Iraq’s Federal Intelligence Agency on Wednesday said it had apprehended six persons with links to the Islamic State terrorist group in separate operations in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Among the arrestees, there is a senior commander of the “Kata’ib of Tawheed and Jihad”, a military group affiliated with the terrorist …

Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani said he is carrying out a multi-layered “final scrutiny” into his cabinet lineup on the eve of an expected confidence vote tomorrow, Thursday. “The Prime Minister’s bureau is holding today a final scrutiny into the names of the candidates nominated for the ministerial posts …

A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives, but the full extent of the casualties and damage …

Fracking will be banned in England under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, reversing a decision made by his predecessor Liz Truss, as the new British leader returned to a 2019 Conservative Party manifesto pledge. During her short term as prime minister, Truss had lifted a moratorium on fracking, arguing last month …

A gunman opened fire at a St. Louis high school on Monday morning, killing at least two people and wounding six others before officers fatally shot the suspect, the city’s police commissioner said. When police arrived at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School at 9:10 a.m. local time (1410 …

China’s customs office data have pointed to a major increase in the country’s indirect oil imports from countries under US sanctions in September. The data covered in a Monday report by the Reuters news agency showed that China’s oil imports from Malaysia, from where the country has taken delivery of oil …

Ukraine is in the “final stage” of creating a “dirty bomb,” says a senior Russian official, referring to a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Force, said on Monday that Ukraine had nearly completed …

Tens of thousands of Hungarians, including teachers and students, have once more staged a protest rally against the government’s economic policy, demanding higher wages and a curb on soaring inflation. According to Press TV, protesters marched through the capital city of Budapest on Sunday, chanting slogans against Prime Minister Viktor …

French President Emmanuel Macron has predicted a “prospect for peace” in Ukraine despite Russian warnings that the conflict may further escalate amid a persisting flow of Western weapons to the country. “There is the prospect for peace, it will come around at some moment,” Macron said on Sunday during a …

Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning the leadership race for the ruling Conservative Party, triggered by last week’s resignation of Liz Truss. According to Press TV, Sunak, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer and one of the wealthiest politicians in Westminster, won the leadership contest on …

Today, Sunday, the office of Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani issued a statement regarding the candidates for the ministerial cabinet, while confirming the continuation of interviews with candidates for ministerial positions. The office said in a statement received by “Al-Ghadeer”, that “talks with the joint political blocs in the next …

Today, Sunday, Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani affirmed that his work priorities are to form a strong government capable of facing challenges, the most important of which are economic. The media office of the Prime Minister said, in a statement received by (Al-Ghadir), that “the Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, …

Former US President Donald Trump has said that he would “probably” have to run for the White House again, indicating a potential 2024 rematch against the incumbent president, Joe Biden. Speaking on Saturday at a rally in Robstown, Texas, where Trump was campaigning for Republicans, he reiterated claims that he …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent his congratulations to Chinese President Xi Jinping after he secured a third term as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Central Committee. Kim sent a congratulatory letter to Xi on Sunday, expressing hope to further develop ties between the …

Chinese President Xi Jinping, the newly-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Central Committee, has outlined his reform-oriented plans for the promotion of the vast Asian country, saying China will open its door wider to the rest of the world in the new era. According to Press …

Narendra Modi’s government is stepping up efforts to relegate English to the margins of Indian life by offering medical and engineering degrees in Hindi along with shifting course language to Hindi for the first time. According to Press TV, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled state of Uttar Pradesh announced …

A new report from the Pentagon has shown that militant attacks increased 300 percent in Africa over the past decade. The September report from the Pentagon’s Africa Center for Strategic Studies showed that the west Sahel region and Somalia were the militancy hot spots where most of the attacks had been …

The number of suicides in the US Army, the military’s largest branch, continued to increase in 2021, newly released Pentagon data shows, registering 176 cases. The findings come as the Army has struggled to find ways to boost quality of life for soldiers, an effort senior military leaders have touted …

Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through central London, waving EU flags and calling on the UK to rejoin the European Union. According to Press TV, thousands of Britons who gathered from across the UK in a protest called the National Rejoin March, walked from Park Lane to Parliament Square in London, …

Archaeologists in northern Iraq have uncovered some extraordinary Assyrian rock carvings dating back around 2,700 years. The discovery was made in Nineveh, east of Mosul, by a joint US-Iraqi excavation team completing reconstruction work on the Mashki Gate, which ISIS terrorists destroyed in 2016. Iraq was home to some of …