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BAGHDAD, Oct. 10 (YPA) – Voting in the Iraqi parliamentary elections began Sunday morning, amid very tight security measures near polling stations and widespread international monitoring. Polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. Baghdad time in…

MOSCOW, Oct. 10 (YPA) - President Vladimir Putin said Russia retains a prominent position in the production of grain and other crops despite the COVID-19 epidemic. Congratulating agriculture and manufacturing workers on their…

NAJAF, Oct. 10 (YPA) - The leader of the Sadrist movement, Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr, cast his vote in the parliamentary elections. "Sadr arrived at a polling station in Najaf province to cast his vote," Sumerian News reported. Polling…

SANAA, Oct. 10 (YPA) - At least 20 people were killed in Nigeria's Sokoto state when gunmen attacked a market and torched cars, as armed gangs continue to wreak havoc in the northwest part of the country, Reuters reported. Idriss Gobir,…

BAGHDAD, Oct. 09 (YPA) - The Iraqi forces announced on Saturday the destruction of a hideout for the terrorist organization (ISIS), south of Khanaqin in Diyala province, east of the country. The Iraqi News Agency, INA, quoted the Iraqi…

SANAA, Oct. 09 (YPA) - Zionist settlers attacked on Saturday a number of Palestinian citizens vehicles in Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied Al-Quds. Local sources in the village reported that settlers fo "Har Shmuel" settlement,…

PALESTINE, Oct. 09 (YPA) - The Palestinian movement "Hamas" on Saturday announced its readiness to enter into a new prisoner exchange deal with the Israeli enemy, and to engage in an electoral process to rearrange the Palestinian…

SANAA, Oct. 09 (YPA) - Russia has demanded the United States to lift the diplomatic immunity of 3 employees of its embassy in Moscow, after their involvement in a theft crime. In a statement published on Friday by Russia's Interfax news…

SANAA, Oct. 09 (YPA) - Saudi Arabia has on Friday announced that it had been subjected to a new aerial attack, and accused the Yemeni Armed Forces of carrying out an attack on an airport in southern  part of the kingdom . Several people…