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Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, says its anti-terror fighters have killed a top leader of the Daesh terrorist group in the eastern province of Diyala. Sadiq al-Hosseini, a senior official of Hashd al-Sha’abi said that the Daesh senior leader was killed in Haoz al-Waqf area, …

Donald Trump has hit back at Barack Obama after his presidential predecessor branded his handling of the coronavirus pandemic a “chaotic disaster”. The US president claimed his administration was “getting great marks” and derided Mr Obama’s response to the 2009 H1N1 swine flu outbreak as “a disaster” and argued he …

“We are ready to exchange Iranian and American prisoners and we are prepared to discuss this issue but Americans have not responded yet,” Rabiei said, according to Khabaronline. Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying by …

Egypt’s emergency law, which has been in place since April 2017, will have new amendments, reportedly giving Sisi and security agencies “additional sweeping powers”. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt’s emergency law, which an international rights groups says expands “repressive powers” as …

Today, Sunday, the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq directed the release of detained protesters at the invitation of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi. He said in a press statement, “In line with Al-Kadhemi’s call, we sent all the courts that are presenting cases related to the demonstrators to release them.” He …

Protests have returned to the streets in Iraqi cities following a period of calm amid public discontent with the prevailing economic conditions. Residents in the southern cities of Kut, capital of Wasit province, as well as Basra blocked roads linking to the cities, burning tires on Saturday night. In Kut, protesters …

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi stressed that Iraq is keen to establish the best relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Al-Kadhemi received the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraj Masjedi, at his office in the government palace, according to a statement by the media office of the Prime …

Former US President Barack Obama has issued a stern critique of the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, calling it a “chaotic disaster”. The comments were made on a 30-minute private phone call between the former president and members of the Obama Alumni Association, according to Yahoo News, which obtained audio from …

76 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in the country during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 25 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 10 cases, Medical City: 19 cases, Wasit: 1 case, Maysan: 1 case, …

Saudi authorities have detained Prince Faisal, the son of late King Abdullah, and are holding him incommunicado, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday. HRW, citing a source close to the royal family, said security forces arrested Prince Faisal bin Abdullah from a family compound northeast of Riyadh on March …

Shelling of Tripoli’s Mitiga airport early on Saturday, part of an intensified barrage of artillery fire on the capital in recent days, hit fuel tanks and damaged passenger planes, the Transport Ministry said in a statement. Mitiga is the last functioning airport in the Libyan capital, though civilian flights stopped …

At least six were killed when protesters angry over what they see as unfair food aid distribution during the coronavirus pandemic clashed with police in Afghanistan’s western Ghor province on Saturday, according to officials. Four civilians and two police officers died in the incident, according to Tariq Arian, spokesman for …

Stone by stone, digital artists, and game developers from Mosul are rebuilding Nineveh’s heritage sites in the digital world.

The United States has reportedly established a new military base in Syria’s oil-rich eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr after bringing in reinforcements to the war-torn country. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) quoted reliable sources as saying on Friday that the new US base is located in Day …

As many as 150,000 Americans could die from alcohol, drug overdose and suicide as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, worsening the growing epidemic of “deaths of despair” in the country, according to a new analysis. The study, released Friday by the Well Being Trust and the American Academy of …

The United States has blocked a vote on a United Nation’s bid for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic over reference to the World Health Organization (WHO). The Security Council has spent more than six weeks seeking the resolution in support of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ call for …

CNN reported that Ivanka ‘personal assistant was infected with the Coruna virus, without showing any symptoms. She explained that the assistant – without mentioning his name – has been working for two months, far from Ivanka. Friday, the results of the tests conducted by Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, …

On Saturday, the Iraqi Council of Ministers held its first session, headed by its President, Mustafa Al-Kadhemi. “The Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhemi, holds the first session of the Council of Ministers,” Al-Kadhemi’s media office said in a statement. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to give confidence to the …

MP Jawad Al-Mousawi, on Saturday called for the re-imposition of the comprehensive ban for a period of 14 days. In a statement, al-Musawi said, “We must return to the complete curfew for a period of 14 days during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan and the …

US President Donald Trump has rebuffed suggestions the US was behind what appears to have been a bungled incursion into Venezuela to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. “If I wanted to go into Venezuela I wouldn’t make a secret about it,” he told Fox News. Venezuela foiled what it said was …