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Iraq near bottom of global depression index, report says
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2025-11-05T12:50:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq ranked 16th among Arab countries and 154th worldwide in depression rates for 2024, according to the US-based data platform Country Cassette’s report. The report...
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Freed Israeli hostage recounts torture by Iran-backed militia in Iraq
Tsurkov, a Princeton PhD candidate specializing in Middle East politics had traveled to Iraq using her Russian passport to study Shi'ite political movements. She was abducted in Baghdad in March 2023, by the Iran-backed Shi'ite militia Kata'ib...
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King Charles jokes about 'dropping dead' during health admission
King Charles has joked about "dropping dead" as he visited a medical centre which provides extra understanding of patients who are veterans. The King spoke to former Armed Forces personnel about their experiences and the vital help they received...
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Dick Cheney, Iraq and the Making of Halliburton
Cheney watching the 9/11 attacks on NYC before being rushed into the White House bunker. Photo: White House. This is an excerpt from Jeffrey St. Clair’s book on war-profiteering, Grand Theft Pentagon (Common Courage, 2005). There’s no more pungent...
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'I never saw the sun': Israeli captive breaks silence on 903 days of torture in Iraq
Captors restrained her wrists, suspended her body from above, and delivered relentless blows until consciousness faded. Electric shocks coursed through her while forced positioning damaged her spine and shoulder joints. Water splashed across her...
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Charles meets armed forces veterans at tailored healthcare programme
The King has visited a medical centre which provides extra understanding of patients who are veterans. Charles spoke to former armed forces personnel about their experiences and the vital help they receive through the tailored veteran-friendly...
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Freed hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov details torture, sexual assault by Iraqi captors
Freed Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov said she was beaten, tortured, electrocuted, and sexually assaulted during the two and a half years she was held by the Kataib Hezbollah terrorist group in Iraq, in an interview published on Wednesday....
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Canada updates medical exam rules for temporary resident applicants
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Canada has updated the list of countries whose temporary resident applicants will be required to undergo an immigration medical examination. If you are applying to become a temporary resident of Canada, you must have an immigration medical exam...
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WA’s pandemic health boss to retire next year
Dr Andy Robertson will retire as WA’s chief health officer in February 2026, capping 22 years leading public health and emergency responses. (AAP Image/Adam Gartrell) Dr Andy Robertson has announced his retirement as chief health officer following...
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Iraq explosion kills one PMF member amid Israeli war threats
A huge explosion at Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces headquarters killed one person on Tuesday, amid reports of Israel preparing a new front with the country to target Iran-backed militias. Iraqi security and medical sources in Baghdad reported...
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Iraq Opens Internal Security Forces Hospital in Baghdad
Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani inaugurated the Internal Security Forces Hospital in central Baghdad, a 126-bed facility equipped with modern medical technologies. The hospital, stalled since 2009, is part of Iraq’s broader effort to revive...
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Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson Set To Retire
Chief Health Officer Dr Andrew (Andy) Robertson CSC, PSM announces his retirement Dr Robertson has been an integral part of WA Health for 22 years Recruitment process for Chief Health Officer role underway Western Australia’s Chief Health Officer...
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How Fragmented Data Systems, Financial Pressures Limit Mental Health ROI Calculations
This is an exclusive BHB+ story As fragmented as the behavioral health space may be, achieving a return on investment is something providers, payers and patients generally agree on. Yet, proving ROI looks different just about everywhere, and what...
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Twelve questions (and expert answers) on the Iraq elections
MENASource November 4, 2025 • 2:55 pm ET Print this page By Atlantic Council experts Iraqis are set to go to the polls for parliamentary elections on November 11—the sixth election cycle since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and Baathist rule in...
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Dick Cheney dies: giant of the US conservative movement whose legacy was defined by the Iraq war
Dick Cheney, one of the most important figures in America’s neo-conservative movement, has died at the age of 84. Cheney had a long career in government and was considered by many as one of the most powerful vice-presidents in US history. Cheney...
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Mastermind of the Iraq War Lies Dick Cheney Dies at 84
Dick Cheney, the former vice president who was instrumental in pushing the United States into the disastrous Iraq War, has died. He was 84. Cheney’s family said in a statement that his death Monday was caused by complications of pneumonia and...
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Iraq security roundup: Suicides, arrests, and major arms deal
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2025-11-03T21:11:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and crime-related incidents reported across Iraq on November 3, 2025. - Suspect Suicide (Maysan) A man who opened fire on members of the...
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Dick Cheney, powerful former vice president who pushed for Iraq war, dies at 84
WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, a driving force behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, was considered by presidential historians as one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history. He died at age 84 on Monday, Nov. 3, from complications of...
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Dick Cheney, co-architect of Iraq War that killed thousands, is dead
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the major architects of the Iraq War that killed thousands of people in Iraq and America based on his lies about weapons of mass destruction, died Tuesday at age 84. Cheney most notably served as vice...
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Dick Cheney’s cardiologist talks cause of death and how the former vice president faced myriad of health issues
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