Iraq’s Shia bloc reiterates its support for Nouri al-Maliki’s return to the premiership despite meddlesome remarks by US President Donald Trump on the Arab country’s domestic affairs.

Crowds gather near the entrance to Baghdad’s Green Zone leading to the US Embassy, protesting against the American interference in Iraqi internal affairs.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected what he called “blatant US interference” in Iraq’s internal affairs, a day after Trump threatened to end support to Baghdad if he is reinstalled.

While Washington frames its appeal as defending democracy and freedoms, Tunisian observers argue that domestic reform cannot be outsourced.

The protesters voiced discontent with the meddlesome behavior of US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski.

In President Ebrahim Raeisi's meetings with leaders of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba during his recent three-nation tour of Latin America, the pressing issue that figured prominently in discussions was resistance against US interventionism across the world.

The top-secret US intelligence document leaked recently reveals that Ukraine's military intelligence hatched plans to carry out covert attacks on Russian forces in Syria with the assistance of local Kurds.