The Coordination Framework (CF), an umbrella bloc of Iraqi parties except for the Sadrist Movement, expressed “resentment” of the meeting between the US Ambassador to Baghdad, Alina L. Romanowski, and the First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi. The US Ambassador discussed with Al-Mandalawi the agenda for the …

Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov says Moscow will not engage in strategic stability negotiations with Washington in the foreseeable future, since the US is openly taking “hostile steps” against the country. Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to International Organizations in Vienna, said, “one cannot really talk about resuming the dialogue with the …

Egyptian antiquities officials announced on Thursday the discovery of a hidden nine-metre-long corridor behind the main entrance of the Great Pyramid of Giza that they said could lead to further findings. The find was made under the Scan Pyramids project that since 2015 has been using modern technology including scans …

Greek authorities confirmed on Wednesday night that the death toll had risen to 38 following Tuesday’s tragic passenger train crash, likely caused by a “tragic human error”. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: “Everything in this tragedy points, unfortunately, mainly to human error,” said Mitsotakis in a televised address on …

The United States is Taiwan’s main supplier of military equipment, and China has objected to past sales with sanctions and other actions. The United States has approved the sale to Taiwan of $619 million in munitions for F-16 fighter jets, in a move likely to anger Beijing. The package includes …

A young Palestinian man has succumbed to the wounds he suffered during a raid by Israeli forces on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 22-year-old Mahmoud Jamal Hamdan died of his serious injuries on Wednesday night after being shot …

Media on Thursday morning reported an explosion in the suburbs of Syria’s Deir ez-Zur city which left 45 people killed and injured. The incident occurred due to the explosion of a mine left by ISIS terrorists in the path of a truck carrying Syrian citizens. 5 people were killed and …

The US Air Force relieved six leaders, including two commanders, from their positions at a nuclear base in North Dakota “due to a loss of confidence,” local US media reported. Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara relieved the commanders of the 5th Mission Support Group and 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron at …