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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu has announced Beijing’s willingness to broaden relations with Russia within multilateral frameworks. In a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Beijing Andrey Denisov, the senior Chinese diplomat expressed China’s keenness to strengthen strategic coordination with Russia and expand practical cooperation in various fields, according to …

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has strongly warned the Western states against any attempts at “punishing” the country over its ongoing military operation in neighboring Ukraine. “The idea to punish a country that has the largest nuclear arsenal is absurd in and of itself,” Medvedev said on the Telegram messaging …

Residents of a village in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah have reportedly blocked a US military convoy as it was attempting to pass through their community, amid boiling public rage over the presence of American occupation forces in the energy-rich region of the war-ravaged West Asian country. According to a …

Pilgrims from around the world perform the Tawaf, or the circumambulation of the Ka’ba on the first day of the biggest Hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic.

Iraqi fighter jets pounded two caves and a hideout used by ISIS militants in the mountains of Hamrin in Diyala, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said on Tuesday. SMC said that the Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out two airstrikes on the targets based on accurate intelligence information. The statement …

On Monday, ISIS elements attempted to smuggle to Diyala Governorate. A source in the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said; that the PMF foiled an infiltration by ISIS when a terrorist group approached security in the Naft Khana sector 85 km east of Baqubah. PMF launched a campaign in the vicinity …

The United Kingdom has been reviewing a plan to seize Russian assets, and allocate the country’s wealth to either Ukrainian victims of the war or the Ukrainian government, according to reports. British media reported on Sunday that the UK foreign secretary was in favor of following Canada’s example in the appropriation of …

Angry protesters took to the streets in the US State of Ohio on Sunday after police released footage of the shooting death of an African American man. According to Press TV, the graphic video showed eight police officers involved in a shooting that killed Jayland Walker after he fled a traffic signal on June …

Unidentified gunmen have attacked a convoy of Taliban forces in western Afghanistan, leaving two dead and several others injured. Iran’s Fars news agency, citing local sources, reported that two vehicles carrying members of the Taliban came under attack in Herat City on Monday morning. The report said the attack killed …

The head of a confederation of trade unions in Germany has sounded the alarm that the looming cut-off of Russian natural gas would cripple major industries in the European country. “Because of the gas bottlenecks, entire industries are in danger of permanently collapsing: aluminum, glass, the chemical industry,” Yasmin Fahimi, who …

Sounds of at least two explosions have rocked a military base used by American forces in eastern Syria, Iraqi outlet reports. Sabereen News, which is associated with Iraqi anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), said sounds of at least two blasts were heard in a US base in Al-Omar Oil Field …

Turkish customs authorities detained a Russian-flagged cargo ship carrying grain at Ukraine’s request, reports said Monday. A Reuters report said the Zhibek Zholy ship anchored about one kilometer from shore and outside of the Red Sea Port of Karasu near the Bosphorus Strait on Sunday, with no obvious signs of …

A group of Iraqi hackers has reportedly launched a massive cyberattack on Israeli NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd., which is responsible for the design and construction of a mass transit system for Tel Aviv in the Occupied Territories. Sabereen News, a Telegram news channel associated with Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), reported that a group based …

Three people have been killed and several others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, Danish police said. A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested following the shooting, Chief Police Inspector Soren Thomassen told reporters on Sunday, adding that authorities could not rule out it was an “act …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a dismal picture of the US economic growth forecast, predicting that the country would “narrowly” avoid a recession in 2022 and 2023 amid rising inflation and higher interest rates. “We are conscious that there is a narrowing path to avoiding a recession,” Kristalina Georgieva, …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Ukrainian asylum seekers face being deported to Rwanda forcefully if they travel to the UK without legal authorization, despite his previous promises that such deportations were “simply not going to happen.” Asked before the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (CHOGM) in the Rwandan capital Kigali, …

The representative of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Ahmed Al-Asadi, confirmed today, Thursday, that the political blocs agreed to proceed with the formation of a national government in accordance with the principle of balance, consensus and partnership. And MP Ahmed Al-Asadi read out a statement in which he referred to the agreement …

Iraq’s parliament swore in 64 new lawmakers on Thursday to replace 73 members of a bloc led by Muqtada al-Sadr after the powerful Shiite Muslim cleric asked them to step down amid a prolonged stalemate over forming a government. Nine MPs did not attend the session. A Parliamentary source reported …

China has increased its crude oil imports from Russia in recent months, importing more than any other country in the month of May since December last year by taking advantage of lower prices in the face of Western sanctions. Chinese customs data released on Monday indicated that its crude oil …

A Parliamentary source reported that the Parliament Presidium asked the candidates who secured the largest numbers of votes to attend tomorrow’s session. A source said  that the 73 candidates were asked to attend the session on Thursday, at 11 am,  to take the constitutional oath and replace the resigned Sadrist …