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Under the auspices of Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, Iraq’s ministry of electricity on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US General Electric (GE) company on developing the energy sector in the country. A statement by al-Sudani’s bureau said that the deal includes agreements on boosting power …

Iraq’s Prime Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Munich to attend the Munich security council, heading a government delegation, a statement by al-Sudani’s office said. The President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, will attend the annual Munich Security Conference this month, a source revealed on Sunday. The 59th …

Israeli forces have demolished a five-story house belonging to the family of a Palestinian man who was killed after carrying out a shooting operation near an illegal settlement in the southern part of the occupied West Bank a few months ago. The Palestinian Information Center, citing local sources, reported on …

The agreement would provide for monitoring mechanisms designed to prevent war in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia has presented Azerbaijan with a project for a full peace treaty to end the decades-long dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. The two former Soviet republics have been locked in …

What happened in the 51st week of Russia’s war in Ukraine? Ukraine faced its toughest week so far this year on the eastern front, where its defenders lost more ground to Russian forces but committed enormous resources to holding Bakhmut, a coal-mining town that has acquired emblematic importance to both …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have called for the full and effective implementation of the Iran nuclear deal by all sides and the removal of all US sanctions against Tehran in a verifiable manner. In a joint statement issued at the end of Raeisi’s three-day …

The US-led military bloc will use commercial satellites to improve intelligence gathering NATO has announced a new space project that aims to create a fleet of spy satellites. The initiative, which includes NATO applicants Sweden and Finland, involves not only national but commercial assets. The project, which is called ‘Alliance …

The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria from last week’s powerful earthquake has now risen above 40,000. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that 35,418 people were killed in the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck near the southeastern city of Kahramanmaras on February 6, making it the deadliest …

The Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) announced on Tuesday the arrest of leaders belonging to ISIS terrorist group in a non-neighboring country, according to a press statement issued by the INIS. The statement mentioned that a qualitative intelligence operation outside Iraq resulted in thwarting a terrorist operation and arresting a …

Iraq’s federal government on Thursday approved an “updated” document on population policies, the media office of Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said in a press release. Al-Sudani, according to the press release, headed a meeting of the Higher Council of Population during which a population policy submitted by the ministerial …

Dozens of migrants are believed to have died in a shipwreck off Libya, with only seven survivors found so far, the United Nations said Wednesday. “At least 73 migrants are reported missing and presumed dead following a tragic shipwreck off the Libyan coast yesterday (Tuesday),” the UN’s International Organization for …

Nine deaths and 16 suspected cases have been reported so far in a new Marburg virus outbreak in Africa The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened to discuss a new outbreak of a highly infectious virus in Central Africa. The body is looking at several vaccine candidates that could potentially …

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has strongly criticized President Joe Biden for his delay in handling a suspected Chinese spy balloon that intruded into US airspace. Pompeo criticized Biden during an exclusive interview with The Hill on Monday, saying the current administration had “made an enormous mistake” that …

The United Nations secretary-general says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to open two more border crossings to facilitate relief aid delivery to the northern part of the quake-hit country, which is held by militants. Antonio Guterres announced the development on Monday after Assad approved the use of Bab al-Salam …

Iraq’s Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, discussed with his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, bilateral relations between Iraq and the Netherlands. Earlier today, Monday, al-Sudani received a phone call from Rutte, in which he invited al-Sudani to attend the United Nations Water Conference 2023, scheduled to be held next March in …

Russia says its troops have managed to gain fresh ground along the frontlines in Ukraine as the conflict nears its first anniversary. In a statement on Monday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces pushed forward two kilometers west, without specifying the exact location. “The Russian servicemen broke the enemy’s resistance …

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says external pressure and sanctions cannot impede her country’s cooperation with Iran, stressing that the ongoing illegal restrictions will only help boost mutual relations. She said on Monday that Russia and Iran “are cultivating mutually beneficial cooperation” with paying no heed to the West’s …

The United States has issued a top-level advisory for its citizens in Ukraine, calling on them to leave the country immediately due to the war in Ukraine and what it called the risk of arbitrary arrest. The US embassy in Moscow issued the advisory on Monday, calling on “US citizens …

On Monday, the Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi met with Prime Minister Mohammed S. al-Sudani. ‏Both held a talk about the ongoing preparations for Baghdad’s hosting of the 34th conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union this February and the “best efforts to make this session a success, which Iraq will …

British defense industry executives have discussed plans with their counterparts in Kiev to set up joint ventures to manufacture weapons and vehicles locally in Ukraine, a report says. The Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday senior defense industry officials had traveled to Kiev with a view to setting up joint ventures …