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Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoIraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial council...
Sadr's followers set up for long sit-in at Iraq parliament
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoSupporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr erected tents and prepared for an open-ended...
Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political...
Iraqi judiciary to resume work amid political crisis fuelled by cleric Sadr
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq's judiciary will resume its activities on Wednesday after powerful Shi'ite...
EXPLAINER: What's behind the storming of Iraq's parliament?
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoThe followers of the influential populist Shiite cleric came by the thousands to storm Iraq's...
Activists, exiled opposition slam Sweden's 'shameful' freeing of Iranian ex-official
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoAn exiled Iranian opposition group and activists on Saturday slammed as shameful Sweden's freeing in...
New Omicron-targeting COVID-19 boosters are approved. Here's what you need to know.
Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved new COVID-19 boosters by Pfizer and Moderna...
Oil dives nearly $6 a barrel on demand fears, Iraq exports
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 years agoHOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell nearly $6 a barrel on Tuesday, the steepest decline in about a...
Today in History: June 22, Hitler and the Nazis invade the Soviet Union
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoToday in History Today is Saturday, June 22, the 174th day of 2024. There are 192 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa ...
Weekend Talk Shows/Apr. 6-7
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 3 months agoTHE REUTERS TV WEEKEND DAYBOOK Saturday and Sunday ----- The daybook editor is Timothy Ryan (reachable at 202-843-6282 or Tim.Ryan@TR.com or DCDaybook@yahoo.com). Subscribers: For any problems ...