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Iraqis Fear Unrest if Parliament Fails to Elect President on Saturday

Tensions have spiked in Iraq on the eve of a parliamentary session dedicated to elect a new president. Concerns have mounted that the failure to elect a president for a second time could lead to violence in a country that is sharply divided between rival camps, namely the Shiite Sadrist…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 25, 2022

Rival Iraqi Camps Vie for Independent MPs to Secure Quorum for Presidential Election

Sharp divisions are persisting in Iraq between the rival Shiite camp of the Sadrist movement, of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, ahead of Saturday's presidential elections. The two camps have been appealing to independent and opposition MPs to join their side to secure the needed quorum at…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 23, 2022

Fears homelessness will get 'a lot worse' in Nottingham as people choose between heating or eating

More than 850 people have been found on the city's streets in a single year

Nottingham Post · Feb 28, 2022