Category: Politics

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is visiting the U.K. on a three-day trip to meet with British officials. He brought up that the U.K. is Ankara’s second largest export target and Erdogan hopes to improve relations between the two nations in the future. During a public speech in the U.K., President Erdogan said, The […]

Andrew Parker, the head of the UK’s MI5, which is the United Kingdom’s domestic counterintelligence and security agency, did not mince words when characterizing Russia’s behavior in recent months. In an address delivered before an international audience of security chiefs gathered in Berlin, he drew little differentiation between the threats posed by Russia and those […]

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) representative and member of its leadership council, Nasrullah Surchi, has accused the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of committing election fraud in Shingal and Nineveh provinces. They have claimed that KDP set up roadblocks in the Mosul region and intimidated voters while conducting ballot box manipulation. Nasrullah Surchi is also the Mosul […]

The U.S. Secretary of Defense Mattis met with South Korea’s foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, recently. The two discussed the ongoing changes in North Korea that have taken much of the world by surprise, outlined in the Panmunjeom Declaration. They talked about the efforts toward denuclearization, and of the upcoming June 12 meeting between North Korean leader Kim […]

Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has given the order to Kirkuk’s regional security forces to remain impartial while handling election files and providing protection during the democratic process. Abadi, who is in command of Iraq’s armed forces, informed the public of his stance on the situation this week through twitter. He also tweeted, I call on […]

The Iranian government has sentenced eight Islamic State militants to death for the attack executed on Iranian parliament last year. Revolutionary Court head Mosa Xazanfarabadi stated, The court has made the final decision on the eight Islamist attackers on Iran’s parliament last year sentencing them to the death penalty … The sentence can be sent […]

The constitution of the United States was a revolutionary document (both literally and figuratively), and aspects of it are well known throughout the world. Different lines are debated and argued over within the United States, and it is the subject of much study and controversy. Constitutions from other countries vary from place to place — […]

Iran has expressed its support of Iraq’s upcoming elections claiming that they will pave the way not only the rehabilitation of the country progression into the modernized international community. Bahram Qasimi, the Foreign Ministry of Iran’s spokesman, stated this week that the parliamentary electoral race was key to progressing democracy in Iraq. He said, Due […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced America’s formal withdrawal from an international deal established with Iran intended to curb the aggressive nation’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Trump said, The United States no longer makes empty threats. When I make promises, I keep them … In a few moments, I will sign a presidential memorandum to […]

Iraq has adopted a new electronic system for voting this election and President Fuad Masum is confident it will prevent potential voter fraud. The old system was arguably vulnerable to external manipulation on multiple levels throughout the voting process. President Masum told local press that, “When it is manual, an extension of one hour [for voting] might […]

Controversy over the proposal of Article 140 to the Iraqi constitution continues, as Kurdish leaders push to renew efforts towards Kurdish independence. Article 140 would give the Kurdish Regional Government the ability to reacquire disputed territories lost during the previous referendum. Lahur Talabani, who leads the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s CTG (Counter Terror Group), addressed […]

Turkey is moving to financially support Iraq by revisiting several business and investment agreements that were signed in 2009 by the two nations. The Ankara based government wants to give Iraq $5 billion in reconstruction support, they also desire the opening of a new border crossing which will develop further trade between the two countries. […]