Iraq's parliament elected Sunni Muslim lawmaker Haibat al-Halbousi as speaker at its opening session on Monday following ...

Analysis of the 2026 US military operation in Venezuela. Compare the capture of Nicholas Maduro to Saddam Hussein and the ...

The operation quickly united lawmakers behind a message that the president illegally bypassed Congress and has no plan for the aftermath.

The new speaker must address a much-debated bill that would have the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units — an ...

Iraqi authorities arrest 17 men after a video of a New Year's Eve assault on a woman in Basra went viral, sparking outrage over gender-based violence.

The Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Venezuela is reminiscent of the U.S.’s catastrophic invasion of Iraq, as ...

The historic “land between two rivers” faces a crisis as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and the increasing toll of upstream dams, helping create the country’s worst ...

Unforseen circumstances' lead to sudden cutoff of Iranian gas shipments, severely affecting Iraq's ability to provide ...

Iraq's new parliament elected a senior figure from the Sunni Taqadom party as its speaker Monday, the first session since ...

Donald Trump is claiming victory after a large US military operation in Venezuela that ended with Nicolas Maduro seized in ...

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