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BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached Iraqs...

For the second time in a week, thousands of Iraqi protesters breached the parliament in support of Muqtada al-Sadr, but there were no lawmakers present for a parliament session.

Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached Iraqs parliament on Saturday, for the second time this week, protesting government formation efforts lead by his rivals, an alliance of Iran-backed groups.

Demonstrators used ropes to pull down cement barricades.

Thousands of supporters of Shi'ite populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have stormed Baghdad's fortified government zone and broken into parliament for the second time in...

Six months after Iraq's parliamentary vote, the war-scarred country is no closer to electing a president amid a bitter political stalemate that has thrown institutions into limbo.

Qaani's visit - the third since Iraq held parliamentary elections on 10 October - follows months of fruitless talks between pro-Iran parties, who fared badly in the election, and the Sadrist movement, the biggest winner in the vote.

April 13, 2021 On Saturday, 100 big business leaders joined a Zoom call to plot a unified response to voting-integrity legislation pending in many states, similar to a law recently passed in Georgia. While billed as “non-partisan” efforts to defend voting rights and democracy, the players involved, their preferred policies, and the undemocratic pressure they seek to exert proves the virtual gathering was nothing of the sort. CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe first confirmed the existence of the call...