Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 , 19:22 AFP — Moderate Kurdish candidate Barham Saleh swept to the post of president of Iraq Tuesday evening in a parliamentary vote pitting Kurdish heavyweights against each other for the first time following an ill-fated independence referendum.

Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 , 18:50 AFP — Moderate Kurdish candidate Barham Saleh swept to the post of president of Iraq Tuesday evening in a parliamentary vote pitting Kurdish heavyweights against each other for the first time.

Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 , 18:24 AFP — Moderate Kurdish candidate Barham Saleh swept to the post of president of Iraq Tuesday evening with a resounding victory in a parliamentary vote.

Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 , 18:18 AFP —

Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 , 16:03 AFP — Iran on Tuesday executed a teenage rape victim who was abused by her husband and convicted of killing him in a "grossly unfair trial", Amnesty International said Tuesday.

Monday, 1 October, 2018 , 19:28 AFP — A parliamentary vote for a new Iraqi president was delayed on Monday as the Kurds' two dominant parties for the first time contest the post reserved for a Kurd.

Monday, 1 October, 2018 , 11:34 AFP — With parliament summoned to elect a new Iraqi president, the Kurds' two historic parties are for the first time contesting the post which is reserved for a Kurd.

Sunday, 30 September, 2018 , 19:25 AFP — Iraqi Kurds voted on Sunday for a new parliament in their autonomous region, which is mired in an economic crisis a year after an independence referendum that infuriated Baghdad.

Sunday, 30 September, 2018 , 15:45 AFP — Iraqi Kurds voted on Sunday for a new parliament in their autonomous region, which is mired in an economic crisis a year after an independence referendum that infuriated Baghdad.

Sunday, 30 September, 2018 , 13:27 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan, which held parliamentary elections on Sunday, has been autonomous since 1991 and mired in an economic crisis since its failed independence referendum a year ago.