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Clashes between protesters and security forces have left dozens killed in Kazakhstan’s biggest city, Almaty, as nationwide protests continue over fuel price hikes in the oil-rich Central Asian country. Police spokesman Saltanat Azirbek said on Thursday that tens of rioters had been “eliminated” overnight in Kazakhstan’s financial capital as they …

 make Iraq an arena for settling scores.  The media office of the National Security Adviser said in a statement received by Alghadeertv, that “the National Security Adviser, Qasim Al-Araji, received in his office today, Monday, the French ambassador in Baghdad, Eric Chevalier,” noting that “the two sides discussed the latest …

 The Ministry of Planning estimated the population of Iraq at the end of last year at more than 41 million. The ministry said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that its estimates of the population in Iraq for the year 2021 amounted to (41,190,658) people, according …

The oil market kicked off 2022 on a positive note even as concerns over demand waning due to rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic limited gains. Brent crude gained 0.86 percent to $78.45 a barrel, as of 0102 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 1.02 percent to $75.98 a …

Yemen’s Army Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the country’s forces carried out two major operations against the Saudi-led coalition and their mercenaries in 2021, liberating 12,000 square kilometers of land in five provinces. In a statement carried by Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television network on Sunday, the Brig. General he …

The US and its allies will “respond decisively” in the event of Russia’s military action against Ukraine, President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sunday. In a statement, White House Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden asserted that the United States and its allies and partners will respond …

Two protesters have been killed and many others injured as Sudanese security forces clashed with anti-coup demonstrators in the capital Khartoum and other major cities. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said on Sunday that the new fatalities brought to 56 the overall death toll in protests since the coup …

One in three Americans believe violence against the government can sometimes be justified, according to a poll by the Washington Post and University of Maryland. The poll showed that 40 percent of Republicans said violent actions could be justified, in comparison to 23 percent of Democrats and 41 percent of …

US immigration officials have reportedly denied entry to hundreds of Afghans seeking temporary stay in the country for humanitarian reasons in recent weeks, causing dismay of Afghans and their supporters. By doing so, immigrant advocates insist, the Biden administration has failed to honor its pledge to assist Afghans who were …

Air travel continued to be severely disrupted in the United States on Saturday, with bad weather in parts of the country adding to the impact of a massive spike in COVID-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. The United States had 2,723 cancelled flights, more than half of the 4,698 …

US President Joe Biden has threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with “severe sanctions” if Russia launches any military action in neighboring Ukraine, despite the fact that Moscow has rejected Washington’s allegations of preparing to invade the neighboring country. Biden told reporters on Friday in Wilmington, Delaware, that he issued the …

The head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Faleh al-Fayyad, said today, Saturday, that the ruling (fatwa) of the religious reference for Sufficiency Jihad contributed to the unity of Iraq and the expulsion of terrorism, stressing that Al-Sistani’s stances protected Iraq from dangers. During his speech at march that took place …

The head of Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, confirmed today, Saturday, that The Popular Mobilization Forces will remain strong ,regardless of the plots against it, noting that Al-Sistani’s fatwa led to the liberation of Iraq. Al-Amiri said during his speech at the popular march that took place today in central Baghdad …

COVID-19 infections across the UK hit record high levels in all parts of the country just before Christmas, with an estimated 2.3 million cases, new figures show. According to data published by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday, the new record registered in the week up to December …

Russia has reportedly test-fired around 10 new Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine as tensions between Moscow and the West escalate over Ukraine. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported the development on Friday, citing sources from the country’s northern fleet. “Admiral Gorshkov successfully conducted …

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest data shows that the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 is sending children to the hospital in record numbers. Within weeks, Omicron has caused thousands of new COVID-19 hospitalizations among American children, according to the CDC. The seven-day-average number of …

Iraqi President Barham Saleh has called on the new parliament to hold its first session on January 9, more than two months after the parliamentary elections whose results were ratified with much delay this week. “I signed the presidential decree inviting the new parliament to meet on January 9,” said …

Yemeni Foreign Minister in the National Salvation Government Hisham Sharaf Abdullah has called upon the UN Security Council to hold Saudi Arabia and its arms suppliers to account in accordance with the international law over their war crimes in the crisis-stricken Arab country. Abdullah, in identical letters addressed to the …

As more Arab countries are taking steps toward normalization with the Syrian government, Bahrain has appointed its first ambassador to the war-ravaged country after relations were strained following the outbreak of foreign-sponsored militancy in March 2011. Bahrain’s state-run news agency BNA reported that Waheed Mubarak Sayyar has been appointed to …

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israeli raids and other acts of aggression have put the occupied West Bank on the brink of an “explosion.” Abbas told the Russian president during a telephone conversation on Thursday that Israeli settlements, land confiscation, home demolitions and “settler …