South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered an update of his country’s wartime operational plans to counter alleged threats from North Korea. On Thursday and the fourth day of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military drills between South Korea and the United States, Yoon ordered the update to address Pyongyang’s …
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Russia to expand military forces as Ukraine war enters 7th month
Russia is set to ramp up the size of its armed forces from 1.9 to 2.04 million as the war in Ukraine intensifies. According to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the increase includes a 137,000 boost in the number of soldiers to 1.15 million, which comes …
Read More »Iraqi forces killed two prominent ISIS leaders
The spokesperson for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Yahya Rasoul revealed that the Iraqi forces had killed two prominent ISIS leaders in Nineveh Governorate. Earlier, the Iraqi forces ambushed ISIS in the Makhmur district of Nineveh and killed three terrorists. Rasoul said the intelligence had …
Read More »Europe facing its worst drought for 500 years: Study
47 percent of Europe is under warning conditions with a clear deficit of soil moisture, European Drought Observatory says. Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production, and the yields …
Read More »Iran to launch mass military drone drills
Iran will stage large-scale drone drills across the country with the participation of different units of the Army, says a senior Iranian Army commander. Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari made the announcement on Tuesday, saying the massive exercises will kick off on August …
Read More »DR Congo declares Ebola resurgence after new case confirmed
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of the Ebola virus after a new case was confirmed in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. The new case was identified after samples from a 46-year-old woman in Beni, a town located in North Kivu, tested …
Read More »US to announce $3 billion in new military aid for Ukraine, official says
The United States is expected to announce as early as Wednesday a new security assistance package for Ukraine of about $3 billion, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The $3 billion weapons assistance package would be the largest that Washington has generated for Ukraine in the six months since Russian …
Read More »Northern part of damaged Beirut grain silos collapses – media
The northern section of the grain silos damaged two years ago by a blast at the Beirut port collapsed early on Tuesday after warnings the structure was leaning too far to stay up. The crash sent a cloud of brown-grey dust billowing over the waterfront, the LBCI television station reported. …
Read More »Russia says Turkey’s military action in Syria would be ‘unacceptable’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lambasted Turkey’s declared plans to launch a new military campaign in northern Syria, stressing that an escalation of military actions in the war-ravaged country would be “unacceptable.” Lavrov made the remark at a press conference alongside his visiting Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad, in the …
Read More »In last 24-h: Saudi-led coalition violates ceasefire in Yemen 132 times
Yemeni news sources on Tuesday morning reported that the Saudi-led coalition has violated the ceasefire in Yemen 132 times in the past 24 hours. The Saudi aggressor coalition violated the UN-brokered ceasefire by carrying out surveillance flights over the provinces of Ma’rib, Ta’iz, Al Jawf, Saada, Al Hudaydah, Dhale, Al-Bayda, …
Read More »Al-Amiri receives Al-Kadhimi to discuss latest developments in political situation
The Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Mr. Hadi Al-Amiri, received on Tuesday Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, as they discussed the latest developments in the political situation. A statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office, received by (Al-Ghadeer), stated that “Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi met today with the head of the …
Read More »Iraqi judiciary starts collecting evidence proving threats against Federal Court
The Supreme Judicial Council announced in a statement on Tuesday that al-Karkh First Investigation Court started collecting evidence of the “crime of threatening the Federal Supreme Court”, before taking the necessary steps in this regard. The Iraqi Judicial authority decided to suspend its activity on Tuesday following the Sadrist supporters’ …
Read More »UNAMI: State institutions must operate unimpeded in service of the people
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) stressed on Tuesday the need for state institutions to operate without facing any obstacles. The mission said in a post published on social media, “The right to peaceful protest is an essential element of democracy. Equally important is the assertion of constitutional …
Read More »COVID-19: 2342 new cases and 5 deaths in Iraq last week
Iraq logged 2342 COVID-19 cases last week, the Ministry of Health and Environment said today, Monday. The weekly epidemiological report on COVID-19 reported 5 deaths and 6158 recovery cases. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2456555, of whom 2426824 …
Read More »UK army troops preparing for war against Russia
Warrant Officer Paul Carney said soldiers should prepare their families for the possibility of being sent to Ukraine to fight Russia. The UK’s top ‘other ranks’ soldier has said that British troops must be ready to fight Russia and should prepare their families for the prospect of an “extended” deployment, …
Read More »Europe braces for more cuts in Russian oil and gas exports
Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday, adding to concerns over a plunge in gas supplies. CPC, which handles about 1% of global oil and whose largest shareholder …
Read More »Borrell: Iran response to EU proposal on JCPOA revival ‘reasonable’
European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says Iran’s answer to the bloc’s proposal on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was “reasonable.” “There was a proposal from me as coordinator of the negotiations… and a response from Iran …
Read More »More Americans ‘suffering’ than ever before – poll
Amid economic decline, a record number of people have rated their lives as poor The percentage of Americans who say that they are “suffering” rose to 5.6% in a Gallup poll published on Monday. This number has been climbing steadily since last summer and is currently higher than at any …
Read More »Israel demolishes eight more Palestinian buildings in West Bank
Israel has demolished eight under-construction houses owned by Palestinians in the village of al-Dyouk al-Tahta of the occupied West Bank. The official Wafa news agency reported that the military forces of the regime raided the village on Monday. Issam Smeirat, a veteran activist against Israeli settlements, said most of the …
Read More »Iraqi Ministry of Health: Six dead in Karbala religious shrine incident (Pictures)
The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced that four people were reported dead in the Karbala collapse incident, with six others pulled from the rubble. The Ministry said in a statement that all the injured are receiving the appropriate medical treatment. On Saturday an earth mound adjacent to the Qattarat al-Imam …
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