Politics

The Minister of Justice, Khaled Shawani, received the Director of the Iraq Office of the International Handicap Organization, Mark Van der Meulen, and discussed with him cooperation and joint coordination between the Ministry and the organization.Shawa…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday said the country had no plans to become a NATO member but acknowledged the security alliance’s plan to open a liaison office in Japan.Kishida’s comments came after the Japanese ambassador to the Unite…

China’s new ambassador to Washington, Xie Feng, said on Tuesday that he will seek to enhance China-U.S. cooperation, but that relations face serious challenges.”I have come here to safeguard China’s interest. This is my sacred responsibility,” Xie tol…

The Air Defense Commander received Lieutenant General Maan Zaid Al-Saadi, Commander of the French Air and Space Force, and his accompanying delegation.A statement by the Ministry of Defense stated that: “During the meeting, views were exchanged and way…

The head of the National Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, received this evening, Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, Secretary-General of the Asaeb Ahlul Haq Movement, and they discussed developments in the political and social scene and Iraq’s status regionally a…

Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, on Tuesday received at Dar Al-Fatwa, Papal Ambassador to Lebanon, Monsignor Paolo Borgia.Discussions reportedly touched on the means of bolstering bilateral relations between the two cou…

The joint Parliamentary Committees’ session kicked off on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Deputy House Speaker, Elias Bou Saab, to study 3 law proposals: amending articles in the Penal Code (the prison year), the International Monetary and Credit La…