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LGBTQ Iraqis fear dark days ahead after anti-gay law
AFP via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoWhen Saif Ali fled Iraq last year to escape threats and abuse over his sexual orientation, he always dreamed of someday returning.Amid increasing threats...
Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, pictured at his home in the holy city of Najaf on July 20, 2023, retains...
Homenewshere.com· 3 days agoIraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, pictured at his home in the holy city of Najaf on July 20, 2023, retains a devoted following of millions among the country's majority Shiite Muslim
Influential Iraqi cleric backs US campus protests
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIraqi religious leader Moqtada Sadr on Saturday expressed his support for pro-Palestinian encampments at universities in the United States and called for...
Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 2 days agoSupporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sign a pledge to stand against homosexuality or LGBTQ, outside a mosque in Kufa, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Human rights groups ...
On This Day, April 28: Kon-Tiki expedition sets off from Peru
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe voyage covered 4,300 miles over 101 days. Members of the Iraqi Transitional National Assembly...
Iran cuts Syria presence after strikes blamed on Israel: monitor
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIran has reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes blamed on Israel, a...
On This Day in History - April 28th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 3 days agoOn April 28, 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members began a trip from Peru to Polynesia on the...