Daily Archives: March 22, 2023

Iraq: 7m children have no access to safe water, says UNICEF

Iraq has long had problems with its water supplies. Climate change, which has an impact on the area’s security and tranquilly, has made these issues worse. Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the damage and violence resulting from the subsequent war and its aftermath have left more than …

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Iraqi Prime Minister Concludes His Visit to Turkey

Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani has returned to Baghdad after completing his official visit to Turkey. A senior government delegation accompanied Al-Sudani during the 48-hour trip, which began on Tuesday. The visit came after Al-Sudani received an official invitation from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on January 10, 2023. …

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Zelensky visits Ukraine army positions near Bakhmut

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that he visited military positions near the frontline town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the scene of the longest and bloodiest battle since Russia’s war. At least one person was killed meanwhile and more than two dozen injured in a Russian strike on a block …

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Iraq’s premier invites Turkish businesses to relocate to the industrial zone near al-Faw port

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani on Wednesday invited Turkish businesspersons to relocate their industrial and commercial activities to the industrial city adjacent to Basra’s al-Faw port in southern Iraq. According to a statement issued by his bureau, al-Sudani met this morning with a group of Turkish businessmen, investors, and …

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Jordanian MPs vote for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over ‘racist’ remarks by minister

Jordanian lawmakers have called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador following “racist” remarks by a far-right Israeli minister, who recently denied the existence of the Palestinian people. During the legislative session on Wednesday, Jordanian House of Representatives Speaker Ahmed al-Safadi called on the government to take action in response …

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Mexican president brands Americans as ‘liars’

Washington believes it’s the “government of the world,” Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has claimed Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has bristled over his government being accused by the US State Department of human rights abuses, and dismissed his country’s neighbors to the north as “liars.” Speaking at a press …

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