Iraq

2023-01-15T18:29:14.000000Z

Shafaq News/ Iraq's parliament speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi on Sunday terminated the membership of lawmaker Laith al-Dulaimi, and the latter urged his colleagues to stand up to "dictatorship" in the assembly.

An official correspondence purportedly stamped by al-Halboosi's seal said that

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Iraq

2023-01-15T17:45:33.000000Z

Shafaq News / The Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi received on Sunday the Governor of the Central Bank, Mustafa Ghaleb Mokhif, in the presence of the heads and deputy heads of the Finance and Economic Committees.

During the meeting, al-Halboosi listened to a detailed explanation

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Iraq

2023-01-15T16:58:23.000000Z

Shafaq News / Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani defended the presence of U.S. troops in his country and set no timetable for their withdrawal, signaling a less confrontational posture toward Washington early in his term than his Iran-backed political allies have taken.

“We think t

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Iraq

2023-01-15T13:21:58.000000Z

Shafaq News / The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani, met on Sunday with the Head of Salvation and Development, Ossama al-Nujaifi.

A statement by Barzani's office said that the meeting discussed the recent developments in Iraq, as well as the living conditions in

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Iraq

2023-01-15T15:54:04.000000Z

Shafaq News / Iraq headed the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, as the presidency of the union was transferred to Iraq, and the Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi was appointed president of the Union starting from the ninth of January.

A statement by al-Halboosi's office said that

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Iraq

2023-01-15T11:45:19.000000Z

Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) auctioned more than $200 million in foreign currency (forex) today, Sunday.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that today's auction's CBI foreign currency sales amounted to $219,987,429.

The transactions were made at an average of 1460 dinars

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