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US President Donald Trump on Thursday shared a letter on Twitter that referred to the peaceful protesters who were forcibly dispersed from a park near the White House on Monday evening as “terrorists.” The letter from veteran attorney and former Trump lawyer John Dowd appears to be addressed to former …

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has canceled plans to attend the Hajj pilgrimage this year because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Around 220,000 people from Indonesia were set to take part in this year’s Hajj, and Indonesia always gets the largest foreign contingent due to its population …

Federal prosecutors have arrested three white men who reportedly plotted to incite violence at an anti-racism protest in Las Vegas – and who apparently identify themselves with a right-wing movement advocating a new civil war. The three white men, all of whom have US military experience, are thought to have …

William Bryan told investigators he heard Travis McMichael use a racial epithet after fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, Georgia, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent testified Thursday during preliminary hearings. Bryan told police McMichael said “f***ing n***er” after three blasts from McMichael’s shotgun left Arbery dead in February …

This is not just ‘horrible stuff that happens in America’. Black people know we need to dismantle the same system here Pay attention to African Americans. The headlines are now describing the US as a nation in crisis. As the protests against the killing of African American George Floyd by …

The former bitter 2016 campaign rivals teamed up to go after the Democrats amid the release of previously classified documents showing that members of the Obama White House allegedly began to probe and try to undermine incoming Trump administration officials using ‘Russian collusion’ claims, despite a lack of any actual …

Iranian Minister of energy, Reza Ardakyanian, announced on Thursday signing a two-year contract to export electricity to Iraq. The announcement took place during his official visit to Baghdad this Wednesday. In a statement reported by the official Iranian news agency, “IRNA”, Ardakyanian said that, “the previous contracts for exporting electricity …

Rafael Nadal feels that a two-and-a-half-month break from tennis has set him up for another two years at the top – despite the Spaniard turning 34 on Wednesday. The 19-time Grand Slam champion was unable to pick up a racket for two months as he was forced into lockdown in …

An Iraqi legislator says the parliament will reject any negotiations between Baghdad and Washington aimed at prolonging US military presence in the country, emphasizing that the forthcoming talks should secure the exit of American troops. “The negotiations between Washington and Baghdad, which are to start in the middle of this …

A Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been released and is on his way home aboard a Swiss government aircraft, U.S. officials said Thursday. The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Brian Hook, flew to Zurich with a doctor to meet freed detainee Michael White and will …

Iraq reported 672 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Thursday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 233 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 60 cases, Medical City: 70 cases, Basra: 28 cases, Najaf: 18 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 57 cases, Erbil: …

Related video: George Floyd protesters met with violence from police across US Cities large and small across the US have participated in protests, vigils, and demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, among many recent African Americans whose deaths have galvanized a mass movement against police brutality …

Demonstrations against police brutality over the killing of George Floyd continued for a ninth consecutive night in the US on Wednesday but were notably calmer than on previous evenings, with city curfews, a rethinking of police tactics and rain credited for the decline in property damage, arson and looting as …

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of Proxima b, an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting the closest star to our sun. The European Southern Observatory’s High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) detected the planet in 2016. The Very Large Telescope based in Chile has a new and more powerful spectrograph named ESPRESSO, …

More than a tenth of the population in Burkina Faso, a drought-stricken West African country plagued by militancy, is at risk of hunger, according to government figures. A report by the country’s council of ministers found that 2,151,970 people will suffer from “severe food insecurity” across the nation this month …

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi and the US ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Toller discussed ways to support the Iraqi government in several areas. Al-Halbousi’s office said in a statement, “Today, Thursday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives received Matthew Toller, the American ambassador to Iraq, and the meeting discussed …

A major fuel spill at a power plant in Norilsk, Russia has seriously damaged the fragile environment in the extreme north. The plant’s owner received a dressing down from President Putin, who was angered by its slow response. The spill happened at a power plant located some 10km west of …

The Iraqi parliament announced on Thursday, that its Speaker, Muhammad Al-Halbousi has received the names of the cabinet candidates for the vacant portfolios. The parliament didn’t mention the candidates or ministries’ names. It is noteworthy that 7 ministries in Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s government are still vacant, namely (Oil, Foreign Affairs, Justice, …

Two NYPD officers were shot and a third was stabbed during a violent altercation in Brooklyn late Wednesday night amid rage against police across the US. It’s not clear whether this case is directly related to the protests. The confrontation with a suspect began after the city’s curfew when he …

The governor of Indonesia’s capital announced on Thursday the easing of some coronavirus restrictions though he warned that the fight against the outbreak was far from over in Southeast Asia’s biggest city. Governor Anise Baswedan said from Friday some public transport could resume normal operations and houses of worship would …