The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced, today, Thursday, that 22 Iraqi universities have achieved important competitive ranks in the QS World Classification in its version for the universities of the Arab region for the year 2022. The ministry stated in a statement received by Al-ghadeerTv, that “the …
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Iraq announces activating water agreement with Turkey
The Water Resources Ministry announced Thursday that the water agreement with Turkey has entered into force, noting that there is a real political desire on the Turkish side for positive discussion concerning water matter. “The Turkish president has ratified the memorandum of understanding signed between the Iraqi and Turkish sides,” …
Read More »‘Arms race underway’ since US pullout from ABM Treaty two decades ago: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States triggered an arms race after its unilateral withdrawal from the landmark Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty almost two decades ago. Speaking at a forum in Russia’s capital, Moscow, the president said the weapon race between the Cold War foes “is on the move.” …
Read More »Putin: US invasion of Afghanistan led to tragedy
Russian President Vladimir Putin asserts that the United States’ invasion of Afghanistan led to tragedy as it took place in defiance of the Afghan people’s culture and history. “Freedom and democracy, they cannot be disconnected from the culture and traditions of a certain people,” the Russian head of state told …
Read More »California’s Alisal Fire burns more than 13,000 acres
California firefighters scrambled overnight Wednesday to battle a fast-moving blaze that has scorched more than 13,400 acres and prompted evacuation orders since it started Monday, according to local authorities. Burning in a dry, scrub-filled canyon about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Santa Barbara, the Alisal Fire is just five …
Read More »Japan dissolves parliament, setting stage for general elections
Japan dissolved its parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for an election at the end of the month that will pit new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida against unpopular opposition in a battle over who can better fix the pandemic-battered economy. Kishida enjoys reasonable public support 11 days into the job, …
Read More »Norway arrests Danish man suspected of killing 5 in bow, arrow attacks
Norwegian police have arrested a man suspected of killing five people and injuring two others in a series of bow-and-arrow attacks. In a statement on Thursday, police said the suspect was a 37-year-old Danish citizen who lives in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg, southwest of the capital, Oslo, where the …
Read More »Black man shot, killed by New York police
Newly released footage shows another African American man shot and killed by US police. The footage was released on Wednesday one week after the tragedy occurred in a supermarket in New York. New York Attorney General Letitia James released two videos from body-worn cameras, showing an officer enters the grocery …
Read More »Russia criticizes EU pessimism over talks in Vienna to remove anti-Iran sanctions
The Russian ambassador to international organizations in Vienna says his country believes, unlike the European Union, there are no reasons to be pessimistic about the fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, whose revival depends on a removal of all anti-Iran sanctions. According to reports, Mikhail Ulyanov made the remarks …
Read More »Chile’s opp. launches impeachment against president after Pandora Papers leak
Chilean opposition lawmakers have launched impeachment proceedings against President Sebastian Pinera over possible irregularities in the sale of a mining company revealed in the so-called Pandora Papers. Pinera used “his office for personal business,” Congressman Tomas Hirsch said on Wednesday as he presented the impeachment charge in the lower house …
Read More »Fire kills 46, injures dozens in southern Chinese Taipei building
At least 46 people have lost their lives and dozens more have been injured in a fire that broke out in a residential building in southern Chinese Taipei, officials say. The fire occurred in the 4-decade-old Cheng Chung Cheng building in the Yancheng district of the southern city of Kaohsiung …
Read More »Violent clashes in Lebanon
The vicinity of the Palace of Justice in Beirut, specifically the Tayouneh area, where protesters gather to head towards the sit-in against Judge Tariq Al-Bitar, witnessed heavy shooting. The protesters had called to carry out a sit-in against the investigating judge in the Beirut port explosion, Judge Tariq Al-Bitar, and …
Read More »Afghan foreign minister to hold talks in Turkey
A Taliban delegation led by Afghanistan’s foreign minister will hold talks in Turkey on Thursday with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said. NATO member Turkey maintained its embassy in Afghanistan after Western countries withdrew following the Taliban takeover, and has urged those countries to step …
Read More »Al-Fateh: Misrepresentation of the election results could lead the country to an abyss
On Thursday, a member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Fares Al-Budairi, stressed the need to move towards the counting and sorting of votes manually in order to know the truth. Pointing out that changing the poll results more than once confirms the existence of voter fraud, which raises the alarm and …
Read More »Danish man suspected of killing five in bow-and-arrow attack in Norway
A 37-year-old Danish citizen is suspected of killing five people with a bow-and-arrow and other weapons in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg in a rare incident of mass killing in Norway, police said on Thursday. Two people, including an off-duty police officer, were wounded in the Wednesday evening attacks, which …
Read More »Head of counter-terrorism service denies being removed from office
The head of the counter-terrorism service, Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi, denied on Thursday reports that he had been relieved of his post. “The news published by mass media and social media about my exemption from my post is untrue,” al-Saadi said. “The anti-terrorist forces are continuing to pursue ISIS …
Read More »Volcano lava forces more evacuations in Spain’s La Palma
More people were forced to leave their homes on Wednesday evening as flows of molten rock pouring from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma threatened to engulf another neighborhood. With no end in sight to the eruption, which is in its fourth week, authorities expected …
Read More »Fire in southern Taiwan kills 46
A fire in a residential building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung has killed 46 people and injured another 41, the government said on Thursday. The fire broke out in the 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung’s Yancheng district in the early hours of the morning and was extinguished around dawn. …
Read More »Gunfire in Beirut as Lebanese protest against blast investigator
Heavy gunfire was heard in Beirut on Thursday near an area where the Lebanese were gathering to protest against the judge investigating last year’s catastrophic port explosion. People ran for cover as shots and ambulance sirens could be heard in a live broadcast by Lebanon’s al-Jadeed TV. Its reporter at …
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