Saudi Aramco, a leading global integrated energy and chemicals company, completed a deal to acquire a 10% stake in Rongsheng Petrochemical Company for CNY 24.6 billion (US$3.4 billion) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aramco Overseas, it was repor…
Today, Friday, a large fire destroyed agricultural lands in Al-Musayyib district, north of Hilla, without injuries.Civil Defense Media Director, Aqeel Abdullah, said, “Today, Friday, the civil defense teams were able to put out a large fire that engulf…
The head of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society called on the Islamic Committee of the International Crescent to take a firm stance on the repercussions of burning the Holy Quran, as a member of the Islamic Committee of the International Crescent.Yassin Al-…
The followers of the Sadrist movement in Basra organized today, Friday, a protest stand against the repeated insults against Muslims, by burning the Holy Qur’an and the Iraqi flag in Sweden.They denounced in their stand after Friday prayers in Khamsah …
An employee of the World Food Program, holding the Jordanian nationality, was killed by an unknown gunman, in the city of Al-Turbah, south of Taiz governorate, southwest Yemen, on Friday.The assailant opened fire at a patrons of a restaurant in Al-Turb…
A Palestinian teen was killed and another injured in an Israeli shooting near Umm Safa Village, north of Ramallah, on Friday, said the Palestinian Health Ministry.Mohammad Al-Bayyed, 17, from the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, succumbed t…
Adviser to the President of the Republic, Secretary of the Supreme Council for Free Zones in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hojjatullah Abdul-Malik, stated, on Friday, that the ground is available for the establishment of the first joint free trade zone…
Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani and Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Walid Fayyad signed on Friday a memorandum of understanding (MoU), whereby Baghdad would supply Beirut with fuel and crude oil.The MoU is based on a previous Iraqi Cabinet r…
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the assigned staff and operations at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad were temporarily transferred to Stockholm for security reasons.This came according to what was reported by the Swedish News Agency (…
Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed via phone Friday, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Turkish efforts to extend the Black Sea Grain Deal for exporting Ukraine grains.During the call, President Erdogan assured President …
World Health Organization commended on Thursday the procedures taken by Kuwait in facing and containing the Coronavirus (COVID-19), of which was the halting of business-related activities alongside checking and examining all inbound workers. WHO Repres…