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Trump administration on Monday designated China a “currency manipulator,” after the country’s central bank allowed its currency to weaken amid the ongoing trade dispute. The move comes hours after Trump accused Beijing of depreciating its currency. The People’s Bank of China allowed its currency to fall below 7 yuan to the American dollar, which is […]
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Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized an Iraqi oil tanker in the Gulf which they said was smuggling fuel and detained seven crewmen, Iran’s state media reported on Sunday. The vessel was intercepted near Iran’s Farsi Island in the Gulf. The elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have a navy base on Farsi Island which is located north of […]
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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) discussed the establishment of a Public Service Council (PSC) to reorganize the work of public servants, as well as review the services offered to people. The subject came up during Tuesday’s meeting of the KRG’s Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, as part of the government’s reform program. Government reform […]
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At least 17 people have been killed after a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, rescue officials have said. Five crew members and 12 civilians are dead and Another 12 people have been injured. The aircraft was on a routine training flight when it crashed and set off […]
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At least one citizen has been killed, while three others were wounded in a car bomb explosion in Karbala city, central Iraq. The bomb has been hidden inside a vehicle and it exploded near a checkpoint on a main road between the two cities of Karbala and Babylon.No sides were accused of carrying out the […]
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Tunisia bid farewell to its first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday at a state funeral attended by foreign leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Essebsi, who helped guide the North African country’s transition to democracy after the 2011 revolution, died aged 92 on […]
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Iraq has issued arrest warrants for 11 ministers and minister-level officials suspected of being involved in corruption. Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi stated a total of 1,267 corruption cases have been sent to the courts in the last six months, with 4,117 other cases across different government institutions still being investigated. Abdul-Mahdi noted that 1,593 arrest […]
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The Kurdish security forces arrested on Tuesday a couple of Iranian nationals with ten kilograms of heroin in the capital Erbil.”The two suspects were arrested in a security operation in Perzin neighborhood,” the Drug-Combatting General Directorate said the pair is expected to be tried at the Kurdistan Region’s Court of Justice under Article 14 of […]
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received on Monday evening Iraqi PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Tehran for talks on means to defuse the tensions in the Gulf.The two top officials also discussed the bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries and the ways to further strengthen the relations between the sides.Tensions in the Middle East have arisen […]
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Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Department of Foreign Relations Falah Mustafa has stepped down from his position, amid a broader government transition in the Region. He will be replaced by current Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister and KRG Spokesperson Safeen Dizayee. Mustafa tweeted on Sunday that “Serving the people of @Kurdistan Region as Head of @KRG_DFR […]
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