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Leaders from the Group of 20 (G20) nations have met for a two-day summit on the Indonesian island of Bali that is considering a draft resolution warning against impacts of Ukraine war on global economy. The 16-page draft declaration stress the war was exacerbating fragilities in the global economy, Reuters quoted …

Israeli forces have shot dead a young Palestinian man in Ariel settlement in the West Bank city of Salfit after he allegedly killed three settlers in a stabbing and car-ramming attack. Palestinian media outlets identified the young man as 19-year-old Mohammad Murad Souf from the town of Hares, near Nablus. …

As the global population reaches 8 billion, India, formerly a powerful driver of the number of people on the planet, is experiencing a marked slowdown. Falling fertility rates in the South Asian country have forced at least one state to consider reviewing policies that encouraged families not to go beyond …

Civil defense forces were fighting a fire that broke out in the departure hall of Iraq’s Baghdad international airport, our correspondent reported on Tuesday. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shiya al-Sudani on Tuesday met with Iraq’s parliament speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi, an official statement said. Al-Halboosi, at the beginning of the meeting, extended congratulations to al-Sudani for his appointment as prime minister and for passing the confidence vote. The meeting touched upon the situation in Iraq …

Iraq’s legislative body will be hosting two members of Mohammad Shiya al-Sudani’s cabinet, speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi announced on Tuesday. Al-Halboosi said in a statement that the parliament will host the water resources and agriculture ministers the first thing in the session called in today. The lawmakers will discuss the government’s …

Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week that will affect thousands of employees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter, with an announcement planned as early as Wednesday. Meta declined to comment on the WSJ report. Facebook parent Meta …

Former US President Donald Trump and his right-wing allies have already started casting doubt on the legitimacy of Tuesday’s midterm election results, according to a CNN report. “Here we go again! Rigged election!,” CNN on Sunday quoted Trump as writing to his 4.43 million followers on his social media platform Truth …

The expected indictment of former President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of a fight over funding for the Justice Department if the GOP wins the Midterm Elections. Republicans expect Attorney General Merrick Garland to peruse an indictment of Trump — most likely within 60 to 90 days after Election …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says 50,000 servicemen of mobilized Russian troops are now serving with the combat units in Ukraine, nearly nine months after Russia began a military operation in the ex-Soviet republic. During a visit to the Tver region, outside the capital Moscow, on Monday, the Russian leader said …

The United Nations’ secretary-general says world leaders face a stark choice to join forces to cut gas emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe, warning that the globe is on a “highway to climate hell” in the midst of devastating effects of rising temperatures and global warming. Antonio Guterres …

Ukraine has accused Russia of occupying empty homes in Kherson with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting, ahead of an expected Ukrainian offensive to recapture the southern city. The Ukrainian military said on Monday the Russian forces “disguised in civilian clothes, occupy the premises of civilians and …

A senior commander of the Islamic State terrorist group has been killed in a security operation in Nineveh, Iraq’s Federal Intelligence Agency said in a statement on Saturday. The statement said that the operation was carried out under the auspices of the interior minister. “The Federal Intelligence Agency, in cooperation …

On Saturday, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) raided ISIS positions in the areas among Diyala, Saladin, and Kirkuk governorates. A PMF leader told Al-Ghadeer News that the PMF artillery bombarded five ISIS sites in the border areas between the Al-Azim district, north of Diyala, and the outskirts of Kirkuk and …

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, as Seoul and Washington ended a high-profile six-day military exercise. North Korea has launched a series of missiles this week, including a possible failed intercontinental ballistic missile, drawing condemnation from the United States, …

The figure exceeded $300 million in the first eight months of the year, according to the Russian embassy The trade turnover between Russia and Iraq between January and August 2022 amounts to $313.1 million and has exceeded the figure for all of last year, $282.7 million, an economic adviser at …

Donald Trump-backed Mehmet Oz’s Senate bid fails to produce the enthusiasm seen with previous Muslim firsts in the US. The United States may elect its highest-ranking Muslim official next week – a Donald Trump-backed Republican who has questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 elections. Mehmet Oz, a television personality and …

British intelligence operatives are reportedly working to create and train a covert terrorist force in Ukraine assigned to attack Russian targets in Crimea on behalf of the Kiev government. Citing leaked documents, the Grayzone reported that UK intelligence operatives signed an agreement with Ukraine to build the so-called “partisan” terror …

President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, expressed in his speech at the Arab Summit Conference currently being held in Algeria, his hope to calm the atmosphere and discard differences in the service of joint Arab action. Abdul Latif Rashid announced Iraq’s support for dialogue between all Yemeni parties to …

Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Mohammed shiaa Al-Sudani, met today, Wednesday, with the UN secretary-general in Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. The Prime Minister’s Media office said in a statement that the latter confirmed Iraq’s need for the international community’s support to retrieve its stolen funds. For her part, Plasschaert praised the efforts …