Protests in Support of Gaza Erupt Across the Mideast
Friday is a day of prayer in the Middle East, and this Friday was also a day of protest in support of the Palestinian people.
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Iraqi PM to visit Moscow in mid-October to meet Russian president
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani will travel to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a two-day visit on October 10 and 11, a government source and another person familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
Turkey says Ankara bombers came from Syria, threaten more cross-border air raids
Turkey has announced all Kurdish facilities in Syria and Iraq are valid military targets after finding the two attackers who detonated a bomb in front of government buildings in Ankara at the weekend had come from Syria.
Turkey conducts new airstrikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq
Turkish forces have launched new air raids in northern Iraq and destroyed 16 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Turkish Ministry of National Defence has confirmed.
Iraq raps sovereignty violation after Turkish raids in Kurdistan region
Turkey has carried out an “air operation” in northern Iraq following a blast in the Turkish capital. Iraqi President Abdul-Latif Rashid says Baghdad rejects repeated airstrikes or the presence of Turkish bases in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Iraq Investigators Call for Officials to Be Fired After Wedding Hall Blaze
The fire that killed almost 120 people had been accidental, a report said, but occurred after a series of decisions that proved deadly.
Probe finds Iraq wedding fire caused by ‘gross negligence’, ‘lack of safety measures’
A recent fire at a wedding in northern Iraq, which killed more than 100 people, was caused by “gross negligence” and a lack of safety measures, the results of a government investigation show.
Six women rescued from back of lorry in France after texts to reporter
Women aiming to reach UK or Ireland realised lorry was heading in wrong direction and contacted BBC journalistSix women have been rescued from the back of a refrigerated lorry in France after a panicked text message to a BBC reporter set off a frantic …
Iraq arrests 14 suspects, including wedding hall owner, after fatal fire
The security forces of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, upon an order of the Iraqi government, have detained the owner of a wedding hall in Al-Hamdaniya District in Nineveh Province where about 100 people died in a fire, Iraqi media reported.
Thursday Briefing: U.S. Soldier Is Out of North Korea
Plus the new ChatGPT can ‘see’ and ‘talk.’