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Iraqi govt pulls PMF bill due to internal divisions, US pressure
The New Arab
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Shia parties have strongly objected to the proposal, which would allow Iraq to assert control over the PMF [Getty] The Iraqi government has withdrawn a draft law regulating the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) from Parliament this week, amid...
Iraq's SLC: US troops only repositioning, not leaving
Shafaq News
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2025-08-30T11:50:13+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Saturday, the State of Law Coalition (SLC), led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, dismissed reports of a US withdrawal from Iraq, calling the troop...
The shifting sands of hope: Iraqi migrants find new paths
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News – Erbil Mustafa was 24 when his father sold a plot of family land to fund his journey to Europe. Armed with a Tunisian visa and a smuggler’s promise, he reached North Africa, only to be abandoned, detained, and deported. Now back in...
Nineveh tops Iraq with 300,000 new voter registrations
Shafaq News
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2025-08-30T16:21:35+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Nineveh Nineveh province recorded the highest number of voter record updates in Iraq, with more than 300,000 new registrations during an 85-day campaign, the High Electoral...
Beyond the ruins: Rediscovering Mosul’s spirit
Shafaq News
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2025-08-30T13:24:37+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News In a city once reduced to rubble after three years of war, quiet stories of perseverance are reshaping Mosul’s image—not only as a place of recovery, but as a center of...
US redeploys troops from central Iraq to Erbil in strategic shift
Shafaq News
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2025-08-30T13:56:53+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The United States has begun shifting troops from Iraq’s Ain al-Asad and Victoria bases to Erbil and neighboring Arab states, a move the Geopolitical Monitor describes...
Retired general rains hell on 'obscene' Ashli Babbitt military honor plan
Raw Story
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August 30, 2025
Ashli Babbitt, the pro-Trump Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by Capitol Police during the Jan. 6 Captal riot, is now set to receive full military funeral honors, a decision that has left one retired general livid, and condemning the move as...
The Evolving Politics of ‘South Park’
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 30, 2025
“I hate conservatives, but I really fucking hate liberals,” bemoaned South Park co-creator Matt Stone in 2005. The line was cited ad nauseum in the early 2000s to seemingly prove South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker as more...
US Discussing Deploying Private Military Firms to Ukraine
Kyiv Post
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August 30, 2025
Donald Trump is in talks to deploy private American military firms to Ukraine as part of a potential peace settlement, according to The Telegraph. Citing more than a dozen Western officials, The Telegraph writes that armed contractors from the US...
Ancient tombs discovered in Iraq after to drought
CBS News
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Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country's largest reservoir declined, an antiquities official said Saturday. The tombs, believed to be over 2,300 years old, were unearthed at the edges...
Iraq: +10M active bank cards, digital payments surpass $11.5B
Shafaq News
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2025-08-30T08:51:33+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The number of active bank cards in Iraq surpassed 10 million, with digital transactions exceeding 15 trillion dinars (about $11.4 billion), the Baghdad Council for...
Oregon coast military museum in turmoil after sexual abuse allegations, shocking board meeting
OregonLive.com
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August 30, 2025
A small military museum in Florence is facing community backlash following allegations that the museum’s director sexually abused a minor and that one of the organization’s leaders called the teen a “little slut.” The shocking comment was made...
Iran politicians, scientists victims of west-backed terrorism
Mehr News Agency
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August 30, 2025
Following the 1979 victory of the Islamic Revolution under the wise leadership of Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, the US, the Zionist regime, and the western-backed anti-Iran terrorist organizations plotted many conspiracies against Iran such as...
UN warns: Corruption a serious threat to Iraq
Shafaq News
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2025-08-30T09:58:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Karbala On Saturday, the UN Special Representative for Iraq, Mohamed al-Hassan, warned that corruption in state institutions threatens the country’s stability, describing...
Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old ancient city in Iraq
Ammon News
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August 30, 2025
Ammon News - A mission of archaeologists has discovered an ancient city dating back around five thousand years in Iraq's Kurdistan Region. The Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage in Duhok Governorate stated today that the city includes the...
Quick Facts about Joni Ernst: Age, Net Worth, Husband and Why The Republican Won't Seek Re-election in Iowa
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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August 30, 2025
Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst, 55, will not seek re-election in 2026, according to sources close to her. A formal announcement is expected shortly. Ernst, who first won her Senate seat in 2014 and was re-elected in 2020, is stepping aside...
Iraq to turn water deal with Turkiye into binding treaty
Shafaq News
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2025-08-30T05:27:21+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s government said on Friday it is taking new steps to address water scarcity, including efforts to turn a memorandum of understanding with Turkiye on river flows...
Iraq to undergo major solar energy transformation: Prime Minister's Office
Yeni Safak
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August 29, 2025
Iraq is on the verge of a major solar energy transformation, the National Team for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects at the Prime Minister's Office announced Thursday, confirming the finalization of all technical documents and the...
Ancient 5,000-year-old city unearthed in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
Arab Times
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August 30, 2025
Archaeologists excavate a 5,000-year-old city in Kurdistan, Iraq. IRBIL, Aug 29: A team of archaeologists has excavated an ancient city dating back about 5,000 years in Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region, northwest Iraq, the Directorate of...
Governor Landry joins leaders in St. Bernard Parish reflecting on Hurricane Katrina
FOX 8 - Louisiana
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August 29, 2025
CHALMETTE, La (WVUE) - Governor Jeff Landry joined Archbishop Gregory Aymond Friday in prayer at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church, reflecting on Hurricane Katrina’s devastation and the resilience of the St. Bernard Parish community. Hurricane...