The British Ambassador in Baghdad, Mark Bryson Richardson, affirmed today, Monday, the United Kingdom’s support for Iraq and the government of Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, expressing his country’s readiness for full and comprehensive cooperation. The National Security Adviser said, in a statement received by Al-Ghadeer, that “the National Security Adviser, Qassem …
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In fresh blow to Kishida govt., another scandal-hit Japanese minister resigns
In a fresh blow to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, scandal-tainted minister for internal affairs and communications has tendered his resignation following reports of his involvement in a funds-related scandal. Minoru Terada became the third Japanese cabinet minister to leave the office in less than a month. Terada had been under …
Read More »McCarthy vows to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee for criticizing Israel
The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has reiterated his pledge to remove Democrat Ilhan Omar (Minn.) over her condemnation of Israeli war crimes, if he becomes speaker of the House. According to Press TV, he said that Omar wouldn’t be allowed to serve on the House Foreign Affairs …
Read More »N. Korea slams UN chief as ‘puppet of US’ for rebuking latest missile launch
North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui has called the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “a puppet of the United States” for joining the US-led condemnation of the country’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. “I often take the UN secretary-general for a member of the US White House or its State Department,” …
Read More »Schiff: Trump reinstatement on Twitter a ‘terrible mistake’
US Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has denounced Elon Musk for reinstating former President Donald Trump’s suspended Twitter account, calling it a “terrible mistake.” “As we showed in the January 6th hearings, the president used that platform to incite that attack on the Capitol, his comments about the vice president, his …
Read More »Paul Ryan: Trump would lose if he is 2024 GOP nominee
Former US House Speaker Paul Ryan says former President Donald Trump would probably lose if he is the Republican Party’s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. “I think we probably lose the White House with Trump,” Ryan, a Republican, told ABC News on Sunday. “And if there’s someone not named …
Read More »US gun violence: Five killed, 18 injured in Colorado nightclub shooting
At least five people were killed and one dozen and a half injured in a mass shooting at an immoral nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs. Police said Sunday the partygoers subdued the gunman, according to a social media post by the venue, Club Q, and police took …
Read More »Tom Cotton backs Biden on shielding Saudi crown prince from Khashoggi lawsuit
Hawkish Republican Senator Tom Cotton has agreed with the Biden administration’s decision to grant sovereign immunity to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder. “What the administration has touted this week in granting sovereign immunity to Mohammed bin Salman is in keeping with the …
Read More »Iran begins 2022 World Cup with defeat vs Engalnd
The Iranian national men’s football team lost to England 6-2 in the second game of the Qatar World Cup on Monday. At the end of the second game of Qatar World Cup game on Monday, the Iranian national team suffered a heavy 6-2 defeat. Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi who plays for …
Read More »Six ISIS terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes in Kirkuk
Six ISIS terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi Airforce in Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a statement on Monday. According to SMC, the attack took place following extensive cooperation between the federal intelligence agency, the national intelligence body, and the …
Read More »China’s Guangzhou locks down millions in ‘zero-COVID’ fight
The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou locked down its largest district Monday as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they want to leave their homes. The outbreak is testing China’s attempt to bring a more …
Read More »Earthquake claims at least 46 lives in Indonesia
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 36 people and injured about 700 others in Cianjur town, Indonesia’s West Java province on November 21 afternoon, according to the town’s authorities. Herman Suherman, a government official in Cianjur, said that some residents were trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. News channel …
Read More »Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Jenin amidst escalating Israeli settler violence
Israeli raids on Monday arrive after a wave of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians on Saturday when dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in Hebron’s old city in the southwest Bank. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded five other Palestinians on Monday during a morning raid in the …
Read More »Pakistan reopens Afghan crossing shut after border hostilities
Pakistan has reopened a major Afghan border crossing that was shut for trade and transit after security forces clashed last week, officials from both sides said on Monday. As the crossing opened on Monday, three people were wounded in another clash reported on a northwestern border with Afghanistan, an Afghan …
Read More »Top Russian official warns of possible nuclear accident at Zaporizhzhia
The head of Russia’s state-run atomic energy agency, Rosatom, warned on Monday there was a risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, following renewed shelling over the weekend. Moscow and Kyiv have traded accusations of shelling the facility for months since Russian forces took …
Read More »Erdogan says mulling ground operation in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he was mulling going beyond air strikes and launching a ground operation in Syria following a deadly rocket strike on a Turkish border town. Erdogan also renewed warnings that those attacking Turkey will pay dearly, a day after Ankara’s forces launched air raids …
Read More »Iraq’s PM meets the Jordanian King in Amman
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani has met with the Jordanian King Abdullah II, an official readout said on Monday. Al-Sudani arrived in the Jordanian capital city, Amman, earlier today on the first foreign trip of his premiership. According to the readout, Prime Minister al-Sudani and King Abdullah discussed …
Read More »Iraq’s security, regional crises, and bilateral cooperation. Details of the first round of talks between the Sudanese and the King of Jordan
Today, Monday, the office of the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, published the details of his round of talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein. The office said in a statement followed by (Al-Ghadeer) that “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani met today, the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of …
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