Angry protesters set fire to the house of the military commander of Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq on Sunday, according to a local police source.    "Hundreds of demonstrators burned the house of Jameel al-Shimmary, who was tasked with handling security in the province," the...

Devastating impacts of global warming that threaten humanity are a pushback from Nature under assault, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Sunday ahead of a key climate conference. "For many decades the human species has been at war with the planet, and now the planet is fighting back," he...

 Pope Francis on Sunday criticized Iraq’s crackdown on anti-government protests, which have led to the deaths of more than 400 people since they erupted in Baghdad and other cities in October. “I am following the situation in Iraq with concern. It is with pain that I have learned...

Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he would stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen if he wins an election this month. “Labour will stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen and work to end the war there, not actively support it as the...