraqi army seizes +200 explosive devices in Mosul
The Iraqi army seized more than 200 explosive devices in the left side of Mosul, Nineveh’s capital city, earlier today, Saturday. A source told Al-Ghadeer News that the intelligence of the Iraqi army’s 16th division located a large number of explosive devices in the Batnaya territory. “In cooperation with a …
Read More »Climate, COVID-19, and corporate tax tops G20 agenda in Rome
The leaders of the world’s economic powerhouses gathered Saturday for the first in-person summit since the coronavirus pandemic, with climate change, COVID-19 economic recovery, and the global minimum corporate tax rate on the agenda. Italian Premier Mario Draghi welcomed the Group of 20 heads of state to Rome’s Nuvola cloud-like …
Read More »Two killed and another wounded in an ISIS attack in Kirkuk
An official security source reported that two civilians were killed and another was wounded in an ISIS attack south of Kirkuk governorate. The source told Alghadeer News that ISIS terrorists launched an armed attack this afternoon on civilians working in the coal industry, near Al-Hawaij village, in Hawija district, southwest …
Read More »Britain steps up post-Brexit dispute with France over fishing
Britain stepped up a war of words with France on Saturday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson refusing to rule out triggering trade dispute action next week in a fishing row and his Brexit minister sharply criticising Paris’ actions. Johnson, who is hosting the U.N. climate summit next week, again said …
Read More »Two people shot dead during nationwide protests against Sudan coup, doctors say
Military forces shot dead two people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup. In Khartoum, security forces used tear gas and gunfire to try to disperse a huge crowd …
Read More »Powerful Explosion Hits Aden, Yemen – Videos
A powerful blast has ripped through the Yemeni city of Aden, after a car bomb exploded at the gates of Aden International Airport, a local source said. According to the source, the explosion resulted in casualties, the number of which is yet unknown. An Al Arabiya correspondent said at least …
Read More »US, EU agree to deal on Trump-era steel, aluminum tariffs, sources say
The United States and European Union are expected to announce a deal to resolve a long-running trade dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs this weekend, easing a major transatlantic trade irritant, five people familiar with the agreement said. Two of the sources said the agreement, details of which were …
Read More »Iraq Ranks Fifth in World’s Most Affected Countries by Climate Change
The former Minister of Environment in Iraq, Abdul Rahman Siddiq, said that Iraq is ranked fifth among the countries most affected by climate change in the world. Siddiq said in a speech today, “Skyscrapers do not define countries. Water, rivers and springs do”, adding, that Iraq’s richness attracted the most …
Read More »Being vaccinated offers better protection than being infected: CDC study
A new study from the CDC finds that people with “natural” immunity through infection were more than five times more likely to become infected with COVID-19 compared to people who were fully vaccinated. The study reviewed more than 7,000 people across nine states, measuring infections and hospitalization rates three to …
Read More »Talks with Iraq to stop migrants flights to Belarus were successful: Germany
German foreign ministry on Friday said talks with Iraq to stop migrants’ flights to Belarus were successful, adding that Jordan has also cancelled several charter flights. German authorities have registered 4,889 unauthorised arrivals with a connection to Belarus so far in October, which is more than half of all such …
Read More »‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for COP26 climate talks
More than one world leader says humanity’s future, even survival, hangs in the balance when international officials meet in Scotland to try to accelerate efforts to curb climate change. Temperatures, tempers, and hyperbole have all ratcheted up ahead of the United Nations summit. And the risk of failure looms large …
Read More »Australia: France’s display of anger in submarine row partially related to domestic politics
Australia’s defense minister says French President Emmanuel Macron is playing to domestic political sensibilities by expressing sustained outrage in a recent submarine row with Canberra. Australia scrapped a $40-billion submarine deal with France in favor of a trilateral security partnership with the United States and Britain. France said it was …
Read More »UK, French leaders to meet amid flare-up in post-Brexit fishing row
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet French President Emmanuel Macron this weekend amid a row over post-Brexit fishing rights in which France has seized a British boat and London has threatened to board French trawlers. The flare-up is part of a wider dispute over post-Brexit trade arrangements between Britain …
Read More »Sudan coup leader says technocrat will lead new government, ousted PM could return
Sudan’s military coup leader, facing pressure at home and abroad to restore power to civilians, said a technocratic prime minister could be announced in a week, and left the door open for the man he ousted to return and form the new government. Western countries have cut off hundreds of …
Read More »G20 wants 70% of world vaccinated by mid-2022, sets up pandemic task force
Finance and health ministers from the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) said on Friday they would take steps to ensure 70% of the world’s population is vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-2022 and created a task force to fight future pandemics. They could not reach an agreement on a separate financing …
Read More »Iraq reports 1,471 new Covid-19 cases, 22 more deaths
Iraq recorded 1,471 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 22 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2,249 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, …
Read More »Iraq | Mortar attack targets al-Miqdadiyah as night curfew was imposed
On Thursday, a security source said that 4 mortar shells fell behind two villages in Diyala Governorate. The source told Al-Ghadeer that “4 mortar shells fell behind the villages of Al-Hroub and Al-Anbakiyah in Diyala, without any casualties.” Regarding the conditions of the Muqdadiya district, the source indicated, “The security …
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