Iraq security forces arrest several officials in anticorruption crackdown
Large-scale operation carried out at dawn in Green Zone and several neighbourhoods in Baghdad, security source says.

Large-scale operation carried out at dawn in Green Zone and several neighbourhoods in Baghdad, security source says.










US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a US-mediated framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
Rising rents and prices outpacing wages provoke global debate: Is housing a basic right or an investment asset?
The Venezuelan government has loosened restrictions on social media as residents search for missing loved ones.
A US-backed initiative aiming to unify Libya’s divided institutions tests political loyalties in the country’s west.
Rubio’s Gulf tour is the first high-level diplomatic mission since the US-Iran framework agreement last week.
Survivors describe panic and collapsing buildings during two strong quakes as thousands of people feared dead.
Rescue efforts under way as Venezuela declares a state of emergency after powerful twin quakes cause widespread damage.

Thousands feared dead as twin earthquakes cause devastation across Venezuela.
The request is likely to face an uphill battle in Congress, which voted a day earlier to rein in Trump’s war powers.
The US Department of Health and Human Services has announced the end of the monitoring period for the virus.