Four US cops charged over Breonna Taylor death

Washington, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): The US Justice Department charged four police officers on Thursday over the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in a botched 2020 raid on her home in Louisville, Kentucky. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the four officers were being […]

Iraqi Shiite leader Sadr demands fresh elections

Baghdad, Aug 3 (AFP/APP): Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new elections be called. In the latest political turmoil to strike the oil-rich but war-scarred country, Sadr called […]

4 soldiers killed in IS attacks in E. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (XINHUA/APP): Four soldiers were killed and one wounded in an attack by the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in the province of Diyala in eastern Iraq, a provincial police source said on Wednesday. The attack occurred late on Tuesday night when IS […]

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