France’s parliament has approved President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for a “vaccine pass” to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus after three days of tumultuous debates, which were sparked by Macron’s comment that he wants to “annoy” the unvaccinated. The bill passed on Thursday in the …

The Energy and Radioactive Sources Control Authority confirmed Friday that Iraq seeks to produce 12,000 megawatts of solar energy by 2025, while indicating that new contracts will be concluded in the field of solar energy. “The green economy has become one of the main pillars of the world, especially after …

An official Lebanese delegation, headed by the Minister of Industry, George Boujikian, will arrive in Baghdad tomorrow to attend the Iraqi-Lebanese businessmen conference. Lebanese media reported that Boujikian visited Prime Minister Najib Mikati yesterday, Friday, to brief him about the preparations for the conference that will take place in the …

The Federal Intelligence Agency on Friday arrested the financial and logistic official of the terrorist organization of ISIS in Kirkuk. A statement issued by the agency earlier today said that the operation was carried out in cooperation with the fifth division of the Iraqi Federal Police. “The operation is a …

The Ministry of Health announced that all groups will be included in the third booster dose of coronavirus vaccines, even if they are from the previously specified categories. A member of the health media team, Muhammad Kamel, said in an interview seen by Al-Ghadeer that “the ministry will allow the …

Japan decided on Friday to declare quasi-emergency measures in three regions in order to stem a COVID-19 surge that some officials have linked to US military bases in the country. According to reports, it would mark the first such measures since September, when Japan lifted emergency controls that had prevailed …

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization insisted Thursday. According to reports, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the record numbers of people catching the new variant — which is rapidly out-competing the previously-dominant Delta …

At least 18 Kazakh police have reportedly been killed and more than 740 others injured as authorities in the ex-Soviet country try to quell unrest triggered by a sharp rise in fuel prices. The ongoing unrest is far from over, even after protests resulted in the resignation of the government. …

At least three people were shot dead after Sudan’s security forces attacked thousands of anti-coup protesters with tear gas in the African country’s major cities, including capital Khartoum and Omdurman. Thousands of protesters filled the streets of the two major cities Thursday to express their strong dissent against the ruling …

US President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor, Donald Trump, of posing “a continuing threat to democracy.” Biden was speaking on Thursday at the US Capitol on the anniversary of the brief January 6 occupation of that building by a large crowd of Americans protesting the outcome of the disputed …

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has affirmed Damascus’ condemnation of the use of chemical weapons, anywhere, anytime by anyone and under any circumstances, saying Western states fabricate lies on his country’s cooperation with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). During a session of …

The Ministry of Health announced the daily epidemiological situation of the Corona pandemic throughout the country. The ministry stated, in a statement received by AlghadeerTv, that it had “recorded 642 new cases of coronavirus, and 241 people had recovered.” The statement added, “The new deaths from Corona amounted to 4 …

Italian police has caught a top mafia fugitive who had been on the run for nearly 20 years thanks to the help of the Google Maps app, an investigator told Reuters on Wednesday. After a two-year investigation, Gioacchino Gammino, 61, was tracked down in Galapagar, Spain, where he lived under …

The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Monday (Jan 10) to discuss the testing of what North Korea said was a hypersonic missile, according to diplomatic sources. The meeting was requested by the United States, France and the United Kingdom – three of the five permanent members on …

The father of tennis star Novak Djokovic confirmed, on Thursday that his son has already become a prisoner of the Australian authorities. British news agency BA Media reported that Djokovic, 34, is being held at the Park Hotel, a state-run quarantine facility in Melbourne that also houses asylum seekers, pending the outcome of an …

Oil prices rose, in conjunction with the unrest in Kazakhstan, which raised concerns among consumers about the shrinking of supplies . After recording a stabilization in gas prices before the end of last year, Bloomberg Agency reported that natural gas prices rose by more than 40% this week, as Russian gas …