China should recognise that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven entirely by national interest and not at the direction of other countries, Manila's foreign ministry said on Monday.

The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said Sunday

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani in a phone call on Sunday that Washington’s decision to rescind a key waiver allowing Iraq to purchase electricity from Iran is part of President Donald