Washington, U.S. retail sales unexpectedly increased in June as demand for goods remained strong even as spending is shifting back to services, supporting expectations that economic growth accelerated in the second quarter. The rebound in sales reporte…

Baquba 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 Dep…

Baghdad 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 arr…

Baghdad 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 asyl…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), today morning held a farewell party for Elisabeth Cardoso, Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UAE, and Henrik Landerholm, Ambassador of Sweden to the UAE, on the occasion of the end o…

The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) provided relief aid to people affected by the fire that erupted in the Sharia Refugee Camp in Dohuk, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.A delegation from the ERC supervised the distribution of food, medical supplies, clothes, cookin…