Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq’s parliament convened on Thursday, with 261 lawmakers present, tovote on nominees for deputy prime minister and for vacant and newly createdministries.
Shafaq News- Baghdad (Updated at 20:43) A cross-party group of Iraqi lawmakers said on Thursday they wouldboycott the parliamentary session to complete Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi'scabinet, rejecting the creation of deputy prime minister posts and newministries that they said were being shared out a…
Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq's parliament released on Thursday the final list of nominees forministerial posts and deputy prime minister positions. The list includes 16 names, four of them for deputy prime minister andthe rest for vacant and newly created ministries.
Shafaq News- Amman Iraq's ambassador to Jordan, Omer Barzenji, said on Thursday that policewere called to the embassy's consular section after an argument between anIraqi woman and several staff members escalated.
Shafaq News- Baghdad Iran-backed Iraqi armed faction Kataib Hezbollah security official Abu Mujahid al-Assaf on Wednesday called for an annual day to burn US flags and questioned Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi over his government's position on Israel and alleged US violations of Iraqi sovereignty.
Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq should maintain a neutral stance toward the United States and Iran amid escalating regional tensions, lawmaker Mukhtar al-Mousawi said on Wednesday, criticizing the government's foreign visits and international agreements for failing to deliver tangible benefits to citizens…
Shafaq News- Baghdad The Shiite Coordination Framework is trying to persuade its politicalpartners to postpone provincial council elections, due next year, and hold themtogether with the parliamentary elections scheduled for 2029, a source in thealliance told Shafaq News on Wednesday.
Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraqi Bar Association PresidentAhlam Allami filed a criminal complaint against Walid Al-Sahlani, head of thestate-run Political Prisoners Foundation, on Wednesday, accusing him ofpreventing lawyers from carrying out their legal duties.
Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq’s Central Anti-CorruptionCriminal Court has scheduled the trial of detained lawmaker and Al-Azm Allianceleader Muthanna Al-Samarrai for Monday, October 19, with former Oil Ministryofficial Adnan Al-Jumaili among the witnesses, according to a judicial documentobtained…
Shafaq News- Riyadh/ Baghdad Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidicondemned the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh duringtalks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday, reaffirmingBaghdad’s commitment to preventing its territory from being used to threatenneighbo…
Shafaq News- Baghdad Fifty-three of the 57 member states of the Organization of IslamicCooperation (OIC) have confirmed they will attend the bloc's foreign ministers'meeting in Baghdad this week, Ambassador Hassanein Kamel, the conference'sspokesperson, told local media on Wednesday.
Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq’s Council of Ministers exempted imported food productsand medicines from customs duties, effective October 7, the Prime Minister’sMedia Office said on Tuesday.
