Iraq's top court throws out challenge to new laws, including one increasing Islamic courts authority
Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last ...
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Iraq's top court throws out challenge against three new laws
Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last ...
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Iraq’s top court suspends new legislation that activists say undermines women’s rights
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad ... A number of members of parliament filed a complaint alleging that the voting process was illegal because all three bills — each supported ...
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Kurdistan ‘Surprised’ by Iraq Parliament Delaying Oil Cost Vote
Iraq’s cabinet in November had approved a plan to pay $16 a barrel for oil production and transportation from the Kurdistan region. Following two readings, the parliament was scheduled to vote ...
Middle East Eye22d
Iraq: Revised 'sectarian' law that raised fears over child marriage passed without vote
A "sectarian" bill that could potentially legitimise child marriage in Iraq has passed into law reportedly without a vote in the parliament. The parliamentary website said "the proposal to amend ...
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Iraqi parliament to vote on bill seeking to resume Kurdish oil exports
The Iraqi parliament is set to convene on Sunday to vote on an amendment to the budget law proposed by the federal government which could lead to the resumption of Kurdistan Region’s oil exports.
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Iraq's Top Court Halts Controversial Laws Amid Legal Battle
Iraq's top court has temporarily suspended three controversial laws passed by the parliament, following allegations of an ...
Inter Press Service11h
Legal Amendments in Iraq Threaten Rights of Women and Girls
Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...
The Hill28d
Syria shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of Iraq’s hasty post-Saddam elections
With the remarkable overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria by a group of rebels led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, American officials are scrambling for a strategy. The U.S. is rightly reaching out to al ...
Iraq effectively lowers legal age of marriage to NINE after passing laws allowing hardline Islamist clerics to decide
IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades old laws. The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of ...
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US lawmakers urge sanctions on Iran-backed militias, end security assistance to Iraq
The call comes amid growing US pressure on Iraq to prevent its financial system from breaching sanctions on neighbouring Iran ...
Amid speculation otherwise, Tillis delivers pivotal vote for Hegseth
Pete Hegseth’s confirmation vote from the Senate on Friday night, in a tie broken by Vice President J.D. Vance, was helped by a North Carolina Republican senator and a one-on-one meeting between the ...