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Protesters briefly storm the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in protest over Quran burning
Baghdad (AP) — Hundreds of followers of the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr briefly stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad...
More than 50 MPs resign from Iraqi Kurdish region’s parliament to protest court ruling
Irbil (AP) — More than 50 members of the local parliament in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north have submitted their resignations to...
Netherlands and Belgium join international probe into crimes against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq
The Hague (AP) — The Netherlands and Belgium have joined an international investigation into atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq,...
Iraq’s president ratifies record $152 billion budget criticized by IMF for too rosy projections
Baghdad (AP) — Iraq’s president on Wednesday approved a record $152 billion budget that the parliament voted on earlier this month and which adds...
German woman convicted of keeping Yazidi woman as a slave in Iraq
Berlin (AP) — A German woman was convicted Wednesday of keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave during her time with the Islamic State...