Baquba / NINA / – The first campaign to protect antiquities and prevent their trading in the province was launched in Diyala Governorate. A government source told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that the Antiquities Protection Police Department in Diyala Police launched a campaign, the first

Moscow, SANA- Russia said that it is unacceptable for medical and humanitarian organizations to support or assist terrorists, even indirectly, in a way that undermines international efforts to fight terrorism. Russia Today website quoted Deputy Representative of Russia to the United Nations Gennady Kuzmin, as saying during UN session on

Baghdad / NINA / – The Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marco Mendicino, announced his country’s readiness to establish a special program to grant asylum to “human rights defenders”, including journalists, who may need to apply for asylum. The program, which the United Nations refugee agency says is

Baghdad / NINA / – The Popular Mobilization Security Directorate denied reports that any of the crowd leaders had been arrested on the grounds of an alleged abuse. It stated in a statement that: The news published on some pages of communication sites about the arrest of leaders of the

CAIRO – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who was formally re-elected to a fourth seven-year term in May despite allegations of fraud by many Western countries, took the oath of office Saturday in Damascus. A military band welcomed Assad as he walked down a red carpet before entering the palace to

Baghdad / NINA /- The number of victims of floods in western Germany and Belgium has risen to at least 168 persons, after rivers and torrential rains collapsed, destroying roads and power lines. About 141 people died in the floods / according to Reuters / in the worst natural disaster

Baghdad / NINA / – Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, and his Syrian counterpart, Tammam Raad, signed the joint minutes to agree on the most important paragraphs discussed during the meetings, including exchanging data related to the flows of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers periodically and in emergency