Baghdad (NINA) – Vice-President Tariq Al Hashimi expressed “Iraq’s desire for more cooperation, consultation, and coordination in the economic domain with China.”

Baghdad (NINA) – Iraqiya Slate Advisor, Hani Ashur, said “the timing of sacking the Minister of Electricity, Raad Shalal, without fair investigation and assigning current Minister of Culture, Saad

Baghdad (NINA) – Kurdistan parliament decided in its exceptional session today, unanimously, to send Peshmirgato Jalawla and Saadiya in Diyala Province.

Baghdad (NINA) – Iraqiya Slate accused Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of appropriating the authority and decision, as well as attempting to eliminate others from participating in decision making.

Baghdad (NINA) – Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi asserted that it is a long way before Iraq to establish a state of justice and equality.

Baghdad (NINA) – Turkish planes bombed on Wednesday evening, Aug. 17, the border area of Meteen.

Baghdad (NINA) – MPs of the national Alliance left the Parliament session in a protest against voting on the Oil and Gas draft Law.

Baghdad (NINA) – General Mohammed Al Askar, spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, announced that Minister of Culture, Sadoun Al Dulaimi, assumed his post as acting MOD.

Baghdad (NINA) – MP from the State of Law, Hanan Al Fatlawi, announced “the answers of Raad Shalal, Minister of Electricity, regarding the fake contracts were not convincing.”

Baghdad (NINA) – Prime Minister, Nouri Al Maliki, urged China to exert efforts to start having the Chinese companies inside Iraq.