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One person was killed when several shots were fired amid a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Austin, Texas, on Saturday, authorities said. Footage posted during a Facebook Live showed the moment when several shots rang out in the Texas capital as about 100 people marched and chanted, “Fists up! …

“Al-Fatah” parliamentary bloc led by Secretary-General of Al- Badr Organization Hadi al-Amery revealed, on Saturday, a political agreement to resume the sessions of the parliament after Eid al-Adha. The deputy from Al-Fatah Fadel Al-Fatlawi told Shafaq News agency that “there is an agreement among the political blocs and the Presidency …

Australia has joined the US in rejecting China’s territorial and maritime claims over a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, ratcheting up already simmering tensions between Beijing and Canberra. In a formal declaration to the United Nations, Australia said there was “no legal basis” to several disputed …

Iraq registered, on Saturday, about 3000 new cases and of Covid-19, as well as about 2000 recoveries in the past 24 hours. The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment said in a statement that, 15788 tests were performed today, so the total number of tests is 10377, in which the …

US President Donald Trump has moved to make it easier to export some types of American-made lethal drones to Washington’s allies, saying that the allies need US technology and that other countries outside of a non-proliferation pact were taking over the market. Trump had approved a move to diverge from …

A persistent crowd of protesters remained outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, into the early hours of Saturday as fireworks were shot at the building and plumes of tear gas, dispensed by U.S. agents, lingered above. Thousands of people gathered in Portland streets hours after a U.S. judge denied …

The Joint Operations Command confirmed today, Saturday that handing over Basmayah camp by the International Coalition came within a timetable. The spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, said in a press statement today: “The handover of the site of the Basmayah Camp by Spanish forces within …

Tropical Storm Hanna is expected to hit the southern Texas coast as a hurricane on Saturday afternoon or early evening, forecasters said, all while another tropical storm approached the Caribbean. Hanna was centered about 140 miles (225 kilometers) east-southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said early …

Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week, according to a Reuters tally showing a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the world. The rate of cases has been increasing not …

Security was tight outside the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday as staff inside prepared to leave, a day after China ordered it to close in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its consulate in Houston. The tit-for-tat consulate closures have brought a …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for more than three decades, has grappled with several public health crises, including the AIDS epidemic and now, COVID-19. In an interview with CNN’s David Axelrod, Fauci said the magnitude of criticism he is receiving now …

Jimmy Tosh, who runs a multi-million dollar hog and grain farm in Tennessee, is a lifelong Republican. He is pro-gun, supports lower taxes and agrees with most of Republican President Donald Trump’s agenda. He is also spending his money to help defeat Trump in November’s election. “I agree with 80% …

US government officials are attempting to prevent the release of a new Netflix documentary series which shows ICE agents breaking laws while enforcing immigration policy, reports claim. Federal officials threatened filmmakers Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau with legal action in an effort to stall its release until after the November …

The Chinese Foreign Ministry ordered the US government to shutter a diplomatic office in Chengdu, a move Beijing deemed a tit-for-tat response to Washington’s recent expulsion of Chinese consulate staff from a facility in Texas. “China has decided to revoke the license for the establishment and operation of the US …

US President Donald Trump has expressed hope that he will avoid an “expensive” US arms race with Russia and China. This comes as Washington and Moscow are preparing negotiations on a successor to the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) capping their countries’ nuclear arsenals. However, China has so far …

he Ministry of Health and Environment announced the registration of (1863) cases of recovery from the Coronavirus. A statement of the ministry, which AlghdeerTV received a copy of it, said that the Ministry of Health and Environment recorded this day (1863) cases of recovery in Iraq distributed as follows: Baghdad …

On April 17, President Trump was asked by a misinformed reporter why the U.S. supported the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, which had been accused, without evidence, of engineering and possibly releasing COVID-19. The president responded that he was aware of it and would “end that grant very quickly,” …

U.S. police and security forces must not use disproportionate force against protesters and journalists in U.S. cities including Portland or detain them unlawfully, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. Law enforcement officers and federal forces must be clearly identifiable so that they can be held to account …

Dozens of protesters opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were arrested in Israel late Thursday and early Friday as they clashed with police. Protesters have been holding demonstrations for weeks, calling for Netanyahu to resign over corruption charges and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. At least 55 people were arrested …

Iraqi security forces have freed a German woman who was abducted in Baghdad this week, a spokesman said. Hella Mewis, a long-term resident of the Iraqi capital, went missing on Monday night after she left her office in central Baghdad. Her rescue was announced in a brief statement on Twitter …