Chinese Foreign Ministry has urged the United States to stop abusing “long-arm jurisdiction” and unilateral sanctions which have distorted multilateralism and weakened international trade. “The US’ long-arm jurisdiction is an arbitrary judicial practice, wielded by the US government on the strength of its national power and financial hegemony, to enforce …

Iraq’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammed Al-Halboosi, called on Arab countries to help Syria reclaim its place in the Arab world and regain its stability. A statement by a-Halboosi’s media office said that the latter arrived in Cairo today, to attend the fifth Congress of the Arab Parliament. During his speech, Al-Halboosi …

Rescuers in Turkey have pulled out two women alive who were trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings for 122 hours after the region’s deadliest earthquake in two decades. A day after Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the response of rescue and relief forces and said that they should have reacted …

The restrictions come days after the Pentagon brought down a suspected Chinese ‘spy balloon’ The US announced new sanctions against China on Friday, targeting six companies linked to Beijing’s suspected surveillance program. The move comes after a Chinese “spy balloon” was spotted and shot down in US airspace. In a …

The First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament pledged that Baghdad would continue sending aid to Syria until the after-earthquake crisis ends. During an official visit to Damascus, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi meets Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous. “The Iraqi people, Parliament, and government share affliction with their Syrian brothers; every Iraqi …

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the key to defeating the enemies’ hybrid warfare against the Iranian people is to maintain unity, calling on people to attend nationwide February 11 demonstrations. In a Friday statement, the IRGC felicitated the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution victory. The Iranian nation considers …

Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime in 1979. The rallies in the capital Tehran began at 9:30 a.m. local time (06:00 GMT) on Saturday, with demonstrators from various social strata …

North Korea has staged a massive military parade to mark the founding anniversary of its armed forces, displaying more intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), which state-run media claimed have the “maximum nuclear attack capability.” North Korea held the nighttime military parade in Pyongyang on Wednesday as leader Kim Jong-un, accompanied by …

US President Joe Biden says Washington is not looking for a conflict with China, shortly after warning Beijing against what he called threats to American sovereignty. “We’re going to compete fully with China, but… we’re not looking for conflict — and that’s been the case so far,” Biden told PBS on …

Iran’s advancing capabilities to manufacture and operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have had worried US officials, with a bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers urging the Biden administration to target the country’s drone program, claiming it has “far-reaching implications” for American interests in the region and beyond. According to Press TV, …

Russia has imposed sanctions on scores of American officials, retaliating for Washington’s stepped-up campaign of striking Russian figures with similar coercive measures. The Russian foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Wednesday, identifying the targets as 77 Americans, including 33 governors of US states. It said the designated officials were being …

The United States Navy planted explosives under the Nord Stream gas pipelines in a covert sea operation last year, renowned American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed. In a detailed report published in his blog on Wednesday, Hersh, citing his own investigation into the September sabotage, claimed that the bombing of the Nord …

Birds flew erratically above snow-capped buildings. Dogs howled loudly. Then, a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria leveled buildings and killed more than 5,000 people. Social media users claimed that animals were behaving strangely just before the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake and significant aftershocks. While The Washington Post could not immediately …

The United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, met with Iraq’s Prime Minister, Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, at Zabeel Palace in Dubai, the Emirati official news agency said on Thursday.

On Thursday, the Iraqi National Security Advisor, Qassim al-Araji, held security and political talks with the Kurdish Minister of the Interior, Rebar Ahmed. Both sides discussed security cooperation and coordination between the Iraqi and the Peshmerga forces in border controls and counter-terrorism.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani met with the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for talks on bilateral ties during his visit to Abu Dhabi on Thursday. According to a readout issued by his bureau, al-Sudani and bin Nahyan discussed the bilateral ties, …

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Pilgrimage (Hajj and Umrah), Tawfiq al-Rabi’a, has approved a proposal to add 10,000 pilgrims to Iraq’s Hajj quota, Iraqi presidency said on Thursday. Al-Rabi’a, who arrived in Baghdad this morning, met with the Iraqi president, Abdullatif Rashid, in al-Salam palace, an official readout said.

Amidst the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China, scientists are saying it appears no new variants developed. “Given the impact that variants have had on the course of the pandemic, it was important to investigate whether any new ones emerged following the recent changes to China’s COVID-19 prevention and control policies,” …

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Pilgrimage (Hajj and Umrah), Tawfiq al-Rabi’a, on Thursday arrived in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, flanked by a high-level government delegation.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani on Thursday arrived in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on top of a high-profile government delegation.