Iraq asks UN to abandon political mission in Baghdad

The Iraqi government has requested that the United Nations end a mission set up to promote governance and human rights reforms in the country by the end of 2025, the latest in a series of international bodies operating in the nation that Iraq has sought to wind down.

The letter sent Wednesday by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres declared that there is "no need for the continuation" of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

Sudani...