Topic: Mahmoud al-Mashadani

BAGHDAD, March 20 (UPI) -- A member of Iraq's Presidency Council withdrew his objection to a law seeking provincial elections by October, allowing it to go in effect, the council said.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The future of Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk will be decided by the Constitutional Court, despite a new U.N. process, as the Kurds' dispute with Baghdad continues.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Iraq's Parliament in Baghdad has all but come to a standstill because of months of high absenteeism and legislators living outside the country, a report said. Frustrated parliamentary Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashadani has announced members will be fined $400 f