Politics

A group of 744 elite Arab lawyers, intellectuals, and academics has sent a memorandum to UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, urging the UN to adopt a new resolution recognizing Zionism as a form of racism. The memorandum cited Israel’s alleged war crimes, genocide, and forced displacement in Gaza over the past

The Coordination Framework called on the House of Representatives to proceed with the first reading of the law. He said in a statement that “the Coordination Framework held its regular meeting today, Monday, in Nouri al-Maliki’s office, calling on the House of Representatives to proceed with the first reading of

Colonists stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque today in Occupied Jerusalem (Al-Quds), under the protection of the occupation police. Wafa news agency reported eyewitnesses as saying that dozens of colonists stormed Al-Aqsa in consecutive groups, carried out provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyards. The Israeli occupation forces (IOF)

The Popular Mobilization Authority announced the arrest of 35 people accused of promoting the banned Baath Party during the first half of this year. The Authority stated in a statement: “In qualitative operations that included a number of governorates, the General Directorate of Information in the Intelligence and Information Assistant

The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted nine out of 10 combat drones launched by Russia overnight, as well as one Russian cruise missile, with no damage reported in the attacks. Drones flew in the other direction, too, with the Russian Defence Ministry saying today that 39 Ukrainian drones were

Governor of Kirkuk Rakan al-Jubouri confirmed that the parties that talk about the governor’s position going to a non-Arab figure do not have the majority. He said in a statement, “The governor’s position going to a non-Arab figure does not come through statements and speculations, but through political consensus.. indicating

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, on Monday held phone discussions with his Lebanese and Israeli counterparts, Abdallah Bou Habib and Israel Katz, in an effort to prevent the conflict in the Middle East from escalating, according to Italy’s Nova News Agency. Following talks, Tajani

Minister of Justice Khaled Shawani confirmed today, Monday, that the government is working seriously to implement human rights concepts and ensure public freedoms contained in the constitution. The Ministry of Justice stated, in a statement, that “Minister of Justice Khaled Shawani received a delegation from the European Foundation for Dialogue