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Turkish police said they had not found evidence of any concrete threat to foreigners after detaining 15 ISIS suspects accused of targeting consulates and non-Muslim houses of worship, state media reported on Sunday. Last week, several European consulates in Istanbul were shut citing “security reasons” and several Western states warned …

Today, Saturday, the media office of the Prime Minister announced the details of the meeting of the four presidencies at the government palace. The media office of the Prime Minister said, in a statement received by (Al-Ghadeer), that “Al-Sudani hosted this evening, in the government palace, a meeting that included …

Israeli forces have shot and martyred a young Palestinian man south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, bringing the number of Palestinian fatalities from the Israeli violence this year to 36. The Palestinian Red Crescent announced on Friday that Abdullah Samih, 25, attained martyrdom a few minutes after being critically …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani late on Friday spoke with US President Joe Biden over the phone and discussed the bilateral ties and cooperation prospects between their respective countries. A readout by al-Sudani’s bureau said that Biden reiterated his support for Iraq’s sovereignty and stability and the strategic deal …

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has condemned in the strongest terms the decision by Sudan’s foreign ministry to move forward towards normalizing relations with Israel during talks with visiting foreign minister Eli Cohen in Khartoum, calling upon officials in the North African country to reverse the measure. “Hamas believes that …

TOP HEADLINES · Air raid sirens rang out in Kyiv and across Ukraine before the start of a summit bringing together senior Ukrainian officials and EU representatives. · EU chief Charles Michel arrived in Kyiv to join a summit with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and vowed support for Ukraine’s bid …

The CIA also quickly disavowed explosive claims by the Swiss-German paper of record President Joe Biden allegedly sent CIA chief William Burns on a secret mission to Moscow and Kyiv in mid-January, according to a Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NNZ) report on Wednesday. The White House and CIA addressed the allegations …

US official told reporters the military was prepared to shoot the balloon down but was deterred by potential for harm. A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days but the Pentagon has decided not to shoot it down for fear of …

Officials have blamed a suicide bombing that killed 100 people inside a mosque at a police and government compound in northwest Pakistan on a “security lapse.” The blast, which ripped through a mosque inside a major police facility in the city of Peshawar, was one of the deadliest attacks on …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday said that his government’s program includes “clear-cut and serious” solutions for the currency crisis in the country. Al-Sudani’s remarks came during a meeting with the head of al-Wataniya Coalition, Ayad Allawi, in Baghdad earlier today. According to a readout by his bureau, …

Iraq’s military has established a security cordon around dozens of villages inside a “hot territory” in Diyala, a commander of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) revealed on Tuesday. Authorities in Iraq use the term “hot territory” to imply that the area in question is infested by terrorist groups. “Forces from …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his counterpart in Seoul on Tuesday, pledging to beef up joint drills and security cooperation as South Korea seeks nuclear reassurances in the face of growing North Korean threats. Seoul is eager to convince its increasingly nervous public of America’s so-called extended deterrence commitments, …

Ukraine will receive 120 to 140 tanks in a “first wave” of deliveries from a coalition of 12 countries, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday. Kyiv secured pledges from the West this month to supply main battle tanks to help fend off Russia’s full-scale invasion, with Moscow mounting huge …

Any military action against Iran by Washington would be considered as the initiation of broader hostilities, diplomats told Newsweek Iranian diplomats have warned that American military action against their country would risk starting an open war, according to Newsweek. There has been speculation surrounding Washington’s possible involvement in a recent …

The average price of gasoline in Iraq reached 5.14 U.S. dollars per liter. In its report for January 2023, Global Petrol Prices said that Iraq ranked 12th among countries with the cheapest gasoline prices (514 cents per liter) and fifth among Arab countries, preceded by Libya, Syria, Algeria, and Kuwait. …

Japan and the Netherlands have reportedly bowed to pressure from Washington on tighter supply controls for microchips The United States has agreed a deal with Japan and the Netherlands to restrict China’s access to materials used to make advanced computer chips, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing sources. According …

A powerful bomb explosion at a busy mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar has killed at least 33 people and wounded 150, according to officials. A hospital official said many of the casualties were police officers who had gathered in the mosque for afternoon prayers. The mosque is located …

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein says Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has urged senior Iraqi authorities to arrange a face-to-face meeting between the top diplomats of Riyadh and Tehran, amid a diplomatic process between the two neighbors aimed at mending strained ties. Hussein told Iraq’s Kurdish-language Rudaw television …

Comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country may ratify Finland’s bid to join NATO present a “positive sign,” the Nordic nation’s foreign minister said. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto chose to remain upbeat, saying that talk about ratifications “is a …

The Kremlin said on Monday that former British prime minister Boris Johnson was lying when he said President Vladimir Putin had threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters that what Johnson said was …