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There are glimmers of hope for Iraq’s Christians
The Spectator
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August 20, 2025
It is 43˚C in Erbil, which a friend here describes as ‘cool’. Unlike my first visit in 2015, when Isis was just a few miles from the airport, the flight in was smooth. The plane this time was full of Iraqis and Kurds, mainly those who have...
Iraq and Lebanon’s Shared Intelligence Led to Captagon Factory Raid
Media Line
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August 20, 2025
Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced late Monday that one of Lebanon’s largest Captagon factories has been uncovered and dismantled, describing the move as part of rare security cooperation between Baghdad and Beirut. According to the ministry,...
Iraqi court rules Basra psychiatrist's death a 'suicide'
The New Arab
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"In such an environment, where would public trust come from? Legislation and the courts should serve as a refuge for victims and survivors—not a shield for their killers. Only accountability will restore faith in these processes." [photo taken...
New colleges signal country’s education modernisation
University World News
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IRAQ Artificial intelligence has shifted from futuristic theory to global necessity, reshaping economies, public services and knowledge systems. Iraq, emerging from decades of conflict and institutional fragility, is now taking measured steps into...
US-led coalition captures senior Islamic State member in Syria
ABC News - New York
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August 20, 2025
BEIRUT -- A U.S.-led coalition captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in northwest Syria on Wednesday, state media and a war monitor reported. It was not immediately clear if the man is the IS supreme leader. The U.S. military did not...
Spain’s neo-fascist Vox party launches anti-Muslim campaign
World Socialist Web Site
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August 21, 2025
Santiago Abascal, leader of the far right VOX party in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, March 14, 2024. [AP Photo/Manu Fernandez]Spain’s Vox party, the third-largest parliamentary force with 33 seats, has launched a vicious anti-migrant campaign targeting...
Tulsi Gabbard education and career path: From dropping out early to earning a business degree and becoming US Intelligence Chief
The Times of India
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When Tulsi Gabbard stood before the Senate in 2025 to take her oath as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), she made history, not just as the first Pacific Islander American and Hindu to hold the post, but as someone whose educational...
World Associated Press Islamic State extremists exploit instability in Africa and Syria, UN experts say
Yahoo News
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe, U.N. counterterrorism experts said Wednesday. The militant group is now using...
Leader of Islamic State in Syria killed by international coalition — TV
TASS
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August 20, 2025
TUNIS, August 20. /TASS/. One of the leaders of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), who led the cells associated with the organization in Syria, was eliminated by international coalition forces in the north-west of the Arab...
Halabja hit by Iraq’s biggest fire since Kut blaze
Shafaq News
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2025-08-20T11:17:32+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad A massive fire in Halabja killed two people and scorched more than 5,000 dunams of land, an Iraqi official said on Wednesday. In a press conference, Governor Nwxsha...
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New sentence for journalist weeks before planned release is evidence of perverse practice used to punish critics
Amnesty International
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August 20, 2025
In response to an Erbil court sentencing journalist Sherwan Sherwani to another four years and five months in prison on 19 August for an apparent threat made to a prison officer, Amnesty International’s Iraq Researcher Razaw Salihy said: “Sherwan...
Iraq says tip-off to Lebanon led to destruction of captagon factory
Euronews
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August 19, 2025
Published on 19/08/2025 - 19:56 GMT+2 •Updated 20/08/2025 - 11:19 GMT+2 One of the largest factories in Lebanon making the highly addictive amphetamine captagon has been discovered and destroyed as part of rare security cooperation between...
Religion Bulletin - July 2025 Authorities Arrest Brother of Thích Minh Tuệ; U.K. Places Vietnam on Religious Freedom Watchlist
The Vietnamese Magazine
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August 20, 2025
Thiện Trường wrote this Religion Bulletin in Vietnamese and published it on August 15, 2025, in Luật Khoa Magazine. Notable religious events in July 2025: Brother of Thích Minh Tuệ Arrested in Vietnam; Government Jails Independent Hòa Hảo Buddhist...
ISIS leader killed in Syria in joint Iraqi and US operation
The National News
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ISIS leader Salah Numan Al Jubouri, who was in charge of the group's financing, was killed in Syria on Wednesday in an operation between Iraqi troops, the US coalition and Syrian forces, sources have told The National. Al Jubouri was also in...
US-led coalition in Syria captures leader of so-called Islamic State group
Euronews
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August 20, 2025
Published on 20/08/2025 - 15:15 GMT+2 •Updated 15:57 US-led coalition forces captured a senior Islamic State commander believed to be the group's leader in a pre-dawn helicopter raid Wednesday near Syria's Turkish border, killing one Iraqi citizen...
Iraq begins excavating mass grave believed to hold thousands of victims of Islamic State
Los Angeles Times
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August 18, 2025
IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago. Local authorities are working with the judiciary,...
UK, Iraq Sign New Pact
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Kingdom has finalized a new arrangement with Iraq to facilitate the return of individuals residing in the UK without proper legal status. This agreement, signed on Wednesday, aligns with broader governmental measures aimed at...
Iraqi President demands ceasefire in Gaza
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 19, 2025
During a meeting with ambassadors and heads of Arab and Islamic missions accredited in the country, the president reaffirmed Iraq’s firm and consistent stance in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. Rashid condemned the...
Emirati and Omani firms bid to operate Iraqi airport destroyed by ISIS
The National News
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Iraq's long-shuttered Mosul International Airport, rebuilt after it was devastated by ISIS, has drawn bids from foreign companies as it prepares to enter full commercial service this year. Twelve firms have submitted proposals to run the airport's...
Iraqi Kurdistan gives jailed journalist more prison time: lawyer
The New Arab
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August 19, 2025
Sherwan Sherwani, the former editor of investigative outlet Bashur, was arrested in 2020 on espionage accusations [Getty/file photo] Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region handed down a new prison term on Tuesday to jailed investigative...