Iraq has managed to uphold domestic stability despite regional turmoil. However, rapid expansion of spending and emerging financing constraints led to arrears accumulation in 2024. These challenges ...

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The program -- which Woodward compares to the World War II era Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb -- must remain secret for now or it would "get people killed," Wood ...

For the first time in decades, Iran’s stranglehold on the Middle East has been broken. The Iran-backed network that nearly succeeded in encircling Israel — Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraqi ...

CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, announced in May that it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades ...

Brazil is preparing to defend its oil export sector as former U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports starting August 1 ...

Despite the chaos and nonsense coming from the different factions involved, neocons and enemies of peace and freedom in ...

The Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) hosted a panel on 25 June 2025 ...

Just a few decades ago, women in the Middle East had an average of seven children each. Now they're barely having enough ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Iraq and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis ...

Military expenditure and arms exports are no longer merely defence measures but an integral part of economic and political ...