The Special Representative of UN secretary-general for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on Monday urged the Iraqi authorities for a renewed push for reform. She expressed her concern about violence during the ongoing anti-government protests over corruption, lack of jobs and public services. Hennis-Plasschaert, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), said in a […]

Prince Harry has revealed he and Meghan felt they had no option but to stand down from their royal family duties. In a speech to supporters of his Sentebale charity at a dinner in London on Sunday evening, he insisted he and Meghan are ‘not walking away’ but felt ‘great sadness’ over the new arrangement. […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya, where it is providing military support to the internationally-recognized government, if it wants to end the conflict there. Erdogan made his remarks in a column published on the Politico website on Saturday, ahead of a summit in Berlin on Sunday that […]

President Trump’s legal team denounced the articles of impeachment leveled against him, in an aggressive seven-page response Saturday evening. “The Articles of Impeachment submitted by House Democrats are a dangerous attack on the right of the American people to freely choose their president. This is a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected his prime minister’s offer to resign and asked him to stay on the job Friday after he was caught on tape saying Zelenskiy — a former sitcom star with no previous political experience — knows nothing about the economy. In a video released by Zelenskiy’s office, the president called the […]