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The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced, that today’s fatality and case count are the highest since the outbreak emerged in Iraq with 60 and 1385 respectively. The ministry said in a statement received by Shafaq News agency, that, “10330 tests were performed today, raising the total number of tests performed …

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador over recent deadly airstrikes carried out by Ankara against the purported strongholds of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in the country’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. The ministry said in a statement that Ambassador Fatih Yildiz was called in on Tuesday, …

While the coronavirus pandemic may become the last nail in the coffin of the US dollar’s status as the primary reserve currency, the seeds of its inevitable decline were sown long ago, a former Morgan Stanley economist believes. The greenback is set to decline due to a shortfall in domestic …

French police said they had intervened overnight to restore calm and order in the city of Dijon after youths set fire to vehicles and dustbins over the last three days, and added they were prepared to bring in more police forces if needed. “The events of the last few days …

Most Americans do not trust social media companies to make the right decisions about what should be allowed on their platforms, but trust the government even less to make those choices, according to a poll released on Tuesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation. The debate over online content moderation, …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the Iranian government is determined to released the country’s frozen assets held abroad. He made the remarks in the economic committee of the administration. “Foreign policy officials and those from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) are doing their best to unblock …

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just inside its border in an act Tuesday that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy with the United States. Seoul’s Unification Ministry said the building in the North Korean border town of Kaesong was destroyed at …

Three Indian soldiers have died in a skirmish along the border with China, New Delhi has said. Beijing claims that the incident occurred after Indian forces crossed the border and attacked Chinese troops. An Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops on Monday …

Oil prices slid on Tuesday on lingering concerns over the threat to fuel demand from the resurgence of new coronavirus infections around the world, though hopes for further cuts in crude supplies stemmed losses. Brent crude LCOc1 fell 20 cents, or 0.5%, at $39.52 a barrel by 0424 GMT, having …

North Korea’s military on Tuesday threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarized under inter-Korean peace agreements as the country continued to dial up pressure on rival South Korea amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said it’s reviewing a …

The Seattle City Council has voted to make it illegal for police to deploy tear gas, pepper spray, and chokeholds on peaceful demonstrators, as part of the city is being overrun by activists declaring it an “autonomous zone.” All nine members of the council voted to strip the city police …

The New York Police Department is investigating whether three of its officers were poisoned after drinking milkshakes on Monday night at a Shake Shack restaurant in Manhattan. The officers complained of “not feeling well” before being hospitalized and later released, the NYPD said in a statement, and Shake Shack said …

China reported 40 more coronavirus infections Tuesday as it increased testing and lockdown measures in parts of the capital to control what appeared to be its largest outbreak in more than two months. The new cases included 27 in Beijing where a fresh outbreak has been traced to the city’s …

Two rockets landed by the Baghdad Airport near US troop stations early on Tuesday morning local time, according to reports. Some reports suggest that the rockets landed near the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, which hosts US coalition personnel. There are no reports of any casualties, although there are some reports …

Earlier on Monday, a US Air Force F-15C Eagle plane from RAF Lakenheath, UK crashed in the North Sea off the Yorkshire coast. The pilot of the US F-15 jet that crashed into the North Sea earlier in the day has been found and confirmed dead, the 48th Fighter Wing …

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says there has been no change in Iran’s implementation of its obligations as per the nuclear deal it clinched with major world powers in 2015, or the country’s cooperation with the UN agency. In his introductory statement to the Board …

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is set to convene an emergency session to discuss US police brutality and racial discrimination in the wake of recent state-sponsored violence against people of color in the country. The UNHRC announced in a statement that the 47-member body would debate “systemic racism, …

An Israeli court has sentenced a Palestinian minor to 10 years in prison over an allegation of a stabbing attack against Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem al-Quds last year. On August 15, 2019, Hammouda al-Sheikh, then 14, was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli soldiers at al-Silsila Gate of the al-Aqsa …

The US Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorization for the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for the treatment of Covid-19. After reviewing the current research available on the drugs, the FDA determined that the drugs do not meet “the statutory criteria” for emergency use authorization as they …

Al-Fateh Parliamentary bloc condemned the attack on the city of Sinjar and called on the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register an official complaint with the United Nations, the Security Council, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation regarding repeated Turkish abuses. The Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) …