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The newly elected Parliament elected the head of al-Takaddom bloc, Mohammad al-Halboosi, for a second mandate as a parliament speaker. Al-Halboosi secured 200 votes while his competitor, the Elder Member of the Parliamentary Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, won only 14 votes. Fourteen MPs cast a blank ballot. Iraq’s parliament held its first …

 The Coordination Framework lodged a request for the largest bloc accreditations after assembling 88 MPs under their name, member of the Shiite Consortium’s bloc Ahmed al-Asadi said. Al-Asadi told Shafaq News Agency, “we appealed for the largest bloc accreditations but approving it is a prerogative of the elected parliament speaker.” …

The newly elected Parliament of Iraq resumed its first session under the chairmanship of Khalid al-Darraji after transferring the Elderly Member Mahmoud al-Mashhadani to the hospital. A statement by the media bureau said that the tally of attending members decreased to 205, down from 325 upon inauguration. The newly elected …

The Elderly member, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, commenced the first session of newly elected Iraqi Parliament earlier today, Sunday. The session was supposed to start at 11am Baghdad time but has been postponed as politicians are engaged in closed-door meetings and backroom deals. Traditionally, the first parliamentary session would be tasked with …

Saudi authorities have released Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a businesswoman and an outspoken human rights advocate, and her daughter, who had been detained without charge for nearly three years. A legal adviser to Princess Basmah announced on Saturday that she and her daughter, Suhoud Al Sharif, …

The congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack will ask former US Vice President Mike Pence to answer its questions, according to the panel’s chairman. “I think you could expect that before the month’s out,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the …

The coordination framework pacified on Sunday, two options for the nomination of the speaker of parliament and his two deputies, as well as the election of the President of the Republic, while noting that there are multiple scenarios after the swearing-in of the constitutional oath. “There is still no agreement …

Germany’s defense minister arrived Sunday at the Iraqi defense ministry building. “German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht arrived at the defense ministry building for an official visit,” the ministry said in a statement received by AlghadeerTv. “The visit is aimed at discussing bilateral relations between the two countries,” the statement said.

MPS from political blocs held on Sunday, separate meetings ahead of the first parliamentary session. “The Sadrist bloc’s MPs held a meeting today inside the parliament before the parliamentary session,” said. “The MPs wore shrouds during the meeting,” he said. “The deputies of the State of Law Coalition also held …

The Federal Intelligence Agency on Friday arrested the financial and logistic official of the terrorist organization of ISIS in Kirkuk. A statement issued by the agency earlier today said that the operation was carried out in cooperation with the fifth division of the Iraqi Federal Police. “The operation is a …

The Ministry of Health announced that all groups will be included in the third booster dose of coronavirus vaccines, even if they are from the previously specified categories. A member of the health media team, Muhammad Kamel, said in an interview seen by Al-Ghadeer that “the ministry will allow the …

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization insisted Thursday. According to reports, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the record numbers of people catching the new variant — which is rapidly out-competing the previously-dominant Delta …

At least 18 Kazakh police have reportedly been killed and more than 740 others injured as authorities in the ex-Soviet country try to quell unrest triggered by a sharp rise in fuel prices. The ongoing unrest is far from over, even after protests resulted in the resignation of the government. …

US President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor, Donald Trump, of posing “a continuing threat to democracy.” Biden was speaking on Thursday at the US Capitol on the anniversary of the brief January 6 occupation of that building by a large crowd of Americans protesting the outcome of the disputed …

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has affirmed Damascus’ condemnation of the use of chemical weapons, anywhere, anytime by anyone and under any circumstances, saying Western states fabricate lies on his country’s cooperation with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). During a session of …

The Ministry of Health announced the daily epidemiological situation of the Corona pandemic throughout the country. The ministry stated, in a statement received by AlghadeerTv, that it had “recorded 642 new cases of coronavirus, and 241 people had recovered.” The statement added, “The new deaths from Corona amounted to 4 …

The head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri congratulated today, Thursday the Iraqi army on the 101st anniversary of its founding, while renewing its support to strengthen the force of law and preserve the prestige of the state. Al-Amiri said in a statement received by the AlghadeerTv: “On the anniversary …

US President Joe Biden is set to tell Americans that former president Donald Trump carries “singular responsibility” for the deadly January 6 Capitol attack as he prepares to mark the first anniversary of the riot by Trump’s supporters. Two weeks before Biden’s presidency, Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building, where lawmakers …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has placed a record number of migrants under detention, in a move that heightened alarm among advocates who call for the prisons to be closed amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the facilities. The detention centers run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

Taiwan’s air force has conducted a drill simulating a war situation to show the self-ruled island’s combat readiness amid heightened tensions with Beijing. The exercises were carried out at a base in the southern city of Chiayi on Wednesday, where Taiwanese jets took off into the sky as part of …