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First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi issued a statement regarding the UN Security Council’s decision to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Iraq for another year. Al-Kaabi said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): While we welcome the issuance of Security …

Cars and businesses were torched, the words “I can’t breathe” were spray-painted all over buildings, a fire in a trash bin burned near the gates of the White House, and thousands marched through city streets to protest the death of George Floyd. Another night of unrest in every corner of …

“We deeply regret the US decision to end the three waivers covering key JCPOA nuclear projects in Iran,” read a joint statement from Britain, France and Germany. Britain, France and Germany on Saturday strongly condemned a US decision to end sanctions waivers for companies from nations that remain in a …

Resumption of prayers at Islam’s third-holiest site caps a sombre period for Jerusalem’s Muslims, who this year marked the holy fasting month of Ramadan and Eid al Fitr holiday without the usual daily visits to Al Aqsa due to Covid-19 restrictions. Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque compound reopened to Muslim worshippers …

Yemen health minister said the government had been transparent about the number of confirmed cases and those who have recovered. The Minister of Health for Yemen’s Houthi Rebels on Saturday denied that authorities have failed to report the actual number of coronavirus cases. Dr. Taha al Mutwakil said the government …

Earlier, US President Trump said protesters would have been “greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen.” US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that states and cities must get “much tougher” on anti-police protests or the federal government will step in, including by …

Iran has roundly condemned the United States’ latest decision to end the sanctions waivers in a landmark nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and world powers in 2015, vowing to take “necessary practical and legal” steps to counter the negative impacts of the move. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas …

The European Union (EU) reiterated its support to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week and urged the United States to reconsider the decision to suspend its ties with that entity. US President Donald Trump has announced the end of his country’s relations with WHO and reported his government will …

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi forces managed to capture 17 ISIS members in Iraq’s Mosul on Saturday. Hashd al-Sha’abi forces on Saturday released a statement, saying that the location of the terrorists in the Mosul area has been determined by comprehensive intelligence activities and Hashd al-Sha’abi …

Iraq reported 306 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 96 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 60 cases, Medical City: 12 cases, Basra: 29 cases, Najaf: 2 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 6 cases, Erbil: …

It is just the latest in a series of spectacular failures of prototypes of the Starship heavy-lift rocket. The Starship was being used in ground tests at the company’s South Texas test facilities, as part of an attempt to rush the large metal rocket into flight. The explosion occurred hours …

The Iraqi government have decided on Saturday to suspend the evacuation of Iraqi citizens from countries abroad for one week. “The Higher Committee for Health and Safety decided to stop trips of Iraqi expatriates for a week to reorganize their return,”. The Committee pointed to the imposition of one- week …

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Derek Chauvin, who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, …

The arrest and charges of third-degree murder filed against Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin apparently have not tamped down the anger over George Floyd’s violent arrest and death caught on a video that went viral. Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests …

Five Palestinians, including a photojournalist working with Anadolu Agency, were injured after Israeli forces dispersed two rallies rejecting settlements building in the occupied West Bank. “Israeli forces dispersed a weekly anti-settlement rally,” Murad Shtewi, coordinator of the “Popular Resistance” committee in the town of Kafr Qaddum, north of the West …

Iraq reported 416 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 72 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 146 cases, Medical City: 47 cases, Basra: 15 cases, Najaf: 5 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 22 cases, Kirkuk: …

Turkey on Friday resumed some mass prayers at a limited number of mosques after a break of more than two months, as Ankara continued to ease restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Turkey had suspended prayers, limited travel, and closed shops and restaurants. However, the government has started to …

Donald Trump has lashed out at Twitter after it limited access to one of his tweets. The social media firm said the post, in which Trump suggested he would have people rioting in the wake of George Floyd’s death shot, had violated its rules on glorifying violence. Floyd died after …

At least 14 members of Afghanistan’s security forces have been killed in an attack blamed on the Taliban, officials say, the first deadly assaults since a three-day ceasefire between the government and the militants ended. The incident occurred at a checkpoint in the east-central province of Parwan on Tuesday, said …

The US President Donald Trump has lashed out at those protesting in Minneapolis over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody, calling those involved in the third night of street clashes “thugs”. Mr Trump said he would not “stand back and watch this happen to a great …