Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani addressed the issue of financial and administrative corruption permeating Iraqi state departments and institutions, referring to it as a “heinous pandemic” during his speech at the official celebration held by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate in Baghdad. The occasion marked the National Day of the …
Read More »20 countries favor membership in BRICS: Russian diplomat
Nearly 20 states have sought to join the BRICS group of countries as more nations realize the benefits of joining the economic bloc, according to a senior Russian diplomat. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday the number of countries favoring BRICS membership continues to grow. BRICS is an …
Read More »Putin: We may use nuclear arms only if Russia’s existence is threatened
Reiterating Moscow’s nuclear posture, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the country may deploy nuclear weapons only if Russia’s existence is threatened. “Nuclear weapons have been made to ensure our security in the broadest sense of the word and the existence of the Russian state, but we…have no such …
Read More »Qatari Emir Arrives in Baghdad for High-Level Talks
Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Thursday for a state visit featuring high-level talks with Iraqi officeholders. The media office of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, issued a brief statement confirming that he personally welcomed the Qatari leader at …
Read More »China FM demands US ‘show respect’, stop harming Beijing’s core concerns
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has demanded from the US to respect its core concerns, such as the Taiwan issue, if it wants to restore strained ties between the two countries. Qin told his US counterpart Antony Blinken in a phone conversation on Wednesday to respect China’s “core concerns,” stop interfering …
Read More »West Darfur governor ‘brutally’ killed as fighting spreads in Sudan
West Darfur state governor has been killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as the conflict spreads in the African nation. The Sudanese army blamed the RSF for killing governor Khamis Abakar on Wednesday, depicting the murder as a “brutal act”, which …
Read More »Iraq Set to Shift Economic Focus Away from Oil by 2028, Asserts Prime Minister al-Sudani
Iraq’s Prime Minister,Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, on Wednesday said that Iraq would no longer remain dependent on oil, highlighting that “ready alternatives” will be available after 2028. In a meeting with the Iraqi-American Business Council delegation, led by the Council President and Deputy Head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for …
Read More »Germany calls China a growing threat as it steps up focus on security
China poses a growing threat to global security, Germany said in its first national security strategy on Wednesday, underscoring Berlin’s shift in emphasis from economic interests to geopolitics following Russia’s war with Ukraine. Using blunt language about its top trading partner, the strategy document describes Beijing as aggressively claiming supremacy …
Read More »At least 78 killed, dozens feared missing after migrant boat sinks in Greece
Greek authorities says 104 rescued so far after fishing vessel capsizes off coast of Peloponnese Peninsula, in worst such disaster this year A fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, leaving at least 78 people dead and many dozens feared missing …
Read More »China, Palestine pledge to establish strategic partnership
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing where they agreed to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries. During the Wednesday meeting, Xi said this partnership will mark a new stage in their relations that will build on their past achievements and open …
Read More »Nine years since Ayatollah Sistani’s epic fatwa against Daesh in Iraq
On June 12, 2014, Daesh terrorists massacred at least 1,700 Iraqi Shi’a Air Force cadets outside Tikrit Air Academy, formerly known as Camp Speicher, in northern Iraq in what was described as the worst example of terrorism perpetuated by the dreaded Takfiri terrorist group. A day after the ghastly incident, …
Read More »Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The deployment is Moscow’s first move of such warheads – …
Read More »Al-Amiri calls on the government to pay attention to the Popular Mobilization Forces and meet its requirements and entitlements
Today, Tuesday, the Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri, called on the government to give the Popular Mobilization Forces the attention it deserves and to meet its requirements and entitlements. Al-Amiri said in a statement received by (Al-Ghadeer): “With the best meanings of glory and pride, we evoke the …
Read More »Moscow rejects Kiev’s claims about capturing villages, says has repelled Ukraine’s offensives in southeast
Russia says it has repelled attacks by Ukrainian forces on several villages in the southeastern regions of Ukraine, rejecting earlier claims by Kiev that its troops have “liberated” those villages from Russian control. In a statement on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the country’s forces have successfully fought off three …
Read More »Iraq, Egypt sign 11 agreements, strengthen bilateral ties
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced that the Joint High Committee between Iraq and Egypt has resulted in the signing of 11 memoranda of cooperation between the two countries. During a joint press conference held with his Egyptian counterpart, Mostafa Madbouly, in the Egyptian capital, Al-Sudani stated that the committee’s …
Read More »Seven die as severe “Biparjoy Cyclone” barrels towards western India, Pakistan
Four boys drowned in rough seas off the western Indian financial hub of Mumbai on Tuesday as India and Pakistan began evacuating people from coastal areas, two days before a cyclone is expected to make landfall. Classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, Biparjoy is expected to land around Thursday …
Read More »Ukraine says six people killed in strikes on Kryvyi Rig
Ukrainian officials say the death toll from, what they said, Russian missile strikes on the central city of Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, has risen to six. Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of Kryvyi Rig’s military administration, claimed on Tuesday that six missiles had hit five civilian sites …
Read More »Trump to face charges in Florida court in classified documents case
Former U.S. President Donald Trump was due to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday to face criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. It will be the second courtroom visit for Trump since April, …
Read More »Palestine urges sanctions against Israel over settlement construction policies
Palestine has called upon the international community to impose sanctions and other punitive measures against Israel over its settlement construction policies in the occupied territories, saying world countries should not simply suffice to written statements in this regard. The Palestinian foreign ministry stated on Tuesday that the Palestinian nation pays …
Read More »UK police say 3 found dead in Nottingham, 3 others hit by van in linked incidents
Police say three people have been found dead in the English city of Nottingham, and three others were hit by a van in linked incidents. The three hit by the van were injured and a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Nottinghamshire Police said. This is an horrific …
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