Iran Extends Government Shutdowns Amid Soaring Heat and Power Cuts
Amid suffocating temperatures, the Iranian authorities are closing public offices and cutting water and electricity as the country struggles with an energy crisis.
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What Has Been the Impact on Our Nation?
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was assumed that the US no longer needed a robust defense budget. As a result, the nation went on what Lt. Gen. Garret Harencak called a procurement holiday or a “holiday from history.” Many assumed it was indeed the end of history. After all, between 1987–1993, Washington […]
What Has Been the Impact on Our Nation? was originally published on Global Security Review.
Iraq begins work on IS mass grave thought to contain thousands
Iraqi authorities have started excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State (IS) group near Mosul city, the project’s director told AFP.
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse?Extreme heat is breaking temperature re…
Britain told US that invading Iraq could cost Blair his premiership, papers reveal
Adviser to former PM said Bush’s pursuit of regime change in Baghdad could also cause ‘regime change in London’The stark terms in which the US was warned that invading Iraq without a second UN security council resolution could cost Tony Blair his premi…
PMU asks Iraqi government to provide air defense systems amid fears of attacks by Zionist regime
Following warnings of a potential Israeli plot targeting Shia Muslim leaders in Iraq, the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have formally requested the Iraqi government to equip their forces with advanced defensive weapons.
PMU asks Iraqi government to provide air defense systems amid fears of attacks by Zionist regime
Following warnings of a potential Israeli plot targeting Shia Muslim leaders in Iraq, the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have formally requested the Iraqi government to equip their forces with advanced defensive weapons.
Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 61 in Iraq
Local officials said that the scale of the tragedy was worsened by shoddy construction and a lack of preparedness.
Over 60 dead, dozens rescued in huge fire at hypermarket in Iraq
At least 61 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, according to the country’s Interior Ministry.
More than 60 die in fire at newly opened shopping mall in Iraq
Survivor says the blaze, which killed at least 61 people in the eastern city of Kut, started after an air conditioning unit explodedA fire has torn through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 61 people, as de…