Author: Al Bariliyah

The Republic of Iraq, at the crossroads of several trade routes in the Middle East, has become the 78th country to accede to the United Nations TIR Convention. Iraq’s accession to the TIR Convention anchors its strategic role as a transit hub and supports the country’s economic vision to expand its non-oil sectors. The TIR system will boost regional trade and stimulate economic development and stability in Iraq and the wider region. IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto said, “We are thrilled that Iraq has joined the TIR system. “This development will allow Iraq to fulfil its huge potential as…

Baghdad – The U.S. Department of State denied sending any messages to Iran through Iraq, stressing that the revival of the nuclear deal has not been on the agenda for months. “Only Iranian officials can speak to why they continue to tell these lies. Iranian officials can repeat their line as often as they want, but it doesn’t change the underlying facts,” the U.S. State Department spokesperson, Ned Price, said in a news briefing on Monday. “A revival of the JCPOA has not been on the agenda for months. We have not conveyed any message to the contrary. I can’t…

The Kiev authorities have a plan of action in the event of a second offensive by Russian troops on the city . This was announced by the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Mykola Povoroznyk in an interview with Ukrinform . “There are appropriate plans and developments for this. In particular, exercises to protect the capital are being held today,” he said. As for alerting people, then, according to him, there is also an informative system for this – these are public utilities workers, the media. “There are enough sources for this today. I hope that we will not have this…

The Czech Republic has become the second country where you can exchange a Ukrainian driver’s license, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.  Until then, this could only be done abroad in Poland . In particular, you can exchange certificates in Prague. “From February 28, Ukrainians can exchange their national driving license in the Czech Republic. The service began to be provided with the help of mobile software and hardware complexes of the State Enterprise “Document” in the city of Prague,” the message says . It is indicated that the exchange will take place on the same principle as in Poland. In particular, first, the employees of the…

(9/3 – 50) Kazakhstan is gearing up for snap elections of the lower house of parliament on March 19, and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who came to power in 2019, called for snap elections in the wake of the deadly street protests in January 2022. The elections are part of the president’s ambitious reform agenda, Jana Kazakhstan (New Kazakhstan), which aims to usher in a new era of political liberalization. The parliamentary elections are stage two of Tokayev’s program, following his re-election winning 80 percent of the votes last November. The coming…

Baghdad – Haydar Karar spends eight hours a day tidying a carpentry shop and lugging wooden beams, forced like many other Iraqi children into work by poverty and conflict. Now 13, Karar has been working with his carpenter uncle in the capital Baghdad since the age of eight, his childhood marred by the troubles that have ravaged his country. “I was expelled from school because of a fight,” he said. “The school didn’t want to take me back.” His family had decided to find work for him “to build my future and marry me”, added the petite boy, who works…

The US has secured access to four additional military bases in the Philippines – a key bit of real estate which would offer a front seat to monitor the Chinese in the South China Sea and around Taiwan. With the deal, Washington has stitched the gap in the arc of US alliances stretching from South Korea and Japan in the north to Australia in the south. The missing link had been the Philippines, which borders two of the biggest potential flashpoints – Taiwan and the South China Sea. The deal, which in part reverses the US’ departure from their former…

Nadhim Zahawi earned at least £1.3 million from interests in Kurdistan after cultivating close links with a powerful regional family, at the same time as he sought to shape Britain’s foreign policy in the area. The Conservative Party chairman, whose career is in the balance after revelations about his tax affairs, is now facing questions over the sums he made as a “fixer” for oil companies in the disputed region, while he was an MP. Zahawi, who was born in Iraq, developed friendships with power brokers in the Barzani family, one of two tribes that dominate Kurdish politics, and became…

BAGHDAD- The leader of Iraq’s Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, has used his country’s recent victory in the Gulf soccer cup to stage an unexpected comeback on the Iraqi political scene. Pro-Iranian formations, including the Coordination Framework coalition, did not seem to have anticipated Sadr’s new move after his had declared withdrawal from politics. Widely-circulated pictures on social media showed Sadr posing with members of the Iraqi national soccer team carrying their trophy after winning the Gulf Cup 25. The Sadrist leader took advantage of his encounter with the soccer team and its technical and administrative staff in Najaf to repeat…

Newshub can reveal the victim of a fatal daylight attack in the west Auckland suburb of Massey on Monday was a young woman whose family say had her bags packed for the trip of a lifetime. On Tuesday, Police announced they have arrested and charged a 30-year-old man with her murder. Witness Selena took a moment to pay her respects and take stock of what she witnessed taking place in an alleyway nearly 24 hours earlier. She told Newshub all she heard was a scream coming from a female which “just got louder and louder”. Selena was driving on her…