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The Iraqi Ministry of Health registered today, Tuesday, 3,396 new cases and 67 deaths from COVID-19. “18,901 swabs have been examined in all specialized laboratories in Iraq today; bringing the total number of samples examined since the beginning of the outbreak in Iraq to 1183950”, the ministry said today, Tuesday, …

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The development paves the way for the mass inoculation of …

The Security Media Cell announced that an explosive device had exploded on a convoy of the International Coalition Forces in al-Taji area, north of the capital, Baghdad, which led to the burning of a container that was carried on one of the vehicles of the convoy.

There seems to be no end in sight for the police brutality and racial discrimination against people of color in the United States as new footage emerged in the US state of Georgia where a helpless father of five unarmed African American children desperately pleads with police officers not to …

A court in the United States has summoned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) based on a lawsuit initiated by a former senior Saudi intelligence official accusing the kingdom’s de facto ruler of an assassination attempt against him. The District of Columbia court on Friday issued the summons, just …

US President Donald Trump’s presser has been temporarily interrupted over a shooting outside the White House. US Secret Service escorted the president out of the media room where he was holding a press conference on Monday. “There were no details – we just found out just now,” Trump told reporters …

New clashes between police and protesters broke out in Belarus on Monday after the opposition accused President Alexander Lukashenko of rigging his re-election victory to a chorus of criticism from Western leaders. A Reuters witness saw police dragging protesters out of a crowd and beating them with truncheons in Minsk, …

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden currently leads President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, three key battleground states that Trump won during the 2016 election. The poll, which was conducted by the University of Wisconsin/YouGov, surveyed 800 voters in each of the three states from July 27 to August …

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab has announced his resignation almost a week after a massive explosion that devastated the capital, Beirut, killing some 200 people and wounding 6,000 others. Diab made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Monday, saying he has come to the conclusion that …

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashed al-Sha’abi launched an anti-ISIL operation in southern Samarra on Monday. PMF forces launched a large-scale operation against ISIL terrorists in southern Samarra on Monday. In this operation, the 315th Brigade of Al-Hashed Al-Sha’abi forces mounted a search operation to eliminate the …

A Palestinian media report has warned of an Israeli regime’s plan to build hundreds of new illegal settler units in the strategically sensitive E1 region of the occupied West Bank in East al-Quds. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements in a recent report …

Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement has warned that the responsibility for a possible explosion of an oil tanker stranded near the port city of Hudaydah falls on Saudi Arabian aggressors and the United Nations. The Movement’s Spokesman, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, rejected claims by Saudi Arabia and United Nations that Yemeni forces prevent UN …

Two key Lebanese ministers insist that the cabinet of Prime Minister Hassan Diab will remain in office to resolve the situation in the aftermath of a huge explosion that hit Beirut Port. Labor Minister Lamia Yammine and Minister of Industry Imad Hoballah made the assertion on Sunday amid apparent attempts …

Police in Hong Kong have reportedly arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai, also a UK citizen, over suspected collusion with foreign forces. The 71-year-old was charged with illegal assembly and intimidation in February, but he was granted police bail. Lai’s newspaper Apple Daily said he was taken away from his home …

Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky and depositing ash on villages. Falling grit and ash accumulated up to 5 centimeters (2 inches) in already abandoned villages on the volcano’s slopes, said Armen Putra, an …

Iraq registered, on Monday, 3484 new cases and of Covid-19, as well as about 2015 recoveries and 72 fatalities in the past 24 hours. The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment said in a statement that, 13647 tests were performed today, The newly recovery cases were distributed as follows: Baghdad …

Chicago’s top cop said about 100 people were arrested and 13 police officers were injured after a night of looting in downtown Chicago. Widespread damage was reported throughout Chicago after looting and rioting began around midnight Monday. Witnesses reported hundreds of people smashing their way into stores throughout Michigan Avenue, …

A record number of people are giving up their US citizenship, new research published on Sunday found. More than 5,800 Americans gave up their citizenship in the first six months of 2020 compared to the 2,072 Americans who renounced their citizenship in all of 2019, according to Bambridge Accountants, a …

An American news publication says a potential long-term strategic partnership between Iran and China would thwart the West’s plots against the two countries. The Foreign Policy said in a report on Sunday that the agreement can be an “economic lifeline” for Iran, improving its economy which is targeted by America’s tough …

US Attorney General William Barr has accused the Democratic Party of believing in “tearing down the system” in what appears to be a partisan attack on the left. In an interview with Fox News aired Sunday, Barr said that Democrats had disregarded classic liberal values for long and now were …