Iraq to Delay Selection of New President, Lawmakers Say
Iraq's Supreme Court on Sunday suspended a former foreign minister's presidential bid over graft allegations and many lawmakers said they would boycott a Monday vote for a new head of state, prolonging a political standoff. The court said the candidacy of Hoshyar Zebari, a Western-friendly veteran Iraqi Kurdish statesman, could not proceed until corruption charges from a separate 2016 stint as finance minister were dealt with. The decision was a blow to populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr... Читать дальше...