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Iraq’s water crisis deepens: Reserves collapse, mismanagement continues
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Iraq is spiraling deeper into a water crisis as climate extremes, state mismanagement, and declining river inflows from upstream neighbors threaten to push the country toward environmental and humanitarian breakdown. Water reserves,...
Moderate-to-Severe TBI Linked to Increased Brain Tumor Risk
Medscape
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Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), but not mild TBI, is associated with a significantly higher risk for malignant brain tumor, a new study showed. In a cohort that included more than 150,000 US adults with and without TBI,...
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...
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...
Holy Land nun tells Tucker: American Catholics must ‘change the support for Israel’ in the US
LifeSite
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August 28, 2025
(LifeSiteNews) — Israel’s ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza, along with their decades-long military occupation of internationally recognized Palestinian territory, is dependent upon whether or not U.S. Catholics and Christians become...
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...
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...
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...
The Human Suffering Protesters Write Off
The Jewish Exponent - Pennsylvania
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August 27, 2025
Ben Cohen Ben Cohen Several million people around the world have participated in pro-Hamas demonstrations since the Islamist organization’s atrocities in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Nearly every major city has been the location of one or more...
Days after summit, Trump ordered security clearance revocation of a top CIA Russia expert
The New Zealand Herald
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August 28, 2025
Instead, she became the latest casualty of a widening cull by Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, fuelled at times by far-right activist Laura Loomer. It is targeting national security professionals whom they deem to have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Iraqi Kurds mobilise aid for Gazans being starved by Israel
The New Arab
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August 5, 2025
As Israel's genocide continues against civilians in the Gaza Strip, two main Kurdish charity organisations are actively collecting financial assistance from locals in the Kurdistan region and buying foodstuffs, medical aid. [Getty] People from the...
Caitlin Johnstone’s 21 Questions about Iran orchestrating terror attacks on Australia
The Daily Blog
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August 28, 2025
Ok. 3 things. 1 – I have zero time for the Iranian Theocracy, they beat up and kill girls for not wearing the right clothes FFS. When a girls wardrobe is your biggest enemy, what type of horror are you? 2 – It’s almost unbelievable that Australia...
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...
Is China Moving Into Position To Take Over Iraq’s Key Oil Project From The West?
Oil Price
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August 12, 2025
The Common Seawater Supply Project (CSSP) is the key to unlock massive gains in oil output from Iraq. Consequently, control over the project is pivotal to gaining control over the country’s enormous oil and gas resources. It is little wonder,...