The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says recent accusations leveled against Tehran by Israel and the United States about attacking an Israeli-owned merchant ship in the Sea of Oman are “childish” and influenced by the Zionist lobby in the United States. Saeed Khatibzadeh made the remarks in a Sunday press briefing …
Read More »‘I can’t breathe’: Video shows Texas sheriff’s deputy on top of Black teen
A sheriff’s deputy in Kaufman County, Texas, has been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced showing him on top of an 18-year-old Black woman, and then arresting her mother. In the video, the woman – Nekia Trigg – being held down is heard yelling, “I can’t breathe.” According …
Read More »US lawmaker calls plan to evacuate ‘allies’ from Afghanistan ‘complete disaster’
A US lawmaker has described the Biden administration’s plan to evacuate Afghans, who worked with US forces in Afghanistan, a “complete disaster”. The Biden administration decided to grant special visas to Afghan interpreters, drivers, guides, and other locals after US President Joe Biden vowed to withdraw American troops from the country. …
Read More »109 political parties, 21 alliances will run the elections, Iraq’s High Electoral Commission says
Iraq’s High Electoral Commission announced, on Saturday, the numbers of alliances and candidates for the upcoming elections.
Read More »Olympics : What you need to know right now
Jamaican sprinters swept the podium on Saturday in the highly anticipated women’s 100 metres with Elaine Thompson-Herah snatching the gold in an Olympic record time. Here’s what you need to know about the Tokyo Games: FASTEST WOMAN Thompson-Herah, 29, earned the moniker fastest woman alive when she clocked a lightning-quick …
Read More »Al-Fatah Alliance kicks off the Election Campaign and Platform
The main ceremony of Al-Fateh Alliance was kicked off, in which it announced its electoral campaign and electoral program.
Read More »India says mastermind behind deadly 2019 Kashmir attack killed in shootout
The mastermind behind a 2019 attack that killed 40 Indian paramilitary troops has been killed in a shootout with security forces, Indian police in Kashmir said on Saturday.
Read More »Seven ISIS terrorists arrested in Kirkuk
The Iraqi Intelligence services apprehended a group of ISIS terrorists in charge of the logistic support of the terrorist organization groups in Kirkuk.
Read More »Coronavirus | 62 deaths and +10,000 confirmed cases in Iraq today
Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed 66 deaths and over 13,000 COVID-19 cases from its complications in the past 24 hours. The daily situation report issued by the Ministry said that 10,215 swabs have tested positive for the virus on Saturday, bringing the cumulative count of confirmed cases since the emergence …
Read More »Indian, Chinese army officers meet to ease a 15-month border tensions
Top Indian and Chinese army commanders met Saturday after a gap of three months to discuss the expeditious disengagement of thousands of forces in a bid to ease the 15-month border tensions and clashes.
Read More »Taliban and Afghan forces clash again on outskirts of Herat city
Afghan and Taliban forces clashed again on the outskirts of Herat Saturday, a day after a police guard was killed when a United Nations compound in the western city came under attack. Violence has surged across the country since early May when the Taliban launched a sweeping offensive as US-led …
Read More »Firemen fighting wildfires in Italy’s Sicily for second straight day
Firemen in Italy said on Saturday they were battling for a second straight day of wildfires in Sicily that reached the town of Catania, forcing people to leave their homes and the local airport to temporarily shut down.
Read More »Extroverted, selfish men most likely to ignore COVID-19 regulations, study finds
Extroverted men who put their self-interests above others are most likely to ignore COVID-19 regulations, a new study published on Thursday found.
Read More »Haiti police say former Supreme Court judge suspect in president’s killing
Haitian police on Friday outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, saying she had met with some Colombian mercenaries accused of killing him. The assassination of Moise has plunged the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation deeper …
Read More »Turkish wildfire leaves charred home and ashes, as blazes continue (Videos)
Days after a raging wildfire in southern Turkey drove his family from the home they lived in for four decades, Mehmet Demir returned on Saturday to discover a burnt-out building, charred belongings, and ashes. Bedsprings, a ladder, metal chairs, and some kitchenware were the only things left identifiable after some …
Read More »Iraq | Two civilians killed as Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Mountains
Turkish warplanes struck on Friday the Qandil Mountains in the Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq. The director of the Sinkser district Nehru Abdullah said; that Turkish warplanes struck the Qandil Mountains and the surrounding villages in search of PKK fighters, which killed two civilians. The director of the Sinksar district continued; …
Read More »Iraq reported 12597 new COVID19 cases, 62 deaths
Iraq recorded, on Friday 12597 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,616,384, the health ministry said. It reported 62 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 18,595. It also reported 8,499 recoveries to take its total to 1,455,659 (90.9%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to …
Read More »Save the Children censures Israel for excessive force against Palestinian kids
An international aid group has censured the excessive use of force by Israeli soldiers against children in the occupied Palestinian territories. Save the Children released a press statement on Thursday after three Palestinian children were killed across the West Bank as a result of extreme violence exercised by the troops …
Read More »100,000+ children in Ethiopia’s Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of Tigray, saying more than 100,000 children could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump in average annual levels. Marixie Mercado, spokeswoman for the children’s …
Read More »Israeli ship targeted in attack off Oman coast, says UK military
The British military says an Israeli-owned merchant ship has been targeted in an attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea. The United Kingdom’s defense ministry said the vessel came under attack late on Thursday near the island of Masirah, about 280 kilometers northeast of the Omani port …
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