Door reopens to candidates after Iraq president vote fails
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament announced on Tuesday the reopening of registration for presidential candidates, a day after it called off a session to vote in a new head of state. One…
Attacks on Iraq political party’s HQ, Green Zone raise security fears
An explosion from a hand grenade hit the headquarters of Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed Halbousi’s Taqaddum party in Baghdad early on Friday wounding two guards, police sources said. The blast…
European archaeologists back in Iraq after years of war
Iraq: After war and insurgency kept them away from Iraq for decades, European archaeologists are making an enthusiastic return in search of millennia-old cultural treasures. “Come and see!” shouted an…
Iraq’s Shiite divide makes forging government tough task
Three tense months after legislative elections, Iraq’s parliament has finally held its inaugural session — but opening debates swiftly descended into furious arguments between Shiite factions. In multi-confessional and multi-ethnic…
Iraqi FM calls for direct Iran-US talks on nuclear deal
Iraq’s foreign minister on Thursday called for direct negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iranian media reported. A rare appeal just days before world powers are set to resume…
Pope Francis: Drone attack on Iraqi PM ‘vile act of terrorism’
ROME: The drone attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s residence in Baghdad was a “vile act of terrorism,” Pope Francis said. In a message sent in the name of…
Iraq vote recount shows no ‘fraud,’ says electoral commission
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s electoral commission said Monday that a manual vote recount in some polling stations where complaints were filed by pro-Iran groups did not show any “fraud.” The announcement comes…
Baghdad deaths, injuries to be investigated amid election dispute
BAGHDAD: An investigation has begun into the deaths and injuries of demonstrators and security forces after clashes in Baghdad on Friday, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported, citing Iraq’s Joint…
Iraq’s civil society protest movement seeks to find a voice in parliament
NASIRIYAH: For the first time in Iraq, a new breed of representatives is entering parliament, born from a civil society movement fed up with the corruption that has long tarnished…
Iraqi man to hang for murder of two journalists
Iraq’s supreme court on Monday sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of two journalists covering anti-government protests in the southern city of Basra last year. Ahmad…