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The head of Al-Fatah Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, called on Wednesday for establishing full control over the Iraqi airspace and air bases. Al-Amiri emphasized, according to a statement, the importance of “the Iraqi-American technical committee meetings’ positive results that “meet the aspiration of the Iraqi people to achieve full national sovereignty …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are due to hold talks on Wednesday night ahead of a possible presidential summit in Junein an attempt to improve the dire relations between the former Cold War foes. The face-to-face talks on the sidelines of a gathering …

The New York attorney general’s office said on Tuesday it has now opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s company, increasing the legal risk for Trump and his family. Attorney General Letitia James has been investigating whether the Trump Organization falsely reported property values to secure loans and …

The US State Department lists several politicians and officials in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador ‘credibly alleged to be corrupt. A US State Department report on Central American officials “credibly alleged” to be corrupt includes five Salvadoran officials (PDF) with ties to President Nayib Bukele, six sitting Honduran lawmakers, and …

US lawmakers pleaded Tuesday for the evacuation of thousands of Afghan allies, fearing a bloodbath as America ends its longest war, but the administration said it did not want to set off a panic. “We cannot allow Kabul to be another Saigon,” Representative Mike McCaul, the top Republican on the …

Iraqi sources reported on Tuesday that two US-led coalition logistics convoys were targeted in southern the country. A US-led coalition logistics convoy was hit by a roadside bomb on Tuesday afternoon in Al-Diwaniyah province, southern Iraq. No one was injured in the blast, which took place on the Al-Diwaniyah road …

Bank of America plans to raise its minimum wage for U.S. workers to $25 an hour by 2025, the latest among major firms promising to pay employees more after a year of pandemic risks and government subsidies that fueled conversations on whether companies pay their workers enough. Bank of America’s …

China is resisting bilateral talks with the United States on nuclear weapons, the US disarmament ambassador told a UN conference on Tuesday, as Washington seeks to advance efforts to reduce nuclear arms stockpiles. “Despite the PRC’s dramatic build-up of its nuclear arsenal, unfortunately, it continues to resist discussing nuclear risk …

Two police officers were shot in the Mid-Atlantic US state of Maryland on Monday while serving a warrant, local officials said in a statement. The attacker reportedly died after he barricaded himself inside his home for hours. It was, however, not immediately clear how he died. The incident took place …

About 1,000 Los Angeles residents remained under evacuation orders Monday as firefighters protected canyon homes from a smoky wildfire that churned through vegetation that hasn’t burned in half a century. The cause of the fire in steep, inaccessible terrain near Topanga state park has been deemed “suspicious” and is under …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday warned Western countries against staking claims in the Arctic ahead of this week’s Arctic Council meeting in Reykjavik. The Arctic in recent years has become the site of geopolitical competition between the countries that form the Arctic Council (Russia, the United States, Canada, …

Washington, a close ally of Israel, has reportedly blocked UNSC statements that condemned Israel’s military response and called for a ceasefire. A third United Nations Security Council emergency meeting in a week – amid the deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza – has again ended with no concrete outcome after the …

Some legislators say most recent US arms sales could be used as leverage on Israel to end violence. Some United States legislators are questioning whether a $735m approved weapons sale to Israel by President Joe Biden’s administration could be used as leverage amid the continuing bombardment of the Gaza Strip, …

Joe Biden is not the only US president to back Israel amid criticism of military operations and abuses against Palestinians. As the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s continuing bombardment of Gaza mounts, anger with US President Joe Biden’s handling of the situation is growing. On the same day that Israeli …

In a statement on Sunday, China FM called for the UN Security Council’s action to seek the de-escalation of violence between Hamas and the Israeli regime, slamming the US for blocking UN efforts. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the UN Security Council to seek an early de-escalation of …

Muslim advocacy groups say they ‘cannot in good conscience’ join event as the US defends Israel amid Gaza attacks. Prominent Muslim advocacy groups in the United States are boycotting a White House event on Sunday to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, saying the Biden administration “aids, abets and …

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib says Israel is bombing international media so the world can’t see its war crimes against the people of Palestine. “Israel targeting media sources is so the world can’t see Israel’s war crimes led by the apartheid-in-chief Netanyahu. It’s so the world can’t see the killing of …

The former president proposed the monument last year to honor dozens of American historical figures. US President Joe Biden on Friday put the kibosh on his predecessor’s planned “National Garden of American Heroes” and revoked former President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at social media companies’ moderation policies and branding …

The escalating conflict in Gaza and Israel, young migrants on the border between Mexico and the US, protests against the government in Colombia, and the enduring impact of Covid-19: the most striking images from around the world this week.

Russia has included the United States and the Czech Republic in a list of countries that have been classified as “unfriendly,” according to a document published Friday on the country’s official legal information portal. “To approve the attached list of foreign states committing unfriendly actions against Russia, citizens of Russia …