What’s behind the anti-corruption crackdown in Iraq?
A number of senior politicians have been detained in a wave of arrests.

A number of senior politicians have been detained in a wave of arrests.









Large-scale operation carried out at dawn in Green Zone and several neighbourhoods in Baghdad, security source says.
Days after Congress tells Trump he needs to seek its approval or end Iran war, Trump returns to attacks. Is it legal?
The New Zealand public broadcaster reports that about 2,500 police officers were deployed to secure and monitor polling stations.
The seismic disaster has stirred public anger against government mismanagement under Venezuela’s ruling socialist party.
The immigration enforcement agency has been without a Senate-confirmed director since 2017, during Trump’s first term.

Ukraine is intensifying attacks on Russian-controlled Crimea as Kyiv tries to pressure Moscow into ending the war.
Republican Senator Dan Sullivan has sought to have a namesake primary challenger removed, citing midterm confusion.
Six found and one missing, NGOs say, after arrests at memorial gatherings for protesters killed in 2024.
Vucic is under pressure after months of antigovernment protests.

Marc Lamont Hill speaks with author Adam Johnson on US corporate media’s role in enabling the genocide in Gaza.