Three ISIS terrorists have been killed in a security operation of the Iraqi forces in Kirkuk, spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yehya Rasool, said on Thursday. Rasool said in a statement earlier today that a force from the Counter-Terrorism-Services (CTS) was able to eliminate three …
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IED explosion targets a convoy of the US-led Coalition northern Iraq
An explosion from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global Coalition in southern Iraq earlier today, Thursday. A source told Al-Ghadeer News that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition in the governorate of Salahuddin. The attack resulted in no material damages, and the …
Read More »FDA adds Merck pill as 2nd easy-to-use drug against COVID-19
U.S. health regulators on Thursday authorized the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of omicron infections. The Food and Drug Administration authorization comes one day after the agency cleared a competing drug from Pfizer. That pill is likely to become the first-choice treatment …
Read More »Russia planning nuclear attack, Ukraine claims
One of Ukraine’s top politicians has alleged that signals coming from Russia indicate that Moscow could be plotting a full-blown nuclear attack against its Eastern European neighbor in a new sensational intervention. Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, remarked that “as of …
Read More »South Korea holds talks with China amid spat with Taiwan
Senior South Korean diplomats held talks with Chinese counterparts on Thursday after a diplomatic spat with Taiwan over Seoul’s cancellation of an invitation to a senior Taipei official to take part in a business forum last week. Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-Kun and aides conducted an online meeting on Thursday …
Read More »Lithuania extends migrant detention limit to a year
Migrants who cross into Lithuania from Belarus can be detained for up to a year, the Lithuanian parliament decided on Thursday, increasing an initial six-month detention limit. Eighty-one lawmakers backed the lengthening of the six-month detention period, which was introduced in July as part of plans to hold large numbers …
Read More »Turkey says US diplomat arrested over fake passport
An American diplomat working for the U.S. consulate in Lebanon has been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of selling a fake passport for $10,000 to a Syrian national, Turkey’s state news agency said on Wednesday. According to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, which cited a statement from the Istanbul Security Directorate, the …
Read More »Oil prices rise on inventory drawdown, though Omicron caution lingers
Oil prices rose on Wednesday on fears of tight supply and a drawdown in U.S. inventories, despite worries about the likely hit to economic activity from the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. U.S. inventories fell more than expected, with crude stocks down by 4.7 million barrels, though that is …
Read More »IED explosion targets a convoy of the American Coalition in Baghdad
A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global Coalition in Baghdad today. The source told Al-Ghadeer News that an explosive device blew up targeting a convoy of the Global Coalition while it was passing on a highway northwest of the capital. No casualties were …
Read More »Iraqi Federal Court postpones the election appeal hearing to the 26th of this month
The Federal Court decided, on Wednesday, to postpone the hearing of the appeal against the election results. The Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement received by “Al-Ghadeer”, that “the Federal Court decided to postpone the hearing of the appeal against the election results until the 26th of December.” He …
Read More »China’s Xi hails Hong Kong election, says situation improved from ‘chaos’
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday the situation in Hong Kong had improved in the past year from “chaos,” and hailed recent legislative elections in the city as a manifestation of the people’s democratic rights. Xi’s remarks, carried by state media, were made during a meeting in Beijing with …
Read More »Scores feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine
At least one person was killed and scores were missing after a landslide of dirt and rubble ripped down the waste heap of a Myanmar jade mine, sweeping workers searching for fragments of the gems into a lake and burying them under the debris. Throngs of their families stood on …
Read More »Ukraine military conducts drills with US missiles near separatist region
Ukrainian military forces have conducted combat drills with U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in a conflict area with separatists in eastern Ukraine as tensions run high with Russia, the Ukrainian Dom television channel said on Wednesday. Ukraine, which seeks to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has since 2018 received …
Read More »China fires up its ‘Artificial Sun’
A new round of nuclear fusion experiments for an advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or “Chinese artificial sun,” kicked off at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science this month, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. According to the institute’s vice director, Song Yuntao, the experiment is aimed at upgrading the EAST …
Read More »WHO: still too soon to say if Omicron more transmissible than Delta
The World Health Organization does not yet have enough data on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus to say if it is more transmissible than the Delta variant, an official said on Wednesday, almost a month after South Africa first raised the alarm about its emergence. “We have not …
Read More »Afghan Taliban stop Pakistan army from fencing international border
Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan disrupted the erecting of a security fence by the Pakistani military along the border between the two countries, Afghan officials said on Wednesday. Pakistan has fenced most of the 2,600 km (1,615 miles) border despite protestations from Kabul, which has always contested the British-era boundary demarcation …
Read More »Death toll from Madagascar boat sinking climbs to 83
The death toll from the sinking of a cargo ship off the coast of northeastern Madagascar rose to 83 on Wednesday as bad weather ended the search for five missing passengers, the maritime agency said. The ship, which was not authorised to take passengers, was overloaded and water flooded the …
Read More »A dinosaur embryo has been found inside a fossilized egg. Here’s what that means.
A well-preserved dinosaur embryo has been found inside a fossilized egg. The fossilized dinosaur embryo came from Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province in southern China and was acquired by researchers in 2000. Researchers at Yingliang Group, a company that mines stones, suspected it contained egg fossils, but put it in storage for …
Read More »Putin says Russia has ‘nowhere to retreat’ over Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response unless the West dropped its “aggressive line”. Putin addressed the remarks to military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent …
Read More »‘Carnage’: 375 dead and 630,000 displaced after Typhoon Rai rips through Philippines
Deadly typhoon is the strongest the archipelago has faced this year, with peak winds reaching 146mph At least 375 people have been killed after a devastating typhoon tore through the Philippines, causing “complete carnage” and leaving over 630,000 seeking shelter in schools, churches, and camps ahead of Christmas. Typhoon Rai, …
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