Iraqiyya won the largest number of seats in elections in March 2010 but was unable to form a government.
Its decision to return to parliament eases the worst crisis in a year for Shia Muslim Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The decision by Iraqiyya clears ...
ROME — The Italian parliament gave final approval to a package of economic reforms in a vote on Saturday that clears the way for the resignation of ...
With the US troop withdrawal from Iraq entering its final days, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is to meet President Barack Obama at the White ...
President Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday to discuss the end of the Iraq war and the steps necessary to realize a new ...
Putin has ruled Russia for nearly 12 years as president, then prime minister, and he is now campaigning to reclaim the presidency in March.
However, ...
As the U.S. military gets ready to withdraw its last troops from Iraq this month, the State Department and Iraqi government are stepping up efforts ...
NEW DELHI: Aiming to provide food security to the poor, the government approved food bill that seeks to give legal entitlement of cheaper foodgrains ...
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More than 600,000 Iraqis are thought to have died since the US-led invasion [GALLO/GETTY]
The US withdrawal that took place in mid-December has been ...
Myanmar's parliament is dominated by the military, through reserved seats and pro-military parties [GALLO/GETTY]
Myanmar has set April 1 as the date ...
Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has called on authorities in the autonomous Kurdish region to hand over Tariq al-Hashimi, the country's vice ...
BAGHDAD | Mon Jan 2, 2012 6:30pm IST
(Reuters) - Iraqi Finance Minister Rafie al-Esawi, a prominent Sunni Muslim politician, escaped unharmed when a ...
Tariq al-Hashimi is wanted over allegations he ran a death squad, he denies the charge calling it politically motivated.
NEW: Nuri al-Maliki says an ...
Jamaica's new Prime Minister -- who won by a landslide -- has vowed to turn the island into a republic, eliminating the Queen as the head of state. ...
Shortly before a wave of 15 bombings ripped through Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing more than 60 people, Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi ...
Iraq's fragile political ecosystem was sure to be tested after the Obama Administration pulled out all U.S. troops to cash a campaign chip. Only the ...
By Rania El Gamal
QALACHOWLAN, Iraq | Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:49pm EST
(Reuters) - Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, wanted on charges he led ...
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), which represents Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, has won 47 per cent of all seats in the country's election for the ...
A worker cleans the gate leading to the parliament building in Cairo ahead of the first post-Mubarak session.
Parliament is expected to vote for the ...
By Suadad al-Salhy
BAGHDAD | Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:44pm EST
(Reuters) - The head of the political bloc of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ...
The Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc is one of the largest political groups in Iraq. It pulled out of parliament in December and returns as recent bloodshed ...
By the time the demonstrators reached parliament the march consisted of several thousand chanting against military rule.
The parliament building is ...
Kuwait held snap elections after parliament was dissolved among allegations of corruption in December [Reuters]
Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has ...
