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

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

Iraq's newly elected parliament convened on Monday for its first session since the November national election, opening the ...

Iraq starts 2026 with a difficult combination of political upheaval, ambitious development goals, and ongoing security, ...

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

Christian Sturdivant's arrest comes years after he first landed on an FBI watchlist for acting on orders from ISIS.

President Trump’s administration oversaw US military strikes in seven countries across the world in 2025, pursuing a Ronald ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests swept ...

Baghdad expects the first 500 megawatts of the country’s electricity interconnection project with the Gulf States in early ...

The administration may consider rebuilding Venezuela after “regime change” as a kind of philanthropy, but if they do topple ...

OPEC+ will likely maintain steady oil output at its meeting on Sunday, three OPEC+ delegates said on Friday, despite ...