Shafaq News / A delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), headed by Iraq's Minister of Foreign affairs, Fuad Hussein, met on Monday the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Bafel Talabani, in al-Sulaymaniyah.

Shafaq News agency learned that a meeting was held between the two parties to discuss the presidential election and

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi parliament presidium has adjourned the meeting called in with the heads of the blocs to schedule a vote for a new president of the republic until Thursday.

The rapporteur of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's bloc, Harim Kamal Agha, told Shafaq News Agency that the meeting touched upon a set of bills pending reading or

Shafaq News / The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on the head of the State of Law coalition and former Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, to quit politics.

Al-Sadr said in a tweet, "My death will bring joy for Israel, the U.S., the terrorists and the corrupt. However, it is surprising that threats are coming from the

Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 4,455 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Monday.

In its daily epidemiological report on COVID-19, the Ministry reported 4,683 recovery cases and three mortalities.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,409,641, of whom