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Today, Tuesday, Al-Fatah coalition issued a statement on the strategic dialogue between Iraq and America. In The Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful With the beginning of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States, and out of our legitimate and national responsibility in the higher …

The plan offered up to the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union includes a “sovereign Palestinian state, independent, and demilitarised” with “minor modifications of borders where necessary”. Palestinians have submitted a response to the controversial US Mideast plan, which sees parts of the occupied West Bank …

World Health Organization expert Maria van Kerkhove says people with coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell, day after remarks that transmission of virus by people with no symptoms is “very rare.” A top World Health Organization (WHO) expert has tried to …

A study published on Tuesday, by Nature magazine, showed that an anti-viral drug called “Remdesivir” was effective in the prevention of respiratory symptoms in Macaque monkeys deliberately infected with Covid-19. Healthcare authorities warranted the emergency use of the Gilead company’s product for severely ill cases of Covid-19 in the United …

Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fouad Hussein, urged on the international community, on Tuesday, to secure sustainable funding to fight Covid-19 for countries that are hosting refugees. This statement came in his participation in the international conference on the situation of refugees and displaced people during Covid-19 pandemic held online on Tuesday. …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday, that the number of Covid-19 confirmed cases in the whole country has uptick to 14,268 since its outbreak, with 392 deaths. “ The Ministry stated that (10711) samples in all specialized laboratories in Iraq today, thus the total number of tested samples …

A court has denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, after he was accused of accounting fraud and stock manipulation. The ruling provides at least temporary relief for the de facto head of the South Korean conglomerate. But Mr Lee isn’t completely in the clear yet as …

An Iranian man who provided information to the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services on the whereabouts of Iran’s slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani has been sentenced to death, Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday. On Jan. 3, a U.S. drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ …

About 64,000 more people than usual have died in the United Kingdom during this year’s coronavirus pandemic, an expert from the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday. Epidemiologists say excess mortality – deaths from all causes that exceed the five-year average for the time of year – is the …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) revealed on Tuesday, the destruction of a headquarters it described as huge, believed to belong to the new Islamic State (ISIS) leader in Iraq or the regional area. The recent operations of (Heroes of Iraq – victory of sovereignty) almost ended the presence of ISIS …

An official security source revealed on Tuesday that a fight erupted in Al- Habboubi sit-in square in the center of Nasiriyah, the local capital of Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq, killing two people and wounding another. “A fight occurred in Al- Habboubi sit-in at dawn today causing the death of …

French police will abandon the chokehold method of arresting suspects, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner promised as George Floyd protests in the US inspired renewed outrage over police conduct in France. “It will no longer be taught in police and gendarmerie schools,” Castaner said on Monday, adding that the chokehold “has …

The National Bureau of Economic Research said in a report that the United States officially fell into a recession in February when the country began to feel the effects of the measures imposed to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported Sputnik news agency. “The (Business Cycle Dating) committee has determined …

Asian stocks extended their winning streak for the ninth consecutive session on Tuesday and oil prices rose as the lifting of coronavirus lockdowns in many countries fed investor hopes of a relatively quick global economic recovery. European markets were set to follow that lead with pan-European Euro Stoxx 50 futures …

Nearly 7.2 million people have so far been infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide, and more than 408,000 have died from disease, according to Johns Hopkins University. According to the latest data on Tuesday, 7,199,611 have been infected with the virus, recording a 100,000 jump from the day before. Some …

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) says it is shocked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, United States. Acting President of PAP, Bouras Djamel, in a statement on Monday, said the organization’s thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones, African Americans …

Mourners packed a Houston church to pay tribute to George Floyd at his hometown funeral on Tuesday, the culmination of a long farewell to the 46-year-old African American whose death in custody ignited global protests against police brutality and racism. Politicians, civil rights activists and celebrities joined the family to …

The Iraqi army said on Monday a rocket had struck within the grounds of Baghdad airport, where US forces are deployed, in another attack against American interests in Iraq. While a wave of similar attacks that began in October has since eased, the latest strike came three days ahead of …

North Korea is severing all official communication links with the South, it announced Tuesday in a move analysts said was aimed at manufacturing a crisis on the divided peninsula. Since last week the North has issued a series of vitriolic denunciations of the South over activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets over …

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd during an arrest, had his bail set at up to $1.25 million Monday. Floyd, who was black, died May 25 after Chauvin knelt on his neck to restrain him for nearly nine minutes while he was being detained …