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Muqtada al-Sadr: Iraq’s militia chief became champion of miserable 0

Muqtada al-Sadr: Iraq’s militia chief became champion of miserable

Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr surprised the world when his Sairoon Alliance captured more parliamentary seats than any other party or alliance in Iraq’s parliamentary elections, in a remarkable comeback after being sidelined for years by Iranian-backed rivals. Once known as a staunch anti-American militia leader, al-Sadr has rebranded himself in recent years as a patriotic…

Authorities publicizes plans to trail fracking tendencies 0

Authorities publicizes plans to trail fracking tendencies

New plans to accelerate fracking development have been released by the government, amid accusations that the move will harm the environment and local communities.  The measures are intended to speed up planning applications and make decisions “faster and fairer” for all those involved. Business secretary Greg Clark and housing and communities secretary James Brokenshire issued…

Top US and S Korean diplomats seize emergency call over N Korea 0

Top US and S Korean diplomats seize emergency call over N Korea

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha held emergency talks on Wednesday, following North Korea’s cancellation of ministerial talks with Seoul and threats to pull out of the Trump-Kim Jong-un summit scheduled to be held in Singapore on June 12. A US State Department source confirmed to Al Jazeera…

Tall modifications to MOT take a look at reach into power this weekend 0

Tall modifications to MOT take a look at reach into power this weekend

The new rules come into force on May 20 (Picture: Getty)Big changes to the MOT test are coming into force on Sunday affecting cars, vans, motorcycles and other light passenger vehicles. The Drivers and Vehicles Standards Agency (DVSA) is making five major changes, including tougher emissions tests and changes to fault categories. Simon Williams of…

Senegal’s females-flee radio stations broadcast for peace 0

Senegal’s females-flee radio stations broadcast for peace

Ziguinchor, Senegal – On a hot, steamy day in Ziguinchor, a small coastal city in Senegal’s southern Casamance region, 31-year-old Marie Leocadie Coly walks into a recording studio, turns on the fan and puts on her headphones. At the sign of the producer sitting behind the glass window, Coly begins to speak into the microphone.…

He can not scramble away us – Gabi hopes for Griezmann preserve 0

He can not scramble away us – Gabi hopes for Griezmann preserve

Atletico Madrid captain Gabi hopes his team’s Europa League success convinces Antoine Griezmann to stay at the LaLiga club. Griezmann was the hero in Lyon on Wednesday, scoring a brace to guide Atletico to a 3-0 win over Marseille in the final. But the France international is linked with a move to Barcelona in the…

The depths of despair in South Sudan 0

The depths of despair in South Sudan

The mood of despair was evident in his words as the UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs wrapped up a two-day visit to South Sudan. « Ordinary people are suffering on an unimaginable scale. The peace process has so far produced nothing. The cessation of hostilities is a fiction. The economy has collapsed, » Mark Lowcock said in…

What’s next for Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe? 0

What’s next for Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe?

It’s a rare day that we don’t hear or read criticism from the US President Donald Trump about the Special Counsel investigating potential collusion between his campaign and Russian officials. If you read that and the words « witch-hunt » didn’t jump to mind, you probably aren’t following the president on Twitter. He often criticises his own…