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A group of 52 lawmakers has lodged a motion with the Iraqi parliament’s presidium to summon Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein over unwarranted “intervention” of US Ambassador Alina Romanowski in the internal affairs of the country, an official correspondence read on Sunday. Several Iraqi factions have voiced criticism over the recent …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was of more symbolic than operational importance, and its fall would not necessarily mean that Moscow had regained the initiative in the war. The battle for Bakhmut has raged for seven months. A Russian victory …

Four American citizens were shot at and kidnapped by armed men after driving across the U.S. border into northeastern Mexico, the FBI said Sunday. The Americans crossed into Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, on Friday, driving a white minivan with North Carolina license plates, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said …

A motorcycle-borne suicide bomber has rammed into a police truck in southwestern Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, killing at least 10 policemen, in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces this year. “The suicide bomber was riding a motorbike and hit the truck from behind,” senior police official Abdul Hai …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called the suspected poisoning of students in Iran’s schools an “unforgivable and big” crime, calling on authorities to seriously pursue the issue. “If it is proven that the students were poisoned, the perpetrators of this crime must be …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed enhancing bilateral relations between their countries. Al-Sudani met with El-Sisi today, Sunday, during his official visit to Cairo. Additionally, both leaders exchanged perspectives on a range of regional and global issues of mutual concern, underscoring the importance …

Two pilots from Ukraine have arrived at a military base in Arizona, officials told the broadcaster The US has invited Ukrainian pilots to a military base in Tucson, Arizona to establish how long it’ll take to train them to fly Western fighter jets, including F-16s, unnamed officials told NBC. Two …

The ex-US leader claims he is the only candidate that can prevent World War III. President Joe Biden is leading the United States “into oblivion,” Donald Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland on Saturday, promising to stop wasting US taxpayer money on “stupid” foreign wars as he …

Between 20 and 30 cars have gone off the tracks, officials say A Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield, Ohio in the US on Saturday. The incident comes a month after another train operated by the same company came off the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a major …

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the United States is in no position to advocate human rights or democracy, recounting the White House’s record of supporting political systems based on institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination, namely South Africa’s dismantled apartheid regime and the Tel Aviv regime. Nasser Kan’ani …

Beijing says it will take resolute steps to oppose the self-governed island’s push for independence. Beijing maintains that Taiwan is part of China’s territory and will continue working towards reunification with the self-governed island through peaceful means, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said. “We should promote the peaceful development of …

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’a al-Sudani, said the primary challenge in Iraq is “corruption.” In an interview with Al-Arabiya TV, Al-Sudani considers ISIS a threat in the country, but corruption is the number-one challenge. Concerning foreign intervention, the prime minister stressed that “neither the United States nor other country …

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has condemned rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with “predatory” interest rates and crippling fuel prices. In his speech on the opening day of the UN’s Least Developed Countries (LDC) summit in Qatar on Saturday, Guterres said that wealthy nations should provide …

North Korea on Saturday blamed the United States for what it said was the collapse of international arms control systems and said Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons were a just response to ensure the balance of power in the region. “The Korean peninsula is turning into the world’s biggest powderkeg and war …

Russian artillery pounded the last routes out of Bakhmut on Friday, aiming to complete the encirclement of the besieged Ukrainian city and bring Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest battle of the war. The head of Russia’s Wagner private army said the …

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi held talks for a second day in Iran on Saturday aimed to cooperate with a probe into uranium traces found at undeclared sites. Grossi, who arrived in Tehran on a two-day visit on Friday, met for the second time …

Six European countries have called on the Israeli regime to halt the expansion of its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank amid escalated tensions between Palestinians and extremist settlers. In a joint statement on Saturday, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Poland, and Spain said that the illegal entity should “reverse …

Despite the rains witnessed during the winter season in Iraq, the water crisis still poses a threat to the country, and there are fears of the next summer season. On the other hand, the Ministry of Water Resources announced that the Euphrates River will dry up if Turkey continues with …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani on Friday issued a directive to form an investigative council within the Joint Operations Command or the Ministry of Interior to address instances of negligence by military ranks in the event of a security breach in any region or city in Iraq. Under this …

The Israeli military fired stun grenades and blocked hundreds of Israeli left-wing activists from staging a solidarity rally Friday in a Palestinian town that was set ablaze by hard-line Jewish settlers earlier this week, protesters said. Activists from Israeli rights organizations said soldiers and border policemen prevented busloads of protesters …