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Protestors storm Baghdad presidential palace as Al Sadr quits politics
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 29 (ANI): Chaos erupted in Iraq's capital Baghdad soon after Iraqi Shi'ite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr announced of quitting politics on Monday with thousands of his followers stormed Iraq's presidential palace resulting in the death of two persons.
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Iraq: Al-Sadr calls on judiciary to dissolve Parliament by next week
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 11 (ANI): Influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called on the Iraqi judiciary to dissolve the parliament by the end of next week.
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Iraq: Al-Sadr demands dissolution of parliament, early vote
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 4 (ANI): Influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr urged his supporters on Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside the national parliament in Baghdad until his demands, including dissolution of parliament and early elections, are met.
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Protest in Iraq intensifies as Al-Sadr supporters reach PM's building
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 30 (ANI): Supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr reached the Iraqi Prime Minister's building on Saturday, following the protest against the nomination for Prime Minister by rival Iran-backed parties.
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Iraqi protesters storm Parliament for second time in 72 hours
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 30 (ANI): Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, on Saturday, stormed the heavily fortified parliament building in Baghdad for the second time to protest against the nomination for Prime Minister by rival Iran-backed parties.
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Protesters storm Iraqi Parliament in support of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 28 (ANI): Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday stormed the heavily fortified parliament building in Baghdad to protest against the nomination for prime minister by rival Iran-backed parties.
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Pakistan President administers oath to 4 members of PM's cabinet
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): Pakistan President Arif Alvi administered the oath to three new federal ministers and one minister of state for the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's cabinet at the Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad on Friday.
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Iraq's parliament postpones vote on new president to March 30
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], March 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq's parliament decided on Saturday to postpone the vote on a new president to March 30 after failing to reach a quorum due to political disputes among parliamentary political blocs, a state-run TV channel has reported.
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Incumbent president remains in office until parliament elects new one: Ira
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court decided on Sunday that incumbent President Barham Salih will remain in office until a new president is elected.
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Arms, ammunition recovered by CRPF in J-K's Ganderbal
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 1 (ANI): Central Reserve Police Force on Wednesday recovered arms, ammunitions among other items in the Sadra Bagh forest area in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Death toll in Iraq market blast rises to 31
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 20 (ANI): The death toll in the blast at a market in eastern Baghdad reached 31, Al Jazeera reported on Monday, citing security sources.
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19 killed, 54 wounded in bomb explosion in Iraqi capital
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 20 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 19 civilians were killed and 54 were wounded in a bomb explosion in a marketplace in eastern Baghdad on Monday, a source with the Iraqi interior ministry said.
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