BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States has agreed to extend a waiver for Iraq to import Iranian energy supplies, including gas, two Iraqi government officials said on Monday. Washington has repeatedly extended the exemption for Baghdad to use crucial Iranian energy supplies for its power grid, for periods of 90 or 120 days. One of the officials said this latest extension woul
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Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi said he has put together a cabinet of political independents and called on parliament to hold an extraordinary session next week to grant it a vote of confidence. (File/AFP) BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi said on Wednesday he has put together a cabinet of political independents and called on parliament to hold an extraor
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The Cabinet held its regular weekly meeting in Baghdad on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil, Thamir Ghadhban. The Cabinet discussed support measures for IDPs, and authorised the Ministry of Migration and Displaced to continue to fund programmes to meet the needs of displaced individuals and families until the Federal Budget for 2020
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A choir of displaced people is part of a British Council initiative to protect heritage in conflict zones – and a healing process for participants Lucy Lamble A music workshop for Yazidi girls in Dohuk Photograph: Courtesy of AMAR When Islamic militants were overrunning towns in northern Iraq in 2014, killing Yazidi men and abducting women, the very survival of a
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