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  The US Senate has failed to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a congressional resolution demanding an end to American military support for the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen, a country plagued by more than four years of a devastating conflict. The vote on Thursday was 53 to …

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that Iraq is working today on the reconstruction of Baghdad as a place of peace in which the various parties meet and that Iraq is a stabilizing factor in the region and the world. This came during a joint press conference held by the …

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying “We saw Barr commit a crime when he answered your question,” Pelosi told Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) during a private caucus meeting Thursday morning, according to two sources present for the gathering.to Congress, blasting …

Looking over football news and the Champions League, Barcelona have taken a massive step toward securing a place in the final showdown after sweeping Liverpool aside 3-nil in the first leg of their semifinal tie. In a breathtaking match at Camp Nou on Wednesday, former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez gave …

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says a coup attempt by a small group of the military has been defeated, expressing gratitude to the country’s armed forces for their continued loyalty to him. Sitting alongside senior military and political leaders, Maduro said in a televised speech late on Tuesday that the group …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated  that Tehran will continue selling its oil despite U.S. sanctions and said Washington’s policy of putting pressure on Iran would fail in practice. Rouhani called the U.S. decision to try to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero a “baseless” policy, and said “The Americans’ power …

Iraq’s oil exports rose to 3.466 million barrels per day (bpd) in April from 3.377 million bpd the previous month, a statement from the oil ministry said. Exports from the southern Basra oilfields rose to 3.354 million bpd from 3.254 million bpd in March, it said. Exports had fallen in …

Turkish police said they detained 137 people in Istanbul on Wednesday for trying to hold illegal demonstrations in various parts of the city to celebrate May Day. Police had cordoned off Istanbul’s central Taksim square, but small groups of demonstrators converged there anyway. “Squares belong to the people, they cannot …

The US military has reported a major spike in sexual assaults despite years of efforts to address the problem. Figures show 20,500 instances of unwanted sexual contact occurred in 2018, up from 14,900 in 2016 which is the last time a survey was conducted. Alcohol was involved in one third …

Israeli warplanes have carried out a wave of airstrikes against Gaza, promoting two retaliatory rocket launches from the blockaded enclave towards the Israeli-occupied territories. The Israeli military said its fighter jets targeted several positions of the Hamas resistance movement in the northern part of the coastal strip in response to …

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said that fractures within the Venezuelan army could lead to the “collapse” of Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government. “The information that we have is that there is a fracture that is getting closer and closer to the leadership of the (Venezuelan) armed forces,” Bolsonaro said …

Spain’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas says “everything is controlled” after he had a heart attack during training with his club Porto. The 37-year-old is “stable” in hospital and remains under observation. Casillas, regarded as one of Real Madrid’s greatest keepers, says he had “a big scare” but added that …

The foreign minister of Qatar said on Wednesday that Washington’s decision not to extend sanction waivers on Iranian oil exports would harm countries that rely on the supplies. The United States has demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face the prospect of sanctions, ending …

Two Turkish restaurant workers have been detained in Libya by forces of eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar, and the Turkish authorities have denied that they were spies, a Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday. Haberturk newspaper said Volkan Altinok and Mehmet Demir, who worked in a restaurant in the south of …

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn announced on Wednesday that he had married his consort, General Suthida Vajiralongkorn, and named her Queen Suthida. The announcement, carried in the Royal Gazette, came just before the official coronation of the king, 66, on May 4-6. Vajiralongkorn, also known by the title King Rama X, …

US President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter is hurting America’s standing in the world, say the majority of voters in a new poll. Nearly half of voters in the Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday also linked Trump’s incessant tweeting to possible failure in the 2020 campaign. Forty-six percent of voters …

A court in Britain has handed down a 50-week jail sentence to Australian whistleblower and press freedom activist Julian Assange, saying he disrespected the UK judicial system and escaped his bail conditions by taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy for almost seven years. The Southwark Crown Court in the UK …

Barcelona has fired an apparent riposte to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after he said the Catalan’s Camp Nou home “is no temple of football” ahead of the teams’ UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday. German Klopp told DAZN: “The Camp Nou is just a stadium. It is pretty …

US President Donald Trump, three of his children, and the Trump Organization filed a federal lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One to block them from complying with federal subpoenas investigating his financial dealings. The federal lawsuit was filed in the US District Court’s Southern District of New York. It …

Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi announced Tuesday the signing agreements with a German company to develop the electricity sector. “We have signed four agreements with Siemens with 14 billion dollar to implementing projects in electricity field”, Abdul-Mahdi said during press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Iraq and German …