BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Attackers have slit the throats of a mother and three sisters of an Iraqi election commission employee in their home, security and medical sources said on Monday. The employee himself, from the Turkmen minority in the town of Hamrin in ethnically mixed Diyala Province, was not at
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Iran’s Supreme Leader tells parliament to pass law against money laundering
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader advised members of parliament on Wednesday to pass their own legislation to combat money laundering, decreasing chances that laws based on requirements by the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will be passed. "Some of these treaties have useful parts, it's not a problem," Aytollah
Polls suggest that Erdogan can lose parliamentary majority
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey could stage another election if the alliance between President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party and the nationalist MHP party cannot form a majority in parliament after Sunday's vote, the MHP leader said. Turks will vote on June 24 in presidential and parliamentary elections that will herald a
Israel tries to ban rights groups from filming Israeli soldiers
(Reuters) JERUSALEM: Israel moved on Sunday to snap the lens shut on rights groups that film its troops’ interactions with Palestinians by introducing a bill that would make it a criminal offense. Rights groups frequently film Israeli soldiers on duty in the occupied West Bank, documentation the organizations say is necessary
Turkey’s President Erdogan predicted to lose his parliamentary majority
By Middle East Affairs Predictions have President Erdogan losing his AK parliamentary majority in the presidential elections that he called for on June 24. As the president is wishing to change the structure of the government and switch Turkey to an executive presidency, June's elections are more than a year early than when