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Rudaw Net
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
Iraq arrests 40 over alleged baathist plots, sectarian incitement
Also in Iraq Iraq cannot control militias attacking Kurdistan Region, says MP Iraq records 16 new cases of Crimean-Congo fever Iraqi parliament to convene on Kurdistan Region drone attacks PM Barzani says Baghdad added new condition to finance agreement A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Forty people suspected of spreading Ba'athist ideologies of former dictator Saddam Hussein's regime and planning sabotage attacks have been arrested, Iraqi security forces announced on Sunday. 'Security detachments carried out qualitative operations that resulted in the arrest of 40 suspects involved in managing and financing sectarian content and seeking to carry out sabotage operations,' the Iraqi National Security Agency (INSS) said in a statement. The law criminalizing the promotion of the Baath Party in Iraq was activated on July 30, 2016. It criminalized membership in, and promotion of, the dissolved Ba'ath party in Iraq, as well as any similar groups or ideologies 'These misguided elements resorted to false rhetoric that promoted the banned Ba'athist regime as a cover for marketing their dead dreams and inciting against the state,' the security agency added. A clandestine cyber group called 'Brigade 66' which is managed from outside the country and spreads Ba'athist ideologies was also monitored. 'Some of them [the suspects] confessed to receiving guidance and support from fugitive elements outside the country,' the INSS said. The Arab Socialist Baath Party ruled Iraq from 1968 until it was toppled in 2003 by a United States-led invasion that removed its leader, Hussein. The party has since been banned under Article 7 of the Iraqi constitution, which outlaws adopting, glorifying, or promoting the symbols and propaganda of the former regime. Hussein's oppressive regime was responsible for numerous crimes against humanity, including the Anfal genocide against the Kurds. The campaign reached its deadliest point in 1988 with the Halabja chemical attack, which killed around 5,000 people and injured 10,000 more. The dictator was executed in 2006 after being sentenced to death in a separate case for the killing of 148 Shiites. His trial on charges related to the Anfal genocide was still ongoing at the time of his execution.
Time of India
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Putin Flaunts 'Allies' China, N. Korea As Trump Re-Arms Ukraine; Lavrov's POWER PLAY Viral
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. The Vladimir Putin aide is in the Chinese capital to attend the meeting of foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization. On Saturday, Lavrov had met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Wonsan. The back-to-back meetings with both the allies came at a time when the United States-led NATO is re-arming Ukraine to fight Russia. Read More
Malaysiakini
09-07-2025
- Business
- Malaysiakini
Navigating M'sia through Trump's tariff storm
COMMENT | President Donald Trump's return to the White House has reenergised his trademark brand of economic nationalism this time, with sharper geopolitical edges. One of his administration's early foreign policy actions in his second, non-consecutive term is a renewed crackdown on countries aligning with Brics, a coalition of emerging economies challenging United States-led global financial dominance.
Qatar Tribune
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
UN chief ‘strongly condemns' Russian drone assault on Ukraine
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned a Russian drone and missile attack against Ukraine that has been described as the largest such assault in the three-year war. In a statement on Saturday, Guterres's spokesperson said the Russian strikes 'disrupted the power supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, once again underlining the ongoing risks to nuclear safety'. 'The secretary-general is alarmed by this dangerous escalation and the growing number of civilian casualties,' the statement read. Ukrainian officials said Moscow fired more than 500 drones and 11 missiles at the capital Kiev overnight into Friday in an attack that killed one person, injured at least 23 others and damaged buildings across the city. The sounds of air raid sirens, kamikaze drones and booming detonations reverberated until dawn. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack 'deliberately massive and cynical'. Russia has been stepping up its long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities as United States-led efforts to reach a ceasefire to end the war have stalled. On Saturday, Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, warned of a possible new Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region, a part of northeastern Ukraine that has seen heavy fighting since Russia invaded in 2022. Moscow has been slowly grinding its way along several parts of the Ukrainian front line in recent months, throwing forth continuous waves of infantry as it seeks to press home its advantage in troops and munitions. Russian forces have already pushed into northern Ukraine's Sumy region over the past months, carving out a small foothold there. Russia fired 322 drones and decoys into Ukraine overnight into Saturday, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 157 were shot down and 135 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed. Ukraine has also ramped up its retaliatory strikes in Russia, with the Ministry of Defence saying it shot down 94 Ukrainian drones overnight into Saturday, along with 45 further drones in the morning and early afternoon. Four Ukrainian drones also were shot down while approaching Moscow on Saturday, according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Meanwhile, a woman was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Rostov region, the acting governor said. Separately, the Ukrainian military said in a statement on social media on Saturday that its special forces struck Russia's Borisoglebsk military airfield in the Voronezh region, hitting a glide bomb store and a trainer aircraft. The military said that other aircraft were also likely hit, without giving details. The governor of Voronezh, Alexander Gusev, wrote on Telegram that more than 25 drones were destroyed over the region overnight. He said a power line was temporarily damaged, but made no mention of a military airfield. The attacks come as Ukraine's Zelensky said on Friday that he had a 'very important and fruitful' phone conversation with US President Donald Trump in his efforts to strengthen Ukraine's air defences. The US president also spoke to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, a day earlier in a conversation that he said was disappointing. 'I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don't think he's there, and I'm very disappointed,' Trump said after the call on Thursday. 'I'm just saying I don't think he's looking to stop, and that's too bad.' Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that it was 'preferable' to achieve the goals of Russia's invasion through political and diplomatic means. 'But as long as that is not possible, we are continuing the special operation,' he said.
LeMonde
04-07-2025
- Politics
- LeMonde
Macron and Starmer will co-chair Ukraine talks in the UK
President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will co-chair talks with other European leaders on boosting Ukraine's defences, during the French leader's visit to the United Kingdom next week, the Elysée Palace said on Friday, July 4. Macron will pay a state visit to the UK from July 8 to July 10, and he will receive a royal welcome and address parliament. "There will certainly be a discussion on how to seriously maintain Ukraine's combat capability," the Elysée said, adding that Starmer and Macron will co-chair the video conference meeting of Kyiv's allies. The meeting, on July 10, will come as United States-led peace talks on ending the more than three-year-old war against Ukraine have stalled. The US, Ukraine's biggest military backer since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, said, on Tuesday, that it was halting some key weapons shipments to Ukraine. During the Ukraine meeting, Macron and Starmer will speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the French presidency said. 'Reassurance force' The summit will touch upon the deployment of "a reassurance force" to Ukraine after a ceasefire, the Elysée said. The discussions will also focus on "how to increase pressure on Russia to accept an unconditional ceasefire that it has consistently refused," the French presidency added. Moscow has, in recent weeks, ramped up missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, as US support for Kyiv has appeared to waver under US President Donald Trump. Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Thursday. The US president said he made no progress with Putin on ending the Ukraine war, as the Kremlin insisted Putin would stick to his aims in the conflict.
