At least two policemen were killed and 12 people, including eight policemen, injured on Sunday when a powerful blast targeted a police van near a luxury hotel in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s troubled southwestern Balochistan province, officials said. “The initial probe showed that the bomb was fitted with a …
Read More »Gunmen kidnap Swiss national in southern Nigeria
Nigerian gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss national after opening fire on his police escort in the southwest of the country, police said on Sunday. Kidnappings occur mostly in the northwest and central states of Nigeria where heavily armed criminal gangs operate and foreign workers are also occasionally targeted for abduction …
Read More »The Electoral Commission runs mobile teams in remote areas to deliver biometric cards
On Sunday, August 8, 2021, the Electoral Commission announced the development of a plan for distributing biometric cards to registration centers, while indicating that there are more than 4 million biometric cards in registration centers. Commission spokeswoman Jumana Al-Ghalay said in a press statement followed by Al-Ghadeer, that the commission …
Read More »Tearful Messi confirms he is leaving Barcelona
A tearful Lionel Messi confirmed on Sunday he was leaving FC Barcelona after the club said it could no longer afford paying its Argentine talisman’s high wages without jeopardising its future. “I tried to behave with humility and respect and I hope that is what remains of me when I …
Read More »MOH: The records of 8,346 new cases of corona, and 9,053 cases have recovered
The Ministry of Health and the Environment,announced that on Sunday, the daily epidemiological situation of the pandemic in the corona across the country. The ministry stated, in a statement received AlghadeerTv, that it had “recorded 8,346 new infections with the Corona virus, and 9,053 people recovered.” The statement added, “The …
Read More »WHO: New Corona strains may bear the constellations names
The World Health Organization suggested, on Sunday, to carry new types of mutant virus Corona emerging names of constellations, when the letters of the Greek alphabet run out. WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove said in an interview with the Telegraph: “The new mutated types of the emerging corona virus may …
Read More »Russia evacuates 2 villages in Siberia because of wildfires
Russian authorities started to evacuate two villages in a vast region of Siberia where 155 active forest fires burned Sunday. A dozen villages in northeastern Siberia’s Sakha-Yakutia republic were threatened by the fires, according to the regional task force dealing with the emergency. Local authorities were moving the residents of …
Read More »Another explosion targets a Logistics Convoy of the US-led Coalition in Baghdad
A security source reported today that a logistics convoy of the Global Coalition had been targeted in Baghdad, for the third time today. The source told Alghadeer News that an explosive device targeted a convoy of the Global Coalition while crossing the governorate’s borders. No causalities were registered. Earlier today, …
Read More »Nigerian government seeking to file new lawsuit against Zakzaky: Lawyer
A lawyer of Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky says the Nigerian government is seeking to file a new lawsuit against the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria as part of attempts to prevent him from leaving the country for medical treatment. “We have news that the Nigerian government …
Read More »IED explosion targets a convoy of the Coalition southern Iraq
A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global coalition in the southern governorate of Dhi Qar today, Sunday. A source told ِAlghadeer News agency that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition on the Nasiriyah highway. The attack resulted in no casualties …
Read More »Parliament terminated the mandate of the incumbent IHCHR board, MP says
The Iraqi Parliament has terminated the mandate of the incumbent board of Commissioners of Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR), Member of the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights said on Sunday. Committee Member, MP Qusay al-Shabaki, told Alghadeer News, “the Parliament Presidium send an official letter to the Commission …
Read More »Taliban seize Kunduz, a major city in northern Afghanistan
The Taliban seized the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. It is the first major city to be overtaken by the insurgents since they began their sweeping military offensive in May. Kunduz, the capital of a province of the same name, is a significant military and …
Read More »EU citizens in UK threatened with deportation
EU citizens living in the United Kingdom are being threatened with deportation despite having applied correctly for settled status, the Observer reports. Under the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU, which sets out the terms of relations after Brexit, EU citizens are entitled to apply for settled status …
Read More »France, Italy gripped by mass protests over new COVID restrictions
Protesters have staged street rallies in France and Italy against COVID restrictions, which they say infringe on their civil liberties. Hundreds of thousands of French protesters took to the streets on Saturday in opposition to government-issued health passes and mandatory vaccines for health care workers. Some 17,000 people demonstrated in …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to allow 2M worshippers monthly to perform umrah beginning Monday
60,000 worshippers divided into 8 periods, increased to 2M per month, says Saudi media Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that beginning Monday applications for Muslim pilgrims wishing to perform umrah from abroad will be received and 2 million requests will be accepted per month. The Saudi news agency SPA cited …
Read More »Eight missing as massive Dixie fire rages in northern California
At least eight people were missing Saturday as one of the worst wildfires in the nation scorched through Northern California communities, forest, and tinder-dry scrub in the Sierra Nevada mountains, destroying a historic gold rush town. Even as the calmer, less windy weather gave firefighters a break overnight with the …
Read More »The Prime Minister hold a meeting with the political forces in which they unanimously agreed to hold elections on October 10, 2021
The Prime Minister hold a meeting with the political forces in which they unanimously agreed to hold elections on October 10, 2021 Today, Saturday, under the patronage of the Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, a meeting of the National Forces was held in the government palace, in the presence of the …
Read More »RAF Lossiemouth claims new intercept of Russian aircraft close to UK air space
In the latest intercept of its kind, the Royal Air Force (RAF) claims it has deterred two Russian military aircraft from getting too close to British air space. According to the RAF, two Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in north-east Scotland to intercept the Russian aircraft. The …
Read More »Schumer vows to keep U.S. Senate in session until infrastructure bill passes
The U.S. Senate met for the second weekend in a row on Saturday in hopes of passing a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, with its top Democrat warning members he would hold them in Washington through their scheduled summer break if needed. The package, which represents the biggest investment in decades …
Read More »COVID-19 toll reduced to 7973 in Iraq
Ministry of Health and Environment – MOH detected on Saturday, 7973 new cases of COVID-19. “9112 recovered cases were also detected among all the provinces of the country,” the statement included. 59 death cases were also recorded where 15164 were vaccinated in a matter of 24 hours.
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