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Nod for Chinese technicians to come ashore at Vizhinjam violates security guidelines: Jairam Ramesh

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleges Centre complicit in allowing Chinese workers to disembark at Vizhinjam port, violating security guidelines. He questions why Chinese workers are being allowed to work illegally for Adani Group linked to global money-laundering networks. Home Ministry guidelines state no landing permit for nationals of Afghanistan, China,…

The Hindu

US Navy ship intercepts three missiles fired from Yemen ‘potentially towards Israel’

A US guided-missile destroyer shot down three land attack cruise missiles and several drones

Evening Standard

US forces repel Middle East attacks as Israel-Hamas war threatens spillover

US sees uptick in attacks on its military bases in Iraq and Syria as risk of Israel-Hamas war spillover mounts.

Al Jazeera

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US troops attacked in Iraq and Syria as west warns of ‘spillover’ from Israel conflict

Iranian proxies appear to be stepping up threats as tensions rise on Israel’s border with Lebanon

The Guardian - UK

Who is Beau Biden? Everything to know about Hunter’s brother

President Joe Biden’s eldest son died in 2015

The Independent UK

Troops hurt after three drones attack US bases in Iraq as tensions flare after Gaza hospital strike

Coalition forces were slightly injured in Iraq in a spate of drone attacks over the last 24 hours at U.S. bases in Iraq as regional tensions flare following the deadly bombing of a hospital in Gaza

The Independent UK

Egypt’s president agrees to open the Rafah crossing – as it happened

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Photos: Gaza hospital blast sparks outrage across Middle East

Thousands of people protested across in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq.

WEKU

Our River … Our Sky review – compelling portrait of lives in an Iraqi war zone

Maysoon Pachachi’s fiction debut, set in Baghdad in 2006, focuses on individuals behind the headlines, with the river Tigris a recurring symbol

The Guardian - UK

‘Diana wanted five maternity coats’: David Sassoon on tailoring to royalty

The 91-year-old son of Iraqi Jews looks back on his rise as a dress designer for clients including nearly every female British royal

The Guardian - UK

Bush says US must support Israel ‘no ands, ifs or buts’ amid 9/11 comparisons

Former president praises Biden for standing with Israel and says Netanyahu has ‘got to do what he’s got to do’ after Hamas attacks

The Guardian - US

Phoenix new boy Al-Taay targets Iraqi national team

Wellington's new midfield rock Mohamed Al-Taay has revealed he's eager to earn a call-up for Iraq's Asian Cup campaign.

AAP

Remarkable Acknowledgments by Leading (Retired) Israeli National Security Officials

In the New York Times, some acknowledgements of failure of the sort we rarely see from US officials. It would be like leading retired American national security officials announcing in 2013 or so that they completely misunderstood the situation in Iraq for the past ten years. Yet for Israeli leaders,…

Reason

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria after US downed Turkish armed drone

Turkish warplanes have carried out airstrikes on sites believed to be used by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria

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Turkey warns it will strike Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after a suicide bombing in Ankara

Turkey’s foreign minister says Kurdish militants behind a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital face robust retaliation against their group’s positions in Syria and Iraq

The Independent UK

Iraqi Christian religious leaders demand an international investigation into deadly wedding fire

Christian religious leaders in Iraq are calling for an international investigation into a deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people last week

Al Jazeera

‘Iraqis love life’: In conversation with Ala Talabani

On the sidelines of a conference about Iraq, the parliamentarian spoke to Al Jazeera about the country’s future.

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Sept. 8-14, 2023

A group walked to the Jamtalferner Glacier in Austria. A deadly fire raced through a wedding hall in Iraq. Fencers competed at the Asian Games in China. And an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion at a festival in India. This photo gallery highlights some…

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The Independent UK

Iraq's prime minister visits wedding fire victims as 2 more people die from their injuries

Iraq’s prime minister has visited injured patients and the families of victims in northern Iraq days after a deadly wedding fire killed around 100 people, as two more people died from their injuries

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: Tragedy strikes Iraqi couple’s ‘happiest day’

A mass fire in Iraq, Saudi’s foreign policy moves, surviving Libya’s floods post-ISIL–here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

Iraq’s Nineveh buries its dead as families seek answers after wedding fire

Most of the wedding guests belong to Nineveh’s Christian minority, but the tragedy shook the whole community.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Families pray for victims of Iraq wedding fire which killed at least 114 guests

Watch live as families take part in a service to pray for the victims of a tragic wedding fire in IraqThe fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 114 people and injured 150 others, and authorities warn the death toll could…

Dynamite News

114 killed, more than 200 wounded in northern Iraq fire

Up to 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a huge wedding hall fire in the town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, Governor of Nineveh Najm al-Jubouri told reporters on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Iraq: Deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people started as couple began slow dance

Footage shows newlywed couple clinging to each other on dancefloor as flaming debris falls from ceiling

Al Jazeera

What we know so far about the deadly wedding fire in Iraq’s Nineveh

A massive fire has turned a wedding into a tragedy, and authorities say the death toll may still rise.

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