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Employees in Al-Sulaymaniyah gather 100,000 signatures against MyAccount system

2024-04-05T20:30:56+00:00

Shafaq News/ A Committee for defending the Employees' rights in Al-Sulaymaniyah announced on Friday that it had collected approximately 100,000 signatures opposing implementing the "MyAccount" system for localizing the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees.

Representative Saman Ali from

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 06 April 2024

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UN launches joint program to support Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon in climate change response

2024-04-05T19:20:52+00:00

Shafaq News/ The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) launched a joint program to support the health system responses of the governments of Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon to climate

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 06 April 2024

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Navigational signals scrambled in Tel Aviv after tensions with Iran

2024-04-05T18:33:07+00:00

Shafaq News/ Navigational signals were scrambled over the Tel Aviv metropolitan area on Thursday as Israel braced for a potential Iranian attack on the economic center, causing disruptions in traffic, food delivery, and transportation applications.

Tel Aviv residents reported unusual

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 06 April 2024

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KDP calls for restoring the Feyli Kurds' rights

2024-04-05T17:02:21+00:00

Shafaq News/ On Friday, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) bloc in the Iraqi parliament urged the federal government to restore "all rights" of the Feyli Kurds, including money and properties that were confiscated during the former regime's rule.

In the statement, the bloc recalled the

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 06 April 2024

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Saudi Arabia raises May crude oil OSPs to Asian, Med buyers

2024-04-05T18:16:40+00:00

Shafaq News/ Saudi Arabia has raised the official selling price (OSP) for its flagship Arab Light crude oil for customers in Asia and the Mediterranean in May, an Aramco statement showed on Friday.

Saudi Aramco set the OSP for Asian buyers at a $2.00 premium to the Oman/Dubai average, up

Details: Category: Iraq; Published: 06 April 2024

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UN chief voices concern over reports of Israel using AI to identify targets in Gaza

2024-04-05T16:06:23+00:00

Shafaq News/ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday voiced concern over reports of the Israeli military using artificial intelligence (AI) in its bombing in Gaza.

Reports showed that AI was used to identify targets, particularly in "densely populated residential areas, resulting