Europe's top Brexit negotiator says there can be an ambitious trade deal between the EU and former member Britain, but only if certain conditions are met. Michel Barnier laid out the bloc's draft neg
China on Monday urged relevant countries to view the novel coronavirus epidemic rationally and calmly and form science-based and measured responses. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made t
Brexit is the United Kingdom's biggest geopolitical move in decades. What will change and what will stay the same when Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday?PowerWhile the United
Editor's note: Lionel Vairon is the president of CEC Consulting company and senior researcher at the Charhar Institute of international relations and public diplomacy in Beijing. He is a former jo
People take photos of the national flag of the United Kingdom outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on January 31, 2020. /Xinhua Photo UK business leaders called on the governm
With Union Jack flags unfurling at London's Parliament Square and British prime minister's promise of "the dawn of a new era," Britain on Friday officially became the first European Union (EU) membe
Britain is no longer a member of the European Union (EU) after 23:00 GMT on Jan. 31, 2020. Brexit -- Withdrawal of Britain from the EU was originally meant to happen on March 29, 2019, but the deadl
U.S. soldiers are seen at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, January 13, 2020. /Reuters Photo A total of five mortar shells struck on Friday
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Jack Christofides of South Africa as the deputy head of Mission for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), his press
Iraq is considering a larger role for NATO while reducing its security dependence of the U.S.-led coalition amid reports that President Donald Trump is desperately look
Caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday talked over the phone and condemned the rocket attack on the U.S. emb
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the overnight rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in central Baghdad will not affect the flourishing level of strategic re
The Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Sunday condemned the rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone in central Baghdad. An attack occurred
Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London School of Economics - South Asia Centre, and an author. The article reflects the author's opinions, not necessarily the views of C
Iraqi security forces raided Baghdad’s main protest site at Tahrir Square on Saturday, firing live rounds and tear gas at anti-government demonstrators who have camped
The move comes despite an independent report which the force commissioned finding that it was 81% inaccurate.
Iraqi Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday called for a scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq through peaceful means. Al-Sadr made the call in a letter sent t