US Supreme Court weighs Trump bid to bar illegal immigrants from census totals
The Supreme Court on Monday is set to take up President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and contentious effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate US House of Representatives districts to states.
Iraq’s Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency said on Sunday (November 29) that two Islamic State (ISIS) militants were apprehended in Kirkuk governorate.
A rocket hit a small oil refinery in northern Iraq on Sunday (November 29), causing a fire at a fuel storage tank and forcing a complete shutdown of operations after the blaze spread to a nearby pipeline network, two refinery officials said.
Kurdish environmentalist and civil activist Amanj Nikpay was sentenced to two years in prison in recent days by the Islamic Iranian Revolutionary Court on charges of membership to a banned Kurdish opposition party in Marivan district in Iran’s Kurdistan province, Hengaw Organization said on Sunday (November 29).
Iran will give a “calculated and decisive” response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist, said a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehran’s revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa.
Delegations from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Change Movement Sunday (November 29) emphasized on the necessity of forming a decision-making delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to resume talks with Iraqi Government officials in Baghdad regarding the outstanding issues related to salary of the Kurdistan Region’s public servants and budget share.
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Sunday (November 29) it had recorded 1,614 new cases of coronavirus infections and 24 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Spokesperson for Erbil Health Directorate Bzhar Musa said on Sunday (November 29) that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has start paying five million Iraqi dinars ($4,190) to the families of healthcare workers who lost their lives to COVID-19 in the Kurdistan Region, the disease caused by coronavirus infection.
Erbil Police Directorate said on Sunday (November 29) that it has arrested a suspect who was wanted in connection with a 2009 murder in Erbil governorate.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Sunday (November 29) it had recorded 304 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was down on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Sunday (November 29).
Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mustafa al-Kadhimi decided on Sunday (November 29) to form a high-level committee entitled the Emergency Crisis Team headed by National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji to do follow-ups on protests in Dhi Qar.
Kurdish teachers in Kirkuk protested on Sunday (November 29) against the resumption of in-person classes in the governorate, demanding their salaries and financial benefits.
Crude oil prices were stable on Sunday (November 29) compared with the previous day.
Iraq will not ask OPEC for exemption from a pact aimed at reducing output, and oil prices are expected to reach about $50 at the beginning of 2021, the al-Sabah state cited the oil minister as saying in a report on Sunday (November 29).
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday (November 28) reported 12,999,664 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 176,572 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,283 to 263,956.
Military advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga Staff Major General Bakhtiar Muhammed said on Saturday (November 28) that currently the only enemy of the Kurdistan Region is Islamic State (ISIS) and that no Peshmerga forces have been mobilized against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Britain and France signed a new agreement to try to stop illegal migration across the Channel on Saturday (November 28), upping patrols and technology in the hope of closing off a dangerous route used by migrants to try to reach the UK on small boats.
Co-chair of the Executive Council of Kurdistan Community Union (KCK) Jamil Bayik said on Saturday (November 28) that KCK wants to resolve the issues related to the group in the Kurdistan Region through dialogue and not war, and that they “are not against anyone.”
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Kurdish Tory lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi as health minister responsible for the deployment of coronavirus vaccine, Downing Street announced on Saturday (November 28).
Iran’s Health Ministry on Saturday (November 28) reported a slowdown in coronavirus infections, saying that 89 of 160 cities were out of the designated high risk category.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Saturday (November 28) it had recorded 259 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Saturday (November 28) it had recorded 1,606 new cases of coronavirus infections and 33 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was deployed to the Gulf this week, days before the killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, although the US Navy said on Saturday (November 28) the deployment was not related to any specific threat.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was stable on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Saturday (November 28).
Iraqi Migration and Displaced Minister Evan Faek Jabro said on Saturday (November 28) that all the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps had been shut down in Diyala governorate following the closure of Alwand Carvani camp in Khanaqin district.
Iran’s supreme leader promised on Saturday (November 28) to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear scientist, raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Following clashes between anti-government protesters and Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s supporters in Nasiriya city, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi declared a curfew in Dhi Qar governorate, Yehia Rasool, spokesperson for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi prime minister, said on Friday (November 28).
Crude oil prices were up on Saturday (November 28) compared with the previous day.
Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday (November 28), and at least three people were killed and dozens wounded in the clashes, a Reuters witness and a medical source said.
Turkey on Friday (November 27) rejected a call by the European Parliament for sanctions against Ankara over President Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in north Cyprus, calling the demand “disconnected from the realities”.
Saudi Arabia formally suspended imports of meat, eggs and other products from Turkey earlier this month, the Turkish exporters’ union said, after a months-long informal boycott of Turkish goods over political tensions between the two regional rivals.
Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in an explosion and machinegun fires in Absard city east of Tehran, Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency said on Friday (November 27).
At least three Turkey-backed militants were killed and two others wounded in a car bomb blast near Tal al-Janab village in the countryside of Ras al-Ayn city in northeastern Syria. on Friday (November 27).
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Friday (November 27) it had recorded 2,545 new cases of coronavirus infections and 42 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Iraqi Migration and Displaced Minister Evan Faek Jabru said on Friday (November 27) that more than three thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) had left the camps and returned to their places of origin.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Friday (November 27) it had recorded 403 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranians go on trial in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday for planning to bomb a 2018 meeting in France of an exiled opposition group, the first time an EU country has put an Iranian official on trial for terrorism.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Friday (November 27).
A group of sword holders stormed a massage center in Baghdad’s Karrada neighborhood on Thursday evening (November 26), destroyed the equipment in the message center, beat its workers and set the premise on fire.
Crude oil prices were down on Friday (November 27) compared with the previous day.
The Iraqi military is training a former member of an Iran-backed militia, who is under US sanctions for killing protesters, to become a high-ranking officer in the army, according to six government, security and militia officials.
Iraq’s Federal Investigation and Intelligence Agency said on Thursday (November 26) that four Islamic State (ISIS) militants were apprehended by the security forces in separate areas in southern Kirkuk’s Hawija district.
Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of Gazprom Neft for Exploration and Production Vadim Yakovlev said that the company’s production in the Kurdistan Region has reached four million tons since the beginning of commercial production at Sulaimani governorate’s Sarqala field in April 4, 2019.
Turkey does not expect ties with the United States to be strained under President-elect Joe Biden and does not anticipate sanctions over its purchase of Russia S-400 defense systems, a senior official in President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party said.
Iraqi Government Finance Minister Alli Alawi has said that his country’s economy is replete with corruption, claiming that minor jobs at border points are changing hands for as much as $100,000.
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Thursday (November 26) it had recorded 2,483 new cases of coronavirus infections and 39 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Sulaimani Central District Joint Committees said on Thursday (November 26) that the committees closed down a warehouse in the city’s Zhalla area for not following proper food storage regulations and the presence of rodents, such as mice and rats in the premise.
Following the decision of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), ten-day total curfew began on Thursday (November 26) to limit coronavirus outbreak in the region and health committees began sterilizing streets, schools, government institutions, and public places.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (November 26) it had recorded 379 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
China said on Thursday (November 26) it has lodged stern representations with the United States after Washington announced fresh Iran-related sanctions on four entities.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was down on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Thursday (November 26).
A Turkish court handed down dozens of life sentences on Thursday (November 26) for some of the nearly 500 defendants, including army commanders and pilots, accused of carrying out a 2016 coup attempt from an air base near the capital Ankara, Anadolu news agency reported.
The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday (November 26) pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Crude oil prices were up on Thursday (November 26) compared with the previous day.
US federal prosecutors have charged a New Jersey woman with concealing multiple efforts to transfer money to Islamist militants in Syria connected to the Nusra Front, a onetime al Qaeda affiliate based in Syria’s Idlib province.
Iran has exchanged a jailed British-Australian academic, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, with three Iranians who had been detained abroad, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday (November 25).
The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases hit 60 million on Wednesday (November 25), with the pace of new infections accelerating and the United States reporting record numbers of hospitalizations, according to a Reuters tally.
Iraq's Intelligence and Investigative Agency said in a statement on Wednesday (November 25) that its forces arrested an Islamic State (ISIS) militant after a tight ambush was set up for him in Makhmour district.
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