President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, expressed in his speech at the Arab Summit Conference currently being held in Algeria, his hope to calm the atmosphere and discard differences in the service of joint Arab action. Abdul Latif Rashid announced Iraq’s support for dialogue between all Yemeni parties to …
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MP dies of a stroke inside Parliament building
MP Mahmoud Shaker Al-Salami died today, Wednesday, of a stroke inside the parliament building in Baghdad. A parliamentary source said that al-Salami, who represents the State of Law coalition, died inside his bloc’s headquarters in the parliament building. For his part, the Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi extended condolences to al-Salami’s …
Read More »Al-Sudani meets with Plasschaert in Baghdad
Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Mohammed shiaa Al-Sudani, met today, Wednesday, with the UN secretary-general in Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. The Prime Minister’s Media office said in a statement that the latter confirmed Iraq’s need for the international community’s support to retrieve its stolen funds. For her part, Plasschaert praised the efforts …
Read More »Brazil’s Bolsonaro does not concede to Lula, but authorizes transition
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday’s election, claiming protests by his supporters were the fruit of “indignation and a sense of injustice” over the vote. However, he stopped short of contesting the election result and authorized his Chief …
Read More »Russian official says Ukraine must stop using grain corridor for ‘terrorist attacks’
A senior Russian official says Ukraine must stop using a grain export corridor for “terrorist attacks,” a few days after Moscow pulled out of a UN-brokered deal reached to facilitate grain deliveries. According to Press TV, Vyacheslav Volodin, the Speaker of the Lower House of the Russian Parliament, said on …
Read More »South Koreans urged to take shelter as North fires 10 missiles
North Korea has reportedly launched at least 10 missiles of various types on Wednesday, prompting the South to urge its citizens on a nearby island to take shelter. “North Korea fired at least 10 missiles of various types today towards the east and west,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff …
Read More »China warns US plans to deploy B-52 bombers to Australia could ‘trigger arms race in region’
China has issued a stern warning that Washington’s plans to deploy six of its nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an Australian military base may “trigger an arms race” and escalate tensions in the region. According to Press TV, Zhao Lijian, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, speaking at a regular briefing on Monday …
Read More »Worries mount over political violence in US ahead of midterm elections
Fears of political violence are growing in the United States ahead of next week’s midterm elections, with US security officials saying unconstrained disinformation and political vitriol is fuel for attacks, such as the one on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s mansion. According to Press TV, David DePape broke into Pelosi’s home …
Read More »Clinton wants Trump to pay her legal fees after ‘manifesto’ claims tossed by judge
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s legal team has filed a court sanction motion against former US President Donald Trump for appealing to an earlier court verdict issued against him a month earlier. On Sept. 8, 2022, US District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks, appointed to the bench by Bill Clinton, …
Read More »Big Tech collaborates with US establishment in censoring social media: Report
A US media report has revealed that the Washington establishment and social media platforms are in collaboration with one another to censor what is referred by them to as online “misinformation”. The Intercept reported on Monday that the US Big Tech firms, namely, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook) and Microsoft, collaborated …
Read More »Russia extends evacuation zone in southern Ukraine
Russia has asked civilians to leave a swath of Ukraine along the eastern bank of the Dnipro, and has accused Kiev of plotting to use prohibited methods of war against its forces in the region. Officials on Tuesday identified seven towns on the east bank that would now be evacuated, …
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