The FBI federal police service raided the home of a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan on Thursday morning. According to local news outlet Wood TV 8, Kelley was a participant in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of then-US President Donald Trump and has …
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Putin Mocks West for Naming Inflation After Him
Responding to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, Western countries have imposed a slew of anti-Russian sanctions aiming to “isolate” Russia from the global economy. Commenting on the Western sanctions targeting Russia’s economy, President Vladimir Putin stated that it is impossible to isolate such a big country. “For a country like …
Read More »Hundreds of residents of Wasit governorate demonstrated in front of Wasit thermal power station
Hundreds of residents of Wasit governorate demonstrated in front of Wasit thermal power station in Zubaidiyeh district in protest against the lack of electricity supply in the governorate. “Ahmed Al-Shammari,” one of the demonstrators, told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that we demonstrated in front of the Wasit Thermal …
Read More »The National Security Adviser Calls On The US To Pressure Countries To Withdraw Their Nationals From Al-Hol Border Camp
The National Security Adviser, Qassem Al-Araji, called on the United States of America to pressure countries to withdraw their nationals from al-Hol border camp. The Chancellery said in a statement: “Al-Araji met in his office today, Wednesday, with the new US ambassador to Baghdad, Alina Romanowski.” Al-Araji welcomed Romanowski, wishing …
Read More »COVID-19: zero mortalities and +200 new cases in Iraq
Iraq recorded 205 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday. In its daily epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry registered 120 recovery cases and zero mortalities. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country …
Read More »US should stop fabricating info and being proud of its ’empire of lies’: China
China says the United States should stop fabricating and spreading false information and end taking pride in its “empire of lies.” At a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said it was reasonable that the Disinformation Governance Board established by the US was paused …
Read More »Russian envoy says the US asked him to defect and condemn Putin’s actions
In a startling disclosure, Russia’s ambassador to Washington says the US authorities had persuaded him to denounce his motherland and condemn the Kremlin’s military operation in Ukraine. Speaking to Russia’s state TV on Wednesday, Anatoly Antonov said the US spy agency was encouraging defections among Russian diplomats and that he …
Read More »US military aircraft crashes in California killing 4 marines
A US military plane crashed in southeastern California just north of the Mexican border on Wednesday evening, killing four marines onboard. There was a fifth person onboard the plane and the search to find the individual is still underway. The crash involved an MV-22B Osprey aircraft, which is a tiltrotor aircraft …
Read More »South Korean truckers’ strike enters third day, disrupting supply chain
Thousands of South Korean truckers went on strike for a third day on Thursday to protest against the rising fuel prices, disrupting the country’s transportation system and production cycle. This may be the first serious challenge for the new South Korean president, Yoon Seok-youl, who has been in power for …
Read More »UN chief warns of ‘severe’ impact of Ukraine war on food security
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Ukraine conflict may cause a social and economic crisis around the world. The conflict combined with the other crises is threatening to unleash “an unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution, leaving social and economic chaos in its wake,” Guterres said Wednesday …
Read More »China and Russia say US fueling tensions over North Korea
China and Russia say the United States is fueling tensions over North Korea, as Pyongyang has recently increased its missile tests. Last month, China, the North’s closest ally, and Russia, whose relations with the West have sharply deteriorated over its military operation in Ukraine, vetoed a US-led push at the …
Read More »Sri Lanka hit by power cuts after key union goes on strike
Swathes of Sri Lanka have been hit by electricity cuts after a power sector union went on strike in protest against new government legislation, potentially leading to power blackouts as the country faces its worst economic crisis in decades. About 900 out of around 1,100 engineers of the state-run Ceylon …
Read More »Russia says will not cut gas to more European customers as ruble scheme working
The Russian government says it has no intention to cut gas supplies to any more European countries as Moscow’s scheme of receiving gas payments in rubles is working as planned. Speaking in his daily conference on Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that everyone who was to be cut …
Read More »Ansarullah chief: Yemeni forces possess indigenous missiles impervious to US interception
The leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement says the country’s armed forces are currently in possession of home-grown ballistic missiles that sophisticated US-made surface-to-air missile systems cannot intercept or shoot down. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, addressing a group of visiting tribal leaders and dignitaries from the southwestern province of Ta’izz in …
Read More »Al-Sadr: Sadrist lawmakers shall write their resignation letter
Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday instructed the lawmakers affiliated with his movement to write their resignation letters in an escalation of the bitter political deadlock holding up the formation of a new government in Iraq. In a televised speech he delivered earlier today, Thursday, al-Sadr said, “if the …
Read More »Taiwan welcomes fourth US arms sale worth $120 million
The US has approved a $120 million sale of naval equipment to Taiwan to boost the self-ruled island’s “combat readiness” amid heightened tensions with China. The equipment would help Taiwan’s ships “maintain proper equipment… and meet the practical needs of combat readiness tasks in light of recent frequent activities by …
Read More »Drone attack targets US consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil
A drone exploded near the US consulate in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, the latest in a series of attacks in the area amid growing anti-American sentiments in the country. Security sources said the US consulate’s military section in the Shorsh neighborhood, located in the northern city of Erbil, was targeted …
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