Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) announced, Thursday, that “a large force of Imam Ali (as) Combat Division, 2nd Brigade – Hashed Al-Sha’abi, carried out a large-scale joint military operation in the Al-Fayadh, in Baghdad belt, and the Anbar desert.” A statement to the PMF media, obtained by the “Al-Ghadeer” website, …
Read More »Two London police officers attacked in ‘shocking’ incident
Two London police officers have been attacked in an incident caught on film by members of the public, sparking condemnation from the UK’s Home Secretary and the city’s mayor. Videos posted to social media appeared to show a male officer being pinned to the ground and kicked before a female …
Read More »WHO in talks with Saudi Arabia on delaying Hajj ritual due to pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO) is talking with Saudi Arabia about delaying the Hajj ritual due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. World Health Organization revealed on Wed. that the body is in direct talks with Saudi Arabia to delay Hajj rituals and emphasized that if the Hajj pilgrimage is held, it …
Read More »Rouhani: Sanctions fails to affect Iranian nation’s will for development
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday despite all pressures and sanctions by the United States, Iran has managed to move forward in the path of development. “The fact that inauguration of different projects continues under the time of sanctions shows that we have continued our path and grown our …
Read More »Iraq: two ISIS terrorists killed in airstrike between the Diyala and Salahuddin borders
A security source in Diyala reported that two ISIS gangs were killed in an airstrike between the Diyala and Salahuddin borders, Thursday. The source told ِAlghadeer News that, according to accurate intelligence information, warplanes bombed a den of ISIS in the village of “Albu Juma” within the “Mutaiebija” border area …
Read More »Lionel Messi chases 11th La Liga title as Spanish football resumes
“Our duty was to come back prepared for this moment. It was tough, but we’ve made it.” That is how La Liga president Javier Tebas describes the return of the top division of Spanish soccer. Spain has recorded a total of over 240,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including over 27,000 …
Read More »Leaked Audio: Democrats Think Joe Biden Is “Fine in the Basement”
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said during a video conference Saturday that Democrats believe former Vice President Joe Biden is “fine in the basement” and has the best bet of winning the election if he makes small but strategic statements. Fox News obtained a video Tuesday of McAuliffe making the …
Read More »North Korea warns U.S. against meddling, threatens elections
A North Korean official warned the United States against interfering in inter-Korean affairs on Thursday, threatening that it would “experience horrible thing[s]” and suggesting that November’s elections could be at risk. Kwon Jong Gun, director-general of the Department of U.S. Affairs in North Korea’s foreign ministry, made the remarks after …
Read More »Al-Amiri, addressing the negotiating delegation: Don’t fail and disappoint our hopes.
Al-Fateh Parliamentary Bloc leader Hadi Al-Amiri sent a message to the negotiating delegation on the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States, stressing by saying “Do not disappoint hopes and you will bear the responsibility of failure .” Al-Amiri said in the message obtained by the “Al-Ghadeer”, that “we …
Read More »Coronavirus: US passes two million cases as states report rise
The US surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday night as new hotspots emerge and hospitalizations go up in some states. More than 112,000 people have died from Covid-19 nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. The spike in numbers highlights how complicated it is to stop the spread of the …
Read More »US Sen. Cory Booker said he’s “concerned” Trump might refuse to concede if he loses the 2020 presidential race.
Sen. Cory Booker said Wednesday that he’s “concerned” President Donald Trump might refuse to concede if he loses the 2020 presidential race and declared that he’d “sooner die” than let that happen. “I would sooner die. And I mean that very seriously, I would sooner die than to see my …
Read More »Barnier accuses UK of ‘cherry picking’ at talks
In the latest blow to post-Brexit trade talks, the European Union’s chief negotiator has accused the UK of making excessive demands on the bloc. In an unusually strident intervention, Michel Barnier has told the UK he will not countenance “cherry picking” in bilateral negotiations on a future trade deal. Barnier …
Read More »Gugino fell harder than pushed: Trump blames ANTIFA for set-up
US President Donald Trump is promoting a conspiracy theory that ANTIFA has set up the police assault on an elderly man, which left him lying motionless as blood pooled on the sidewalk with the officers walking away. In a tweet on Tuesday, the president pointed the finger at the anti-fascist …
Read More »Qatar welcomes ‘real’ initiative meant to end Saudi-led blockade
Qatar’s Ambassador to Turkey Salem bin Mubarak Al Shafi says Doha welcomes any genuine initiative that would end the economic and diplomatic blockade Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the gas-rich kingdom in June 2017. “Qatar has always been keen on maintaining the unity of Persian …
Read More »‘He did not deserve to die over $20’: George Floyd’s brother asks Congress for ‘justice’ at hearing
Philonise Floyd told Congress on Tuesday that his late brother George Floyd “didn’t deserve to die over $20” last month and asked lawmakers to “stop the pain” caused by police brutality. “I’m here to ask you to make it stop — stop the pain, stop us being tired,” Mr Floyd …
Read More »Boko Haram kills 69 and razes village in northern Nigeria
Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 69 people and razed a village to the ground in northern Nigeria’s Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, three sources told Reuters. The men attacked the village of Faduma Koloram, in Gubio local government area of Borno state, starting about noon. They arrived in vehicles …
Read More »The UK faces a deeper recession than any other developed country, OECD warns
The UK’s economy is likely to be the worst affected among developed countries due to coronavirus, a major think tank has warned. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Britain’s economy was likely to slump by 11.5% in 2020 – above the slumps expected for other developed nations …
Read More »Iraq: 34 fatalities and more than 1000 new Covid-19 cases today
The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered, today, 34 fatalities and more than 1000 new Covid-19 cases in the past day; which is among the highest records since the beginning of of the outbreak in Iraq. In a statement received AlghdeerTv, the ministry said that 7835 tests were performed …
Read More »Iraqi parliament enters crises line of pension deductions
The Finance Committee in the Iraqi parliament, confirmed on Wednesday, the illegality and unconstitutionality of the deductions from the retiree’s salaries, without the existence of a previous government-parliamentary decision. “The deductions from the pensioners’ salaries are illegal and unconstitutional, and they are considered a violation to the unified pension law, …
Read More »Parliament informs the government of its refusal on cutting employees and retiree’s salaries
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi called on Wednesday Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to dismiss the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, Taif Sami “for not respecting the parliament and affecting the rights of the Iraqi people negatively.” The Parliamentary Finance Committee held a meeting today to discuss …
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