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Oil fell on Wednesday on fears that COVID-19 cases could rise, but prices drew some support from stimulus measures and hopes for positive tests of a drug that could save some critically ill patients. Brent crude LCOc1 was down 21 cents, or 0.5%, at $40.75 a barrel at 0930 GMT. …

Iran, Russia and China have censured the US for imposing sweeping economic sanctions against Syria, which Washington says are designed to put more pressure on the war-ravage country’s economy and prevent Damascus from achieving victory in the fight against foreign-backed militants.  Speaking at a Security Council meeting on Tuesday, US …

A security source said that three ISIS terrorists were killed in an air strike at the borders of Diyala and Salahuddin provinces. The source told Alghadeer News that military aircrafts attacked three ISIS locations, and killed three of the organization’s terrorists; indicating that the dens also contained weapons, equipment and …

Most Canadians want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to oppose Israel’s illegal plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, according to a new poll released ahead of a vote on Canada’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The poll, conducted by EKOS Research …

Taliban fighters killed at least 12 Afghan security personnel Wednesday in a pre-dawn raid on a northern checkpoint, officials said, the latest violence claimed by the insurgents. Four security force members were also captured by the militants in the attack in Jawezjan province, said Maroof Azar, spokesman to the governor. …

Exactly 100 days after the last game, the Premier League is back. In stadiums restricted to around 300 people as the pandemic dangers persist, Manchester City will host Arsenal after Aston Villa plays Sheffield United on Wednesday night. It will usher in an unprecedented summer blitz of games in an …

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced, on Wednesday, the start of the second military operation in northern Iraq within two days, which it called “Tiger-Claw”, despite the Iraqi protest. “The operation (Tiger-Claw) has started, as commando units are currently in the Heftanin area,” the ministry said in a Twitter Tweet. …

Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, an issue that they say has become far more important in the aftermath of protests for racial justice in both Washington and across the nation. Next Friday’s vote, if successful, would …

Britain and Australia need each other more than ever at this time of acute global tension, the Australian high commissioner said as the two sides launch trade talks. The UK is also kicking off trade negotiations with New Zealand on Wednesday in a new era for British diplomacy outside the …

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients. Trial results announced on Tuesday showed dexamethasone, used since the 1960s to …

North Korea on Wednesday rejected South Korea’s offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions over defector activity and stalled reconciliation efforts and vowed to redeploy troops to border areas. The announcements made by state media agency KCNA came a day after North Korea blew up a joint liaison …

The order is expected to seek the use of financial incentives to encourage police departments to adhere to best practices following nationwide protests against police brutality and racism. US President Donald Trump is set to announce executive actions on police procedures and Senate Republicans are preparing a package of policing …

The spokesman of the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces announced today, launching a taskforce to pursue Internet smuggling and a commission to investigate the bombing of camps in Iraq. Brigadier General “Yahya Rasoul” said in a statement received by AlghadeeTV, that, “taskforces have been formed to pursue the smuggling …

Following weeks of national protests since the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing that he said would encourage better police practices. President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in …

A World Trade Organization panel ordered Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to adhere to global intellectual property rules in a ruling on a dispute with Qatar which accuses Riyadh of blocking its broadcaster after the Gulf neighbors fell out in 2017. Doha filed its complaint in 2018, saying Saudi Arabia was …

One person was shot and seriously wounded in Albuquerque, N.M., as protesters sought to topple a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate. The protest, held near the city’s Tiguex Park, called for the removal of the statue that stands outside the Albuquerque Museum. Neither the shooter nor the victim …

Earlier in the day, the Indian Army said in a statement that one officer and two soldiers from India were killed during clashes on the border with China in the Ladakh region. A top official in the Indian Army told Sputnik on Tuesday that the number of casualties on the …

An autopsy showed that Rayshard Brooks who was killed by a police officer in Atlanta, died from blood loss and organ injuries caused by two gunshot wounds. The death of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed by a white police officer in Atlanta on Friday, was a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton County Medical …

U.N. human rights experts said on Tuesday that Israel’s plan to annex significant parts of the occupied West Bank would violate international law banning the taking of territory by force, and urged other countries to actively oppose it. A joint statement, signed by nearly 50 independent experts, also voiced dismay …

Iraq’s oil exports have fallen by 8% or 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far in June, according to shipping data and industry sources, suggesting OPEC’s second-largest producer is getting closer to meeting its pledge in an OPEC-led supply cut deal. Southern Iraqi exports in the first 14 days of …