I’m an American college student with a passion for flying airlines that most people have never heard of. When I found a $123 economy ticket on Iraqi Airways, I booked it without a second thought. When I started telling people, the reaction was always the same. Nobody I spoke to knew Iraq’s national airline existed,
A painful toothache or an oral infection might not sound like an injury that could sideline a soldier in combat, but US Army dental leaders warn that in a future conflict, such easily overlooked conditions could take troops out of the fight, consume scarce evacuation capacity, and further stress a strained medical system. Most of
Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, as conflict in the Middle East widens. Iraq said it had fired a military commander and launched an investigation after admitting the drone attack on its neighbour’s East-West pipeline had originated in one of its provinces bordering Iran.
WASHINGTON– The US military on Tuesday identified a soldier who died while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old man from North Carolina. The Army said it was investigating the death of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville during a controlled detonation Sunday at an air base in Irbil, northern Iraq. Swinton will
One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce has defended Pauline Hanson’s comments that Australia’s problems began after the White Australia policy was abolished, insisting the party does not support the policy’s reintroduction. Joyce was speaking in the Sunrise program after Hanson told far-right activist and convicted criminal Tommy Robinson that Australian immigration problems “began in 1973 with Gough
On Tuesday night, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior Iranian figures flew to Iraq to participate in ceremonies honoring Khamenei. The Iranian delegation was received upon arrival by Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi, whose government declared Wednesday a holiday. Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father, once again did not make an
