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An American aircraft has crash-landed with 21 people on board in a field near an airport west of Downtown Houston in proximity to Brookshire. One person sustained minor injuries in the crash. Authorities said the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 rolled through a fence and caught fire in a field while doing …

Steve Bannon, the chief strategist in the administration of former US President Donald Trump, has been denied a chance to avoid being referred to prosecution by a House committee probing the Jan. 6 deadly insurrection at the US Capitol. The US House committee had released a criminal contempt report against …

The United Nations’ nuclear organization has sounded the alarm over Australia’s plan to obtain nuclear-powered submarines. Under a trilateral deal between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States dubbed AUKUS, Australia will be given nuclear-propulsion technology for submarines. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up a task force to …

Thousands demonstrated in Baghdad, other governorates for the second day in a row against the results of the parliamentary elections. Alghadeer correspondent said that demonstrators gathered in front of the office of the Independent High Electoral Commission in Kirkuk, calling the federal government to cancel the results of the elections …

Iraq recorded 1835 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Tuesday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 25 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 3256 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, …

Ten thousand Yemeni children have been killed or maimed since a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015 after the Yemeni forces ousted the government, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday. “The Yemen conflict has just hit another shameful milestone. We now have 10,000 …

Israel has decided to push ahead with a plan to build 7,000 new settler units in the occupied side of Syria’s Golan Heights, despite a global outcry. The so-called Israeli ‘Ministry of Housing’ is currently in the process of implementing the controversial plan, which is scheduled to complete in 2026, …

Demonstrators protesting the results of the Iraqi parliamentary election have set up sit-in tents near the heavily fortified Green Zone, downtown the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, earlier today, Tuesday. Leading Shia parties in Iraq have announced their collective rejection of the results of the October 10 parliamentary elections, after the initial …

A World Health Organization-led program to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral drugs for patients with mild symptoms for as little as $10 per course, a draft document seen by Reuters says. Merck & Co’s experimental pill molnupiravir is likely …

The European Commission’s chief executive warned Poland on Tuesday that its challenge to the supremacy of European Union law called into question the very foundations of the 27-nation bloc and could not go unpunished. Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled last week that parts of EU law are incompatible with the Polish …

A group of 10 military vessels from China and Russia sailed through a narrow strait separating Japan’s main island and its northern island of Hokkaido on Monday, the Japanese defense ministry said on Tuesday. It was the first time Japan, which closely monitors military exercises in its region, has confirmed …

An earthquake struck off the Greek island of Karpathos early on Tuesday, shaking towns and cities across the eastern Mediterranean, witnesses and media said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage, however. “Really felt that one… Lasted for 30 seconds,” a witness in Lindos, Rhodes, said in …

Iraq recorded 1,559 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Monday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 29 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2,851 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, …

The Iraqi Intelligence Services said on Monday they had arrested a senior member of an ISIS-linked militant group that has carried out several attacks in the country. The arrest, according to a statement by the Iraqi Intelligence Services, was a culmination of an intelligence-led transborder security operation. The arrestee was …

Just weeks after AUKUS was hailed as a game-changer in Western efforts to contain China, we now see reports of Beijing testing hypersonic missiles. It’s clear that the US should underestimate China at its peril in the arms race. Over the weekend, a report appeared in the Financial Times – …

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, announced arresting the terrorist responsible for the bloody Karrada bombing, which killed hundreds back in 2016. Al-Kadhimi said in a tweet, “After more than five years of the Karrada bombing crime that bled the hearts of Iraqis, our heroic forces, after a high-level intelligence …

A UK-based rights group has slammed the FIFA president for participating in a “political activity” in the occupied al-Quds, denouncing his suggestion to hold the 2030 World Cup in the Occupied Palestine. Gianni Infantino took part in the inauguration ceremony of “The Friedman Center for Peace through Strength” on October …

A ranking Israeli military commander says Hezbollah can fire up to 2,500 rockets towards the Occupied Territories each day in case of a war with the Israeli regime. Back in May, when the regime tempted a war with the Palestinian resistance movements in the Gaza Strip, “We saw a pace …

At least seven Palestinian inmates have remained on an open-ended hunger strike to protest the Israeli so-called administrative detention, which allows prisoners to be held without charge or trial. According to a report by the Detainees Affairs Commission, among them had been the oldest hunger-striker Kayed Fasfous, who stopped eating almost 95 days ago. He …

The gas-in procedure for the first string of the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been completed, the operator of the project said. In a statement released on Monday, the Swiss-based operator of the Russia-led project said, “The string is filled with some 177 million m3 of so-called technical gas, reaching a …