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Mystery surrounds psychiatrist's death in Iraq
Shafaq News
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2025-08-13T20:48:48+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Basra On Wednesday, dozens of citizens and activists gathered in Basra, calling for full transparency over the death of Iraqi psychiatrist Ban Ziyad and urging authorities...
Trump Alleges DC Homicide Rate Tops Bogota, Mexico City, Islamabad; Pledges Law, Order Under Federal Control
Asianet Newsable
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August 14, 2025
Donald Trump claimed Washington, DC, has a homicide rate higher than Bogota, Mexico City, and Islamabad, announcing federal control of the city’s police and National Guard deployment to restore law, order, and public safety. Washington: US...
Iraq divided over future of pro-Iran armed alliance
Hurriyet Daily News
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BAGHDAD A bill in Iraq that would further formalize the role — and perhaps, the autonomy — of a powerful coalition of pro-Iran former paramilitaries has sparked a heated debate, fanned in part by U.S. pressure. Few details of the bill that could...
How Number of Journalists Killed in Gaza War Compares to WW2, Vietnam, Iraq
Newsweek
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August 14, 2025
This is the "deadliest period for journalists" in decades, a press advocacy group has said, after six journalists were killed in an Israeli attack on northern Gaza on Sunday. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a U.S.-based nonprofit, made...
Bolivian Antifascists Back President Maduro Amid U.S. Threats
teleSUR
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August 24, 2025
Fishermen wave national flags as they accompany the Venezuelan Coast Guard, Aug. 24, 2025. Photo: Presidential Press August 24, 2025 Hour: 1:47 pm On Sunday, the Bolivia Chapter of the Antifascist International issued a statement in support of...
This Was Brainerd - Aug. 23
Brainerd Dispatch - Minnesota
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August 23, 2025
AUGUST 23 20 years ago (2005) When Staff Sgt. Mike Sams called his wife in Staples to say that one of his men, Sgt. Eric Bock, had been wounded by gunfire in Iraq, he neglected just one tiny detail. Sams had suffered facial lacerations from...
Donald Trump claims DC homicide higher than Bogota, Mexico City or Islamabad
Mid Day Mumbai
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August 14, 2025
Earlier, Trump announced that he is placing the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department "under federal control" and deploying the National Guard to the city, saying the move is aimed at restoring order in the nation's capital US President...
Trump claims Washington DC murder rate higher than Islamabad
The Hindu
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August 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump made strong claims about the state of crime in Washington, DC, stating that the city has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, surpassing several...
Over 1K Iraqi Christians receive first communion despite scars from ISIS, ongoing pressures
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 12, 2025
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Iraqi Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Saturday at the church of the ancient Mar Matta monastery of Saint Matthew in the village of Bashiqa, some 30km northeast of the...
Over 1,000 Iraqi Christians receive first communion
Christian Today
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August 13, 2025
Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo: Getty/iStock) Despite the lingering scars left by the Islamic State's capture of swaths of Iraq and Syria over a decade ago and the current pressure from Iranian-backed militias, over 1,000 Iraqi Christians, most of them...
Trump claims DC homicide higher than Bogota, Mexico City or Islamabad; vows to restore order under federal control
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 14, 2025
Washington, DC [US], August 14 (ANI): US President Donald Trump made strong claims about the state of crime in Washington, DC, stating that the city has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, surpassing several notoriously violent...
Catholic revival in Iraq? 1,000 children have celebrated First Communion this year
LifeSite
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August 13, 2025
News Archbishop Younan Hanno praised congregants for their ‘determination to stay on their ancestral land’ while commending their preservation and transmission of the Catholic faith. (LifeSiteNews) — More than 1,000 children celebrated their first...
Trump Continues Assault on Higher Education
News Ghana
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August 13, 2025
Numerous universities have been fined by the White House based on spurious charges stemming from the administration’s racism, anti-science agenda and dictatorial biddings Political Review United States Federal District Court Judge Rita Lin of San...
Iran embassy in Iraq condemns US interference in Tehran-Baghdad cooperation
Iran Front Page
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August 13, 2025
The MoU aims to enhance security cooperation and counter terrorism between the two neighboring countries. In a statement on Wednesday, the embassy called Washington’s remarks “an unacceptable interference” in the independent bilateral relations of...
What Can We Learn from Iraqi Christians 11 Years After ISIS’s Attack?
ADF International
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August 13, 2025
“What I saw in Qaraqosh was Christians deeply committed to rebuilding their lives and their communities after the horror of ISIS. Many churches had been renovated and restored, and one church that was over 1000 years old, but had been left in...
Zain powers Iraq’s digital future through customer-driven innovation, inclusion
TahawulTech
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August 13, 2025
Mohammed Samir, Chief Commercial Officer of Zain Iraq. Mohammed Samir outlines how his telecom brand is leveraging customer-centric innovation to power connectivity, digital inclusion and national progress in Iraq’s fast-evolving market. With more...
Tehran slams “US Meddling” in Iraq relations
Shafaq News
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2025-08-13T06:53:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Wednesday, Iran’s Embassy in Baghdad denounced what it called the United States’ meddling stance in a recent bilateral security agreement signed between Iran and...
What Is Sherrone Moore’s Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Exploring His Family Roots and Background
Essentially Sports
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August 13, 2025
Sherrone Moore took the reins as Michigan’s head coach in 2024; it marked more than just a career milestone. Before pacing the Wolverines’ sideline, Moore’s football path was shaped in the trenches as an offensive guard at Oklahoma from 2006 to...
Al-Anbar: An unfinished chapter in Iraq’s water story
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Thirst has become a daily reality in Iraq’s western province of al-Anbar. From al-Ankur and al-Majar to al-Rahaliyah and al-Rutba, communities are caught in a worsening water crisis shaped by climate extremes, upstream water controls,...
The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years
Vox
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August 13, 2025
Here’s a picture of what life looked like at the turn of the millennium: We couldn’t stop gossiping about the extramarital affairs of the scandal-ridden president of the United States; we rented movies from Blockbuster and showed off our vast CD...