elections in Iraq
Daily Round-up | Iraq gets new prime minister & other stories
In today’s episode, we take a look at the approval of a new Prime Minister in Iraq, a strike by teachers in Uruguay, activists demanding a greater windfall tax on fossil fuel profits, and the cholera outbreak in west Asia
Muqtada al-Sadr demands dissolution of Iraqi parliament, fresh elections
In a speech on August 3, Sadr asked his supporters to continue their sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament building and rejected calls for dialogue issued by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi
Sadrist MPs resign from Iraqi parliament after failing to form majority
Muqtada al-Sadr announced the dissolution of his Saving the Homeland coalition with the Sovereign Alliance (al-Siyada) and the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP)
- Risks of infectious diseases, malnutrition soar as Israel resumes attacks on Gaza Strip
- Greek health workers intensify protests for pay hike, more staff
- Censorship of pro-Palestine content on social media continues
- On day of historic strike in São Paulo, thousands rally against privatization
- Nearly the entire US House of Representatives just equated anti-Zionist to anti-semitism
