The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq, Massoud Barzani, discussed with a high-ranking delegation from the Sovereignty Alliance, the latest developments in the process Barzani’s office said in a statement, that the latter “received today, Saturday, at his headquarters in the resort of Salah al-Din in the Erbil …

A member of Al-Fatah’s parliamentary bloc called for announcing the Speicher massacre a national day, lambasting the government’s neglection of the compensations file. Lawmaker Mohammad Karim al-Beldawi said , “eight years after the tragic massacre of Speicher at the hands of terrorism and Baath remnants, the government failed to settle …

Two members of the oil  Ministry’s “Quake fore” were reportedly injured in a blast in Nineveh earlier today, Saturday. A source said News Agency that an explosive device targeted the force on duty in the district of Tal Afar, injuring two members of the protection team team. “A security force …

Environmental expert, Ali al-Musaferi, revealed that some marshlands south of Iraq have completely dried up. Al-Musaferi said that the situation of the Dalmaj Marsh is good, while Huwaiza Marsh has completely dried up due to the lack of water releases. The water levels in middle marshlands have remarkably decreased, while …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran and Venezuela have managed to withstand heavy pressures and the hybrid warfare of the United States, stressing that resistance has proved to be the sole way to such coercive policies. The Leader pointed to the US’s enormous pressure campaign and …

Thousands of people were expected to demonstrate across the United States on Saturday for tighter firearms laws to curb devastating gun violence plaguing the country. Two horrific shootings last month — one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 young children and two teachers, and another at a New …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has sounded the alarm about the “dangers of disorder” taking over the world, citing the Ukraine conflict as a warning signal. Addressing the annual Shangri-La Dialog in Singapore Austin, Austin likened the situation in the pro-Russia regions in eastern Ukraine to a “preview of a …

Heavy fighting continues around Ukraine’s strategic city of Severodonetsk in Donbas, as Russian forces push to bring the eastern region completely under control. In an address on Saturday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said battle for the city was “probably one of the most difficult throughout this war.” The battle for …

The US national average price of gasoline has reached the $5 mark for the first time in US history as inflation hit a 41-year high of 8.6 percent in May. The national average price jumped 19 cents in the past week, and on Saturday hit $5 a gallon regular, according …

Russia has warned NATO against military buildup in Poland, saying Moscow will proportionately respond to such a move. The head of a foreign ministry department in charge of Russian relations with Europe said on Saturday that Moscow’s “response, as always, will be proportionate and appropriate.” Oleg Tyapkin said any possible response …

Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term more than a year after being arrested on charges of leading a US-backed plot in 2019 to oust re-elected socialist president Evo Morales. Anez will serve 10 years in a women’s prison in La Paz, the administrative …

Russia and China have inaugurated a new cross-border bridge in the Far East in a bid to further boost trade and counter rising US-led sanctions as Washington and Beijing traded threats of military conflict over Taiwan. The bridge linking the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk to the Chinese city of Heihe …

The protraction of war in Ukraine, which is now into its fourth month, could erode the West’s interest in helping the country in the face of Moscow’s military operation, officials and analysts say. Top Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have in recent days expressed fears that “war fatigue” could push …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe amid heightened tensions between the two countries over recent remarks regarding the Taipei regime. Speaking at the military leaders’ first face-to-face meeting on Friday on the sidelines of the annual Shangri-La Dialog …

The Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad has strongly denounced the Israeli premier’s latest visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying Abu Dhabi’s insistence on expanding ties with Tel Aviv amounts to turning a blind eye to the suffering of Palestinians. Tariq Salmi, a spokesman for the Islamic Jihad, in …

US President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, a country he once vowed to make a “pariah”, has again laid bare the duplicity of Washington’s foreign policy and human rights rhetoric. The visit, which has now been postponed until July, has already stirred up a hornet’s nest, with human …

Baghdad and Tehran have agreed to establish a committee to bolster the cultural exchange in a meeting between Iraq’s Minister of Culture, Hasan Nadhem, and the head of Iran’s Islamic Organization of Culture and Islamic, Mohammad Mahdi Imani Por, in Tehran earlier today, Saturday. According to an official readout of …