Iraq has hanged three people convicted for a 2016 bombing that killed more than 320 people in a Baghdad shopping district and was claimed by the Islamic State group, the prime minister's office said on Monday.At least 323 people were killed in the car bombing that sparked raging fires in Baghdad's Karrada shopping area early on July 3, 2016 as it teemed with people ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival ending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Vanuatu, at the centre of strategic rivalry between China and western countries in the Pacific Islands, has plunged into political crisis, with its prime minister to face a no-confidence vote in parliament next week. Opposition leader Bob Loughman, a former prime minister who drew Vanuatu closer to China until his government lost a snap national election in 2022, lodged notice of the no-confidence vote with parliament on Thursday evening with the signatures of 29 lawmakers, enough to win a vote. Prime Minister Alatoi Kalsakau, who leads a coalition government, said on Friday he "remains confident" in comments broadcast by Vanuatu television station VBTC.
/CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Canada Day: "No matter where you are, July 1 is an opportunity for us all.
/CNW/ - Every day, LGBTQI+ people around the world face discrimination, persecution, and violence, just because of who they are or who they love. In 2023, we.