Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, accepted a £1 million ($1.19 million, 1.21 million euro) donation from the family of the deceased Saudi terrorist, Osama bin Laden, The Sunday Times reports. Charles, who is the longest-serving heir apparent to the throne in British history, personally secured the 1 million pound …
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Iran Intel Ministry arrests 10 Daesh terrorists plotting attacks in Muharram
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and arrested 10 members of a Daesh Takfiri terrorist group that aimed to conduct acts of terror across the country during the mourning month of Muharram. The ministry made the announcement in a statement on Thursday, saying the “Takfiri-Zionist” outfit had plans to …
Read More »World Bank: politicians “orchestrated” Lebanon’s financial melt down
The World Bank accused Lebanese politicians of being cruel by asserting that deposits in the country’s collapsed banking sector are sacred, saying such slogans “flagrantly contradict the reality” in a report on Wednesday. Lebanon is in the third year of a financial meltdown that has left eight in ten people …
Read More »China launches military exercises around Taiwan after Pelosi visit
China began large-scale military exercises on Thursday intended to punish Taiwan for hosting U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, raising cross-strait tensions to their highest level in decades. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said Thursday that military maneuvers had begun in the Taiwan Strait, with the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s …
Read More »COVID-19: 956 new cases and one mortality in Iraq today
Iraq logged 956 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday. The daily epidemiological report on COVID-19 stated that three deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2279 patients had achieved full recovery. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of …
Read More »China starts live-fire exercises around Taiwan in response to Pelosi visit
China has begun large-scale military sea and air exercises around Chinese Taipei in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island and amid soaring tensions between Washington and Beijing over the highly-controversial trip. The unprecedented military exercises kicked off on Thursday a day after Pelosi left Taipei, featuring J-20 stealth …
Read More »Maduro: US wants to ‘steal’ Venezuelan plane grounded in Argentina
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned a call by the United States for Argentina to seize a Venezuelan cargo plane that has been grounded in Buenos Aires for nearly two months, saying Washington wants to “steal” the aircraft. The Boeing 747 cargo plane, owned by the Venezuelan company Emtrasur, was …
Read More »Russia again blames bans for non-delivery of turbine, resultant cutting of gas flow to Europe
Russia’s energy giant Gazprom says the sanctions imposed by the West against Moscow have made it impossible for the company to receive a turbine needed to keep gas flowing to Europe. Gazprom said on Wednesday that the delivery of the turbine needed to stream gas to Europe via the Nord Stream …
Read More »US Senate overwhelmingly votes to add Finland, Sweden to NATO
The US Senate has ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, becoming the 23rd of the 30 member states to pave the way for one of the most significant expansions of the Western military alliance in decades. The Senate voted 95 to 1 in favor of the two Nordic countries’ accession on Wednesday. …
Read More »Several injured in blast, fire at military plant in France
An explosion and fire at a military plant in southwest France has left at least eight people injured, reports say. The Eurenco factory in the town of Bergerac specializes in making nitrocellulose, a highly flammable chemical compound, as well as propellants and fuels. Local officials said an investigation will be …
Read More »UK inflation will soar to ‘astronomical’ levels in 2023, think tank warns
Inflation in the United Kingdom will soar to ‘astronomical’ levels over the next year, a leading British think tank has warned, saying such massive inflation will force the Bank of England to raise interest rates higher and for a longer period than previously expected. In a report on Wednesday, the …
Read More »Al-Amiri receives Blackshart and discusses the latest developments in the political situation
Today, Thursday, the Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri, discussed three important files with the United Nations envoy, Jeanine Plasschaert, in his office in Baghdad today. A statement by his media office, received by Al-Ghadeer, stated that “the Secretary-General of the Badr Organization Hadi Al-Amiri received the representative of …
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