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Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani announced Wednesday a public mourning in the whole country for the victims of the fire that broke out last night in a wedding hall in Hamdaniya, Nineveh Governorate, in the north of the country. Prime Minister’s Media Office, said in statement quoted by Iraqi News Agency INA, that the prime minister declared of public mourning for a period of three days, for the victims who fell in the Hamdaniyah fire accident in the Nineveh Plain region.” Ministry of Health spokesman Saif Al-Badr said that the fire caused , in an initial toll, passing away…

The slow approval of new arms supplies to Kiev has frustrated some officials in Washington, the outlet has reported The US government is divided over how to arm Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, Politico has reported, citing disagreements that the outgoing chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, has been forced to contend with. Milley’s four-year term as America’s senior-most military commander ends this week, when he will be replaced by Charles Brown, the chief of staff of the US Air Force. The transition “couldn’t come at a more precarious time” considering the state of the Ukraine conflict,…

The Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from January 1, 2024. President of the unrecognized republic Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree dissolving all state institutions. In the decree, Shahramanyan referred to the difficult military-political situation that has arisen. “Based on the priority of ensuring the physical security and vital interests of the people of Karabakh, taking into account the agreement reached through the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent with representatives of Azerbaijan that free, voluntary and unimpeded passage of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, including military personnel who have laid down their arms, with their property is ensured…

Kim Jong Un did not specify the countries that Pyongyang needed to boost ties with Pyongyang needs to boost relations with the countries that oppose the hegemony of the US and the West, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said, addressing the Supreme People’s Assembly. He emphasized “the need to maintain and strengthen solidarity with the countries that have risen up against the hegemonic approach of the US and the West,” the Voice of Korea state-run radio station reported. Kim Jong Un did not specify the countries that Pyongyang needed to boost ties with. The North Korean leader said during…

“When those who developed the Minsk Agreements together with Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that they had in fact misled him as they had not planned to implement the accords, they ruined the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” he said Western countries ruined Ukraine’s territorial integrity by confessing that they had not planned to implement the Minsk Agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with TASS. “When those who developed the Minsk Agreements together with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin acknowledged that they had in fact misled him as they had not planned to implement the accords, they ruined…

This will be the first meeting between the two leaders Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Thursday hold a meeting with President of South Sudan Salva Kiir who will be on an official visit to Russia. According to the Kremlin press service, the parties are expected to discuss the prospects for relations between the two countries in various fields, as well as regional and international issues. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders. Source: TASS

The North Korean leader also highlighted “the need to maintain and strengthen solidarity with the countries that have risen up against the hegemonic approach of the US and the West” The actions of the US and its satellites are leading to a second Cold War, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said, addressing the Supreme People’s Assembly. According to him, Pyongyang holds nuclear weapons “for self-defense purposes amid a long-term confrontation with the US – the world’s largest owner of nuclear weapons and the most dangerous military state – and its satellites.” “The reactionary imperialist forces, obsessed with a passion…

According to the North Korean leader, this is what needs to be done to implement deterrent capabilities amid the threat of a nuclear war against the country Pyongyang needs to upgrade its nuclear arsenal and significantly increase the production of nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said, addressing the ninth session of the Supreme People’s Assembly. “It’s a top priority <…> to swiftly enhance the quality and quantity of nuclear weapons,” he said, as cited by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim Jong Un highlighted the need “to exponentially increase the production of nuclear weapons, diversify nuclear…

Russian Foreign Minister stated earlier that the longer Kiev delayed talks with Moscow, the more difficult it would be to reach an agreement Moscow is ready for talks on Ukraine, which would take the situation on the ground and Russian security interests into account, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with TASS. “Our position remains the same: we are ready to make agreements provided that the current situation on the ground is taken into account, as well as our position that everyone is well aware of and our security interests, including the need to prevent the creation…

Iran’s permanent representative to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, called for lifting Western sanctions and unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria and putting an end for plundering its resources, stressing that his country continues to provide humanitarian aid for the Syrians in a just way. During a Security Council session on political and humanitarian affairs in Syria, Iravani said “The humanitarian situation in Syria is still very dangerous, and one of the most important challenges facing Syria currently is the unstable economic situation due to unilateral sanctions and the illegitimate plundering of its resources’. He went on saying ‘those two…