A new United Nations report says surging global food insecurity has placed 750,000 people in five countries — including Yemen and Afghanistan — at immediate risk of “starvation or death.” Over 400,000 of those displaced people are in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, with the remainder in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan, …
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Ukraine says no to Russia’s call for de-mining ports to allow grain shipments
Ukraine has rejected calls from Russia to de-mine its ports around the Black Sea to resume grain shipments, accusing Moscow of trying to “attack” the port of Odessa, the largest seaport in the crisis-stricken country. Sergiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for Odessa’s regional administration, in a statement on Wednesday, noted that …
Read More »The Iraqi Parliament votes on the Food Security Bill
n Wednesday, the Iraqi parliament voted on the emergency support for the Emergency Law for Food Security. A parliamentary source said. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hakim Al-Zamili, considered the voting “a victory for the rights of the poor.” “We will follow up on the mechanism of disbursing the …
Read More »Prominent ISIS leader arrested in Kirkuk
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) announced on Wednesday arresting a prominent ISIS terrorist in Kirkuk. The PMF said in a statement that the arrestee who worked at the “Nineveh state” comes from a terrorist family and has three brothers belonging to the terrorist organization; the first is the commander of the Bartala …
Read More »Three terrorists arrested in Baghdad
The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Ma. Gen Yahya Rasool, announced arresting three ISIS terrorists in Baghdad. Rasool said in a statement today that the Counter-Terrorism service managed, in cooperation with al-Sulaymaniyah’s Asayish forces, to arrest the perpetrators. In addition, another terrorist who had important information was …
Read More »Framework, Al-Azm, PUK call to confront what threatens stability in the country
The Coordination Framework, the Al-Azm Alliance and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan agreed on the importance of coordination to confront what they described as “plans” that threaten the stability. In a statement, the Framework said it met with this evening with Al-Azm headed by Representative Muthanna Al-Samarrai and the Patriotic …
Read More »Israeli regime openly calls on IAEA to censure Iran
The Israeli regime is openly putting pressure on the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog to censure Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy program. “We expect the IAEA (the International Atomic Energy Agency’s) Board of Governors to place a clear warning light in front of the government in Tehran, and make it clear that …
Read More »Turkish military convoy enters Syrian territory: Sources
A Turkish military convoy has reportedly crossed the common border into Syria, ignoring repeated warnings by Damascus for Ankara to respect the country’s territorial integrity. The Turkish convoy, the second one to enter the Arab country within the space of a week, made its way into the Syrian territory through …
Read More »UN: Israeli occupation, discrimination against Palestinians fuel cycles of violence
A high-level team of United Nations investigators has said the Israeli regime’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence across the Occupied Territories. The team, appointed last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council to probe “all underlying root causes” of …
Read More »Syrian, Russian fighter jets stage joint air patrol over occupied Golan Heights
Russian and Syrian fighter jets have conducted a joint aerial patrol over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and participated in real combat conditions against mock enemy warplanes and unmanned military aircraft. Syria’s official news agency SANA said the mission involved Russia’s Sukhoi Su-24, Su-34 and Su-35 twin-engine fighter bombers, besides six …
Read More »New York students denounce city council’s anti-Palestinian rights campaign
US students at a prominent New York university have denounced a decision by a city council member to remove funds allocated to providing free legal services to the community. According to Press TV, the decision to pull $50,000 in funding came after the City University of New York School of …
Read More »US faces ‘unacceptable levels of inflation’: Treasury secretary
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told senators the United States faces “unacceptable levels of inflation” and an appropriate budgetary stance is needed to help reduce inflationary pressures without damaging the economy. According to Press TV, Yellen on Tuesday told the Senate Finance Committee that President Joe Biden’s proposed spending …
Read More »US Senate Democrats claim getting closer to gun violence compromise
Democrats in the US Senate claimed on Tuesday they were encouraged by talks with Republicans on firearms legislation but warned that any compromise would fall well short of all the steps they say are needed to curb gun violence. “Every day we get closer to an agreement, not farther away,” …
Read More »US, allies’ warplanes buzz Korean Peninsula in show of force against North Korea
The United States, South Korea and Japan have flown warplanes over waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against North Korea that is reportedly planning another nuclear test. On Tuesday, four US F-16 fighter jets flew in formation with 16 South Korean planes, including F-35A stealth fighters, …
Read More »NATO says doesn’t guarantee non-deployment of nuclear weapons in Finland, Sweden
The US-led NATO alliance says it does not guarantee Russia that it will not deploy nuclear weapons on the territories of its two prospective new members, Finland and Sweden. According to Press TV, in an interview, NATO’s Deputy Secretary-General Camille Grand said it is up to the individual countries whether …
Read More »Call for action on Islamophobia as Canada Muslims remember Afzaal family killing
Muslim community leaders in Canada have renewed demands from the government to deal with Islamophobia a year after four members of a Muslim family were killed in a terrorist hate attack. They met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and lawmakers in the capital, Ottawa, on Monday to call for meaningful measures …
Read More »About 70 percent of British Muslims report anti-Muslim behavior in workplace
Seven out of 10 Muslims in the UK say they have experienced some form of anti-Islamic treatment in their workplace, a recent poll shows. According to a poll conducted by the Savanta ComRes, anti-Islamic behavior in Europe and in the UK has increased in recent years. The survey found that …
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