- Hospitals are struggling from chronic shortages of medical supplies
- There have also been power outages and weakened water pumping stations
- Thamer Ghadhban also says there are no acute oil shortages for the time being
- but Iraq would continue to monitor the market to assess the need for additional supply
- The unprecedented investigation was led by Amnesty International and the Airwars monitoring group
- It urged top coalition members to show more transparency and accountability
- Biden joins an already crowded list of presidential candidates running from the Democratic party
- He served eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president
- The two sides discussed trade in agriculture and industry
- Iraq is reliant on imports to feed its population, and imports a significant portion of food items from Iran
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The National Thowheed Jamath is a radical Muslim group that appeared after the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, and has been linked to the vandalism of Buddhist statues. It preaches extremism, strict interpretations of religious texts, and intolerance of non-Muslims. The group demands the compulsory veiling of Muslim women. NTJ built mosques and madrassas in various parts of the country. Extremism expert Anne Speckhard told the NYT that the group aims to spread hatred, fear and division among the local society.
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- As a member of the Israeli parliament, Kahane proposed laws to strip Arabs of citizenship and force their emigration
- Guardiola’s City have 89 points after 35 games
- Title rivals Liverpool are just one point behind
- It is already banned in neighboring Bangladesh and was hit with an enormous fine in the US
- The case against TikTok was launched by an activist group that said the app encouraged paedophiles and pornography
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