Christians in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region have long requested special voting for the minority to prevent external, well-established parties from interfering in the minority quota, but their calls ...

Iraq’s top court has thrown out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament.

The by-election has been caused by the resignation of former Greens MLA Sam Hibbins and will be held on the same day as the Werribee by-election. The key dates for Prahran (some dates differ for ...

Baghdad — The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces to exit the country, multiple Iraqi and American officials ...

FILE - U.S. Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with the Iraqi army, south of Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File) ...

Regime Change in Syria Has Iraqi Factions Backtracking on Push for US Withdrawal BAGHDAD (AP) — The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider ...

This scam proved particularly popular after the 2016 elections, amid rumors that then-President Donald Trump would somehow cause the Iraqi currency to soar. (In January 2016, the dinar was trading ...

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Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Arafat in a Jan. 9, 2005, election, becoming the new president of the Palestinian Authority. No presidential elections have been held since. FEB. 8, 2005 ...

Tuesday marks the first congressional special elections of President Donald Trump’s second term. Republican primary voters in Florida’s 1st and 6th Congressional Districts will pick the likely ...