Iraq’s legislative body on Wednesday voted for a remake for the parliamentary committees, abolishing the lineups approved in previous sessions. Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi commenced this morning the activities of the parliament’s second session in the new legislative term. The lawmakers held a new vote to assign new lineups to …
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Turkey’s Baykar to deliver drones to Kuwait in $370 million deal
Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defense firm Baykar said on Wednesday. International demand for Baykar’s TB2 drones soared after they featured in conflicts in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan and interest in them increased further following …
Read More »Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs as wave of layoffs sweeps tech industry
Microsoft plans to lay off 10,000 employees, the company said Wednesday, as part of a restructuring plan to focus on areas of growth and brace the company for an economic downturn. The tech giant is the latest corporation to cut workers amid economic uncertainty, coming off the spectacular highs of …
Read More »UK crisis: Nurses stage new strikes over low pay as health service creaks
Nurses across England have launched a new round of strikes over low pay in an already disrupted public health services as inflation skyrockets. “We take strike action with a heavy, heavy heart but a clear mind about what we want to achieve,” said nurse Anna Swift before joining a picket …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S23 specs leak: Massive batteries, powerful cameras
Samsung’s Galaxy S23 series of flagship smartphones isn’t coming until Feb. 1, but all the secrets about the upcoming phones have been revealed, thanks to a series of pretty convincing leaks. First, we have WinFuture’s spec sheets (via Android Police) of the Samsung Galaxy S23 and Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus. …
Read More »NATO chief calls for significant increase in weapons for Ukraine
Ukraine needs a “significant increase” in weapons at a pivotal moment in the war, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday, saying such support was the only route to a negotiated peaceful solution with Russia. “President Putin has shown no sign of preparing for peace and therefore he must realize …
Read More »Iraqi, Swiss FMs discuss reopening Swiss embassy in Baghdad
The Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, discussed on Tuesday reopening the Swiss embassy in Baghdad with the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ignazio Cassis, during a meeting held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss city of Davos, according to a press statement issued …
Read More »China accuses US of oil theft
American “occupation troops” stationed in Syria are “looting” the country’s resources, Beijing has claimed China has blasted the United States for its “banditry” in Syria, claiming that Washington’s years-long military occupation and the “plundering” of Syrian resources have placed the country on the brink of a “humanitarian disaster.” Addressing reporters …
Read More »UNESCO: Killings of journalists surged by 50% in 2022
The number of journalists killed worldwide significantly increased in 2022, following a decline over the previous three years, according to the United Nations culture agency (UNESCO). In the recently released 2021-2022 freedom of expression report, UNESCO noted the deaths of 86 journalists last year, amounting to one every four days, …
Read More »US quietly shipping ammunition to Ukraine from massive stockpile in Israel: Report
A new report says the United States is quietly sending hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine from the so-called American emergency stockpile in Israel, amid Russia’s ongoing war with the former Soviet state. The New York Times, citing US and Israeli officials, reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon …
Read More »At least 70 killed in wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan: Official
At least 70 people have died in a wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, as extreme weather compounds a humanitarian crisis in the poverty-stricken nation. Since January 10, the mercury has plunged in Kabul and several other provinces, with the central region of Ghor recording the lowest …
Read More »Helicopter crash near Kyiv kills 16, including Ukrainian interior minister
At least 30 others, including 12 children, are in the hospital following the incident in the city of Brovary on Wednesday, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration. Tymoshenko has revised down the number of people killed in the crash on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital — …
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