BAGHDAD (AA) – The leader of Shia Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq group, Qais al-Khazali, on Thursday ordered the closure of the armed faction’s offices across Iraq until further notice. The move came after deadly clashes with Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades), a militia affiliated with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, that left four people dead. “I ...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A Shia political group on Wednesday called for a transitional period to early parliamentary elections as part of efforts to resolve Iraq’s months-long political crisis. In a statement, the Victory Alliance, headed by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, called on the country’s political groups to agree on a transitional period...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The Ukraine war is leaving its impact on refugees in northern Iraq amid a shortage of aid to their camps. Refugees in the cities of Erbil and Duhok complain that aid is being diverted to Ukraine, leaving them struggling to find enough food. Abdulkerim Muhammed Kasem, who has been living in […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia and Iran are concentrating on creating mechanisms that will allow them to develop cooperation regardless of the diktats of the West, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday. The leaders of the two countries defined concrete areas where the governments should make efforts to achieve the goals, Lavrov sai...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has received $1.16 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its bailout package, the country’s central bank confirmed. “This will help improve SBP’s (State Bank of Pakistan) foreign exchange reserves and will also facilitate the realization of other planned inflows from multilateral and bilateral...
PARIS (AA) – Several French Muslim personalities have been tracked and listed by French intelligence for their political opinions, be they supposed or real. This was revealed in an article published on Tuesday by Europe 1 radio channel, reporting that it had obtained a “confidential note from French territorial intelligence.”...
BAGHDAD (AA) – At least two people were killed in clashes between rival Shia militias in the southern city of Basra on Thursday, according to local media. The violence erupted late Wednesday and continued through Thursday between militiamen affiliated with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the rival Coordination Framework, a coalition of groups ...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire on Thursday in the occupied West Bank, authorities said. “Two young men were killed. Samer Khaled, 25, was killed by a bullet in the neck, and Yazan Afana, 26, was shot in the heart,” the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. It […]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerians on Wednesday lamented the declaration earlier this week of an indefinite total strike by university lecturers in the country. Taiwo Amodu, a public servant and parent based in the capital Abuja, told Anadolu Agency that the announcement of a total strike will further exacerbate tensions among parents and u...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A court in Pakistan on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a terrorism case. Khan appeared before the anti-terrorism court in the capital Islamabad that granted him interim bail in four new provisions added by the local police in a case registered against him last month. According […]...
