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Pro-Palestine activists have rallied in Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota in the US, protesting against the state’s support for Israel. The protesters, who gathered outside the governor’s mansion, called on Minnesota’s State Board of Investment (SBI) to sell off its shares in Israeli corporations. The protest action, which …

China has reportedly conducted military exercises around Taiwan as tensions grow over US provocations, including visits by top American officials to Taipei. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, citing a spokesman for China’s People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theatre Command, reported on Friday that the drills are part of the routinized military operations …

Syria’s air defenses have repelled yet another Israeli act of aggression targeting the Arab country’s western areas. The Israeli aerial assault took place at 19:15 local time (16:15 GMT) against the countryside of the cities of Tartus and Hama on Thursday, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, adding …

A Barcelona-Bayern Munich pairing headlines the Champions League group stage draw as the Premier League teams all avoided what looks to be the group of death. Internazionale also lines out in that tough Group C, with Czech club Viktoria Plzen given the rough end of the stick as the fourth …

A military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has come under attack for the second time in a few hours when rockets fired from nearby areas hit the facility. Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that a …

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered an update of his country’s wartime operational plans to counter alleged threats from North Korea. On Thursday and the fourth day of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military drills between South Korea and the United States, Yoon ordered the update to address Pyongyang’s …

Russia is set to ramp up the size of its armed forces from 1.9 to 2.04 million as the war in Ukraine intensifies. According to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the increase includes a 137,000 boost in the number of soldiers to 1.15 million, which comes …

The spokesperson for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Yahya Rasoul revealed that the Iraqi forces had killed two prominent ISIS leaders in Nineveh Governorate. Earlier, the Iraqi forces ambushed ISIS in the Makhmur district of Nineveh and killed three terrorists. Rasoul said the intelligence had …

47 percent of Europe is under warning conditions with a clear deficit of soil moisture, European Drought Observatory says. Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production, and the yields …

The United States is expected to announce as early as Wednesday a new security assistance package for Ukraine of about $3 billion, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The $3 billion weapons assistance package would be the largest that Washington has generated for Ukraine in the six months since Russian …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lambasted Turkey’s declared plans to launch a new military campaign in northern Syria, stressing that an escalation of military actions in the war-ravaged country would be “unacceptable.” Lavrov made the remark at a press conference alongside his visiting Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad, in the …

Yemeni news sources on Tuesday morning reported that the Saudi-led coalition has violated the ceasefire in Yemen 132 times in the past 24 hours. The Saudi aggressor coalition violated the UN-brokered ceasefire by carrying out surveillance flights over the provinces of Ma’rib, Ta’iz, Al Jawf, Saada, Al Hudaydah, Dhale, Al-Bayda, …

The Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Mr. Hadi Al-Amiri, received on Tuesday Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, as they discussed the latest developments in the political situation. A statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office, received by (Al-Ghadeer), stated that “Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi met today with the head of the …

The Supreme Judicial Council announced in a statement on Tuesday that al-Karkh First Investigation Court started collecting evidence of the “crime of threatening the Federal Supreme Court”, before taking the necessary steps in this regard. The Iraqi Judicial authority decided to suspend its activity on Tuesday following the Sadrist supporters’ …

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) stressed on Tuesday the need for state institutions to operate without facing any obstacles. The mission said in a post published on social media, “The right to peaceful protest is an essential element of democracy. Equally important is the assertion of constitutional …

Iraq logged 2342 COVID-19 cases last week, the Ministry of Health and Environment said today, Monday. The weekly epidemiological report on COVID-19 reported 5 deaths and 6158 recovery cases. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2456555, of whom 2426824 …

Warrant Officer Paul Carney said soldiers should prepare their families for the possibility of being sent to Ukraine to fight Russia. The UK’s top ‘other ranks’ soldier has said that British troops must be ready to fight Russia and should prepare their families for the prospect of an “extended” deployment, …

Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday, adding to concerns over a plunge in gas supplies. CPC, which handles about 1% of global oil and whose largest shareholder …

European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says Iran’s answer to the bloc’s proposal on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was “reasonable.” “There was a proposal from me as coordinator of the negotiations… and a response from Iran …

Amid economic decline, a record number of people have rated their lives as poor The percentage of Americans who say that they are “suffering” rose to 5.6% in a Gallup poll published on Monday. This number has been climbing steadily since last summer and is currently higher than at any …