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Who is George Piro, the man in charge of the new UFC anti-doping program?

Find out more about George Piro, a former FBI agent who is the new independent administrator of the UFC's anti-doping program.

USA Today Sports Media Group

UFC hires Saddam Hussein interrogator to oversee new drug-testing programme

Former FBI special agent George Piro will work with the UFC, as it prepares for a split from Usada

The Independent UK

‘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.

Al Jazeera

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A Symphony for a Common Man review – the diplomat who could have stopped the Iraq war

Story of expert who knew Saddam Hussein had no chemical weapons, but was ousted to give Bush and Blair a pretext for invading Iraq, plays out like a real-life version of George Clooney’s Syriana

The Guardian - UK

Bill Richardson, a former Democratic governor and UN ambassador, dies aged 75

Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75.

France 24

Iraq offers rewards for information on missing people from Gulf War

Baghdad calls on people with information about burial sites of missing persons from the Gulf War to come forward.

Al Jazeera

Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad watched Saddam's statue topple in 2003. His 'standout' war memoir de-centres the West

Baghdad native and former architect Ghaith Abdul-Ahad traces his start as a journalist to the day Saddam Hussein’s statue was toppled in central Baghdad, on April 9 2003 – two weeks after US troops invaded the city.

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Extreme heat hits Iraq, as temperatures exceed 50 degrees Celsius

Higher temperatures combine with Iraq’s other problems to create a ‘perfect storm’.

Al Jazeera

Former Labour MP Ann Clwyd dies aged 86 as Tony Blair leads tributes to ‘fearless campaigner’

Ann Clwyd became the oldest woman to sit in the House of Commons

The Independent UK

Is the US being hypocritical in taking years to destroy its chemical weapons, while condemning other nations for their own chemical weapons programs? A political philosopher weighs in

The United States has finished destroying the last of its stock of chemical weapons, marking the end of a 26-year period during which it frequently condemned other states for maintaining and using chemical weapons while continuing to keep a stockpile of such weapons for itself.

The Conversation

Iran blasts France for hosting opposition meeting

Iran's foreign ministry strongly criticised France, Monday, for hosting a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group that Tehran considers a "terrorist" organisation.

Radio France Internationale

Return to Fallujah: 'We'll never forget dozens of unarmed students shot by US forces'

The Mirror has returned to the scene of the bloodshed after negotiating via contacts for safe passage

Daily Mirror

Fascist chatbots are running wild on Character.AI

The world’s second-biggest AI chat service is a hotbed of hateful and racist abuse with no meaningful moderation

Evening Standard

Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped forward.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I think of drowning myself’: the Iraqi families displaced by a dam – and homeless for 40 years

The village of Jissary was flooded in 1985 to make way for the giant Mosul dam, and its people have been moving between makeshift settlements ever since. Now they face eviction again

The Conversation

What the Iraq War can teach the US about avoiding a quagmire in Ukraine -- 3 key lessons

Leaked Pentagon papers showed in early April 2023 that the U.S. is allegedly following the inner workings of Russia’s intelligence operations and is also spying on Ukraine, adding a new dimension to the United States’ involvement in the Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war: Did Putin learn from Bush’s Iraq horrors?

From Wagner’s crimes to the UN’s role, the Iraq invasion offered a preview of the Ukraine war. But not all is the same.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Raisi Slams US Presence in Middle East

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday slammed the United States' presence in the Middle East, as he hosted his counterpart from neighboring Iraq for wide-ranging talks. Decades-old arch enemies the United States and Iran have vied for influence in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. Both helped…

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The invasion of Iraq defined US' foreign relations – but in popular Iraqi literature, the war is just a piece of the country's complex history

It’s been just over 20 years since the United States invaded Iraq. Some Americans have largely forgotten about the invasion, despite the fact the Sept. 11 attacks that precipitated it still loom large in U.S. national memory. Even during the heart of the war in 2006, most young Americans could…

Salon

War, what is it good for? Very little

There simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well

Asharq Al-Awsat

Qais Al-Khazali: Saddam Hussein’s DNA Analysis Proved His Indian Origins

Qais al-Khazali, the secretary-general of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq movement in Iraq, stated that a DNA analysis of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has proven that he is of Indian origin. Al-Khazali, in a sermon marking the Eid Al-Fitr holiday on Saturday in Baghdad, delivered a blistering attack on what…

Reason

Of Course Washington and Moscow Are Fighting a Proxy War

That doesn't mean Russia is right. It means we're being honest about how much the U.S. is involved.

France 24

Women's rights in Iraq

Twenty years on after the fall of Saddam Hussein, we meet Iraqi women activists who still face a massive uphill battle in their fight for equality. Also Annette Young talks to leading feminist, Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari on how the Israeli government's controversial judicial reforms could endanger women's rights. Plus with…

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He says U.S. troops abused him in Iraq's Abu Ghraib and his life is still ruined

This Iraqi man says that 20 years after appearing in a notorious photo in U.S. detention in Abu Ghraib prison, his family lives in shame and poverty, never receiving U.S. compensation or apologies.

The Independent UK

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