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After riots in Iraq, the Shiite preacher Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to withdraw. A nationwide curfew was lifted. After two days of violent protests that left more than 37 dead, the first supporters of Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr left the government district in Baghdad. In a speech at his headquarters, al-Sadr had previously urged his supporters to evacuate the so-called Green Zone in the center within 60 minutes. If they don't do this, he himself will withdraw from his own movement, al-Sadr said in a televised address. He apologized to the Iraqi people. He had hoped for peaceful protests. The unrest in Iraq broke out after al-Sadr's announcement that he intends to withdraw from politics. He accused rivals of having ignored calls for reforms. His followers then took up arms. Several people were killed in the riots on Monday. Government palace stormed In the heavily secured Green Zone, militias from both sides fought each other. According to the Iraqi securit...

The Russian armed forces are to be increased to more than two million people from 2023. President Vladimir Putin ordered this by decree. Six months after invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his army to be expanded. From 2023, the total army strength should total more than two million people, according to a decree by Putin. An official reason was not given. The number of military alone is to be increased by 137,000 to around 1.15 million. This includes both contract soldiers and conscripts. The paper, signed by Putin, did not say whether the military plans to increase the number of conscripts or increase the number of volunteers, or both. The remaining members of the military are civilian personnel, such as administrative employees. Nuclear Dispute Israel Calls For Nuclear Talks With Iran To Be Halted Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine on February 24. According to the Russian government, everything is going "according to plan" in the war. However, intern...

The USA and South Korea are preparing for a conflict with North Korea with military exercises. The government in Seoul expects a clear reaction from North Korea. The US and South Korea are holding their largest joint military maneuvers in five years. As a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry said, the exercises had started as planned. He did not provide any information on the number of soldiers involved or the military equipment. Training for soldiers from both armies is to be combined with computer simulations, joint field exercises and a major civil defense exercise by South Korea by September 1 under the name Ulchi Freedom Shield. The government in Seoul expects a clear reaction from North Korea to the eleven-day maneuver. North Korea regularly accuses the United States that the maneuvers with South Korea served to prepare for an attack.  Judge Initiates Release Of Documents Relating To Donald Trump Raid Washington and Seoul deny this, emphasizing the drills were inte...

The attack on a Russian ammunition depot has produced neither fatalities nor injuries, according to the local administration. The Russian Ministry of Defense has admitted that the explosion that took place on Tuesday in a provisional ammunition depot of the Russian Army in the annexed Crimean peninsula was due to sabotage. "On the morning of August 16, as a result of sabotage, a military warehouse was destroyed in the town of Dzhankoe", the capital of the homonymous district, Defense said in a statement quoted by the Russian agency TASS. According to the Russian command, as a result of the explosions in the warehouse, several civilian facilities have been destroyed, including a high-voltage line, electrical substations, the railway line and several houses. "There are no serious injuries. The necessary measures are being taken to remedy the consequences of the sabotage," Defense added. Salman Rushdie Recovers As 'The Satanic Verses' Sales Soar According to a ...