Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the “father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb”, has died at 85, authorities said Sunday, having been hospitalized with COVID-19. The atomic scientist was hailed as a national hero for transforming his country into the world’s first Islamic nuclear power, but regarded by the West as a …
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IHEC: Election results will be announced within 24 hours
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC), Judge Jalil Adnan, confirmed that the results of the parliamentary elections will be announced within 24 hours while indicating that the official participation rate will be determined within two hours. Judge Adnan said, during a press …
Read More »More than 1,000 migrants cross English Channel to UK in two days
Britain has rescued or intercepted a total of 1,115 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel over just two days, the country’s interior ministry said on Sunday. Rising numbers of Channel crossings by migrants in small boats have contributed to growing tensions between the UK and France following Britain’s departure …
Read More »Russian plane crashes, killing 19 and injuring three: Report
An L-410 plane crashed near a city in the Tatarstan region on Sunday, killing 16 people and injuring seven, the RIA news agency cited the emergency services as saying. The plane had been carrying a group of parachute jumpers onboard, the Emergencies Ministry said, according to the TASS news agency. …
Read More »Indian police detain hundreds amid targeted killings of civilians in Kashmir
Government forces have detained at least 500 people in a sweeping crackdown in Indian-controlled Kashmir, local officials said on Sunday, following a string of suspected militant attacks and targeted killings in the disputed region. Assailants fatally shot three Hindus and a Sikh person in the region’s main city of Srinagar …
Read More »SMC announces success election security plan
The Security Media Cell announced today, Sunday, the success of the plan to protect the elections, while confirming observation of 190 violators. The head of the Security Media Cell, Major General Saad Maan, said, that “the Supreme Security Committee for the elections carried out its duty, and its plan was …
Read More »Iraqi election day to end at 6 p.m., nearly 33% cast their ballots
The Chairman of the IHEC’s Board of Commissioners, Judge Jalil Adnan, announced the participation rate in the public polling that started this Sunday morning. Jalil said, “The participation rate until midday is more than a third of the voters.” He added, “There is no malfunction in the voting devices. When …
Read More »IHEC sources: voters’ turnout ranged between 12 and 25% by noon
Voters’ turnout ranged between 12 to 25% by 1200 pm (Iraq time), sources in the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) offices in 15 governorates revealed on Sunday. According to the sources, Saladin (25%) has attained the highest voters turnout so far, followed by Diyala (22%) and al-Anbar (228,000 voters, equivalent …
Read More »One killed, 14 injured after ‘hellish’ shootout in Saint Paul, Minnesota (Video)
One woman is dead and 14 people are injured after a gunfight broke out in a bar in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Police are looking for “several shooters,” and no arrests have yet been made. Police were called to a bar in downtown Saint Paul in the early hours of Sunday …
Read More »IHEC: all Electronic Voting Machines are back in service
The Chair of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), Jaleel Adnan Khalaf, said on Sunday that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) “dysfunctioned” and did not “malfunction”, stressing that all EVMs are back on duty. In a press conference he held earlier today, the chair of IHEC’s board of Commissioners said, …
Read More »Iraqi Elections: The participation rate reached 20%, Official says
A member of the National Election Observation Networks Alliance, the international expert in electoral affairs, Muhammad Khalil Al-Husseini, said on Sunday that the participation rate in the elections had reached 20%. Al-Husseini said, “The observers of the Alliance, according to 1,580 polling stations distributed throughout Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region, …
Read More »Pictures.. The Electoral Festival
The Electoral Festival in Iraq Photography: Ali Al-Gharabawi
Read More »Iraqi Election: What we know about the polling stations across the country
With the start of the parliamentary elections, the number of polling stations for general voting is 8,273 with more than 55,000 stations. The number of polling stations in general voting is 8,273 with more than 55 thousand stations. More than 3,200 candidates in the elections are competing for 329 seats …
Read More »Al-Amiri casts his vote in the parliamentary elections
The head of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, cast his vote in the early parliamentary elections, on Sunday (October 10, 2021). Polling stations opened in Baghdad and the provinces at 7 am, marking the start of general voting for the early legislative elections. About 24 million Iraqi voters participate in …
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