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The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment registered today, Sunday, 2312 new cases, 1645 recoveries and 95 fatalities of Covid-19. The ministry said in a statement received by AlghdeerTv, that 11154 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed since the beginning of the outbreak in the country …

The Libyan National Army vowed to continue its oil blockade in the war-torn North African country unless its demands are met as the conflict between the self-styled army and the UN-backed Government of National Accord rages on. Register Now The LNA, backed by a host of countries including Russia and …

Iranian Foreign Minister described the rumors over the sale of Kish Island to China due to the intentions of the enemies to prevent the development of Iran-China relations, said Iranian Parliament member. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was scheduled to go to the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy …

Two Azerbaijani soldiers were reportedly killed and five others wounded in heavy fighting that broke out at a section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on Sunday. The spokeswoman for Armenia’s Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanian, said Azerbaijani forces shelled an Armenian army outpost in the northern Tavush province during a failed attempt …

After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol and scrapping the apostasy law and public flogging. “We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan,” Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari said. A raft of new laws was …

Enough coronavirus vaccine doses for everyone in UK ‘in first half of next year’ if trials succeed, research chief says Enough vaccine doses are being made for everybody in the UK in “the first half of next year”, says the head of the team at Imperial College – if trials …

A coronavirus research lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city where Covid-19 first emerged, will not be visited by World Health Organisation investigators looking into the origins of the pandemic. WHO is sending a mission to Wuhan, in Hubei province, but has said investigators will be there only to “advance the …

Dozens of people marched on Saturday in Wilmington to demand the reopening of the case in the 2015 fatal police shooting of a black man in a wheelchair. The demonstration for Jeremy McDole moved through the city, making stops at Wilmington police headquarters and a state office building, the News …

The Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya will only agree to a ceasefire if the Libyan National Army (LNA) withdraws from the strategic positions of Sirte and Jufra, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu told the Financial Times (FT) on Sunday. Cavusoglo told the FT that there …

A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders, and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board, a new report says. The report released late Saturday by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization …

According to local media and security sources, a US military convoy carrying logistic supplies has been attacked in Iraq on the road between Samawah and Diwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, on Saturday night. “Four trucks were attacked in the Najme region between Diwaniyah and As-Samawah”, Sputnik quoted …

A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of China’s President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention, his friends said. Xu Zhangrun, a constitutional law professor at the prestigious Tsinghua University, returned home on Sunday morning but remained …

US President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he was to meet with wounded soldiers and front-line health-care workers. The visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center …

Iraq registered, on Tuesday, 2734 new cases and of Covid-19, as well as about 1700 recoveries in the past 24 hours. The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment said in a statement that, tests were performed today, so the total number of tests is 10377, in which the total performed …

A UN official has said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) was a prime suspect in the case of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Execution Agnes Callamard …

A source in Al-Hashd said, on Saturday, that an ISIS member killed and a site destroyed within the borders of Khanaqin district, 105 km northeast of Baqubah, as part of the fourth phase of “Heroes of Iraq” Operations. Saying that “Brigade 23 in Diyala destroyed an ISIS set and kill …

The World Health Organization has expanded its coronavirus guidance to include the possibility in certain circumstances of airborne transmission, in which the virus could be spread through tiny droplets that linger in the air. The update came Thursday after an open letter signed by more than 200 scientists pressed the …

Nancy Pelosi has been accused of harboring misinformed and constitutionally dubious opinions, after arguing that Donald Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone is proof that presidential pardon powers need to be reined in. Stone, a former aide to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, faced more than three years behind bars for obstruction …

Protests marred by violence continued on Friday in Belgrade, where thousands rallied against Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and government policies, including its handling of the coronavirus crisis. Police in riot gear and mounted units deployed around the parliament building to prevent Vucic’s opponents from storming it. Protesters, who pelted police …

Police in South Africa says five people are dead and more than 40 have been arrested after an early-morning hostage situation at a church near Johannesburg. A statement says police and military who responded to reports of a shooting at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zuurbekom found four people …