The Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani has made a statement regarding the tragic Al-Hamdaniyah incident, expressing his concern over “negligence, irresponsibility, and a lack of accountability” that contributed to the catastrophe. The Prime Minister’s remarks were delivered during his visit to the monastery of Mar Behnām and Mart Sārah …

Defense ministers of the United Kingdom and France have gathered in Kiev to discuss further military aid to Ukraine, which is striving for more weapons to boost its slowed counteroffensive against Russian forces. UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps arrived in Kiev on Wednesday and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, …

Moscow says Ukraine’s Western allies coordinated along with Kiev last week’s attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean Peninsula. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said at a briefing on Wednesday that the attack was “planned in advance using Western intelligence means, NATO satellite assets, …

A new report says the US capital has seen a 28 percent uptick in homicide this year, as violent crimes continue to rise across the country. The report published on Wednesday noted that victims of crime upsurge in Washington, DC cover a wide range from little schoolgirls to immigrants. It …

Cuba’s ambassador to the United States has slammed a violent “terrorist attack” on the country’s embassy in Washington, DC, over the weekend. In an interview with US media on Tuesday, Lianys Torres Rivera said that the Sunday night incident was part of a pattern of attacks directed at Cuban overseas …

North Korea has amended its constitution in a bid to update its nuclear doctrine and boost its nuclear power status, citing “provocations” from the United States. After two days of meetings ending on Wednesday, North Korea’s parliament, known as the Supreme People’s Assembly, added a law to the constitution, stipulating …

Nearly half of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh have fled the enclave in fear of reprisal from Azerbaijan, Armenia says, as part of an exodus caused by a military operation that brought the mountainous region back under Azerbaijan’s control. Last week, Azerbaijan launched an operation designed to seize control of Nagorno-Karabakh, …

A leading Arab American rights group is suing the US government and calling on a federal court to halt any further actions admitting Israel into the visa waiver program (VWP). The lawsuit, filed by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), states that based on credible reports and investigations, Israel is …

Fifty-five percent of US citizens say they oppose a defense pact with Saudi Arabia that would commit the US to send forces to defend the kingdom in the event of an attack. In a poll conducted between 29-31 August by Harris Poll and the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, 55 …

Republican US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, has rejected a stopgap funding bill advancing in the Senate, nudging the US government to the brink of its fourth partial shutdown in a decade. The Senate plan which advanced on a wide bipartisan margin on Tuesday unveiled a stopgap funding measure that would …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, on Thursday, assigned administrative unit directors with the responsibility for public safety and instructed the imposition of the strictest legal penalties against those found negligent or responsible for the Hamdaniya fire incident. According to a statement from his office, Prime Minister Al-Sudani personally visited …

Lebanon’s army said on Wednesday it had exchanged smoke bombs with Israeli troops at the border, the second such incident in a week. The Lebanese army, in an online statement, said Israeli troops had fired smoke bombs at a Lebanese patrol that was accompanying workers removing “infringements” that the army …

On Wednesday, the Secretary-General of Badr Organization Mr. Hadi Al-Amiri offered condolences to Al-Hamdaniya incident, reiterating his call to the government departments concerned with the need to compel the implementation of safety measures. Al-Amiri said, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) “We express with great pain …

Iraqi security forces has arrested the owner of the banquet hall engulfed by the deadly blaze in Nineveh’s Hamdaniya yesterday, Kurdistan region’s Security Council announced in a press release on Wednesday. The tragic fire claimed dozens of lives last night, sending shockwaves through the country and eliciting demands for swift …

France’s ambassador to Niger landed in Paris on Wednesday after leaving Niamey following weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country, the foreign ministry told AFP. The return of the ambassador, Sylvain Itte, comes two months after a coup in Niger ousted its pro-Paris …

The Czech Republic will buy 24 US-made F-35 fighter jets, Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters on Wednesday. “The first F-35s will be ready in 2029 and our pilots will start training with them in the United States then,” Fiala said. He added that the first supersonic jets would arrive …

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani received a condolence message today, Wednesday, from Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the tragic fire incident that occurred in al-Hamdaniya district, Nineveh governorate. According to a statement from Al Sudani’s media office, President Putin expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to the government and …

Today, Wednesday, the Supreme Religious Authority, Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, expressed deep sorrow and regret over the horrific fire incident that occurred in the Hamdaniya district. A statement from his office received by Al-Ghadeer stated that “the supreme religious authority expressed deep sorrow and regret over the horrific fire incident that …

Today, Tuesday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani directed the declaration of general mourning throughout Iraq for three days of condolence for the victims of the Hamdaniyah fire. His media office stated in a statement received by (Al-Ghadeer) that “Al-Sudani directed the declaration of general mourning throughout Iraq for a period …

Today, Wednesday, the Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir al-Shammari, and the Minister of Immigration and Displacement, Ivan Faiq Jabru, were briefed on the details and circumstances of the unfortunate incident that occurred in the Hamdaniya district.