The Trump administration is placing economic and diplomatic pressure on the Iraqi government to reduce its economic ties to Iran and weaken Iranian influence throughout the country. Trump officials are insisting Baghdad prevent the flow of U.S. dollars to Iran and crack down on alleged Iraqi cooperation with Iran’s illicit …

Political and democratic conditions need to be in place for disarmament process to succeed, group says The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been fighting in an insurgency in Turkey since 1984, on Saturday unilaterally declared a ceasefire and said it would heed its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call to …

Zelensky was triggered after realizing that the Trump Administration wants to coerce him into peace with Putin and won’t be manipulated into prolonging, let alone escalating, the conflict after signing their rare earth minerals deal like he somehow expected that they would. Friday’s spectacle in the Oval Office will forever …