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Fuad Hussein: The Intersectional Candidate Defying Iraqi Confessionalism

Iraq's parliament postponed its presidential vote on 27 January 2026 as Kurdish parties failed to agree on a single candidate.

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Spain's plan to catalogue and remove remaining Francoist symbols has reopened a deeper debate about what a society should preserve and what it must release.

Iraq Infrastructure Boom Opens New Trade Routes for Greece and European Investors

Athens-Baghdad flights resume as Iraq stabilises; Greece and EU eye trade, investment, and infrastructure along the Development Road.

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Fuad Hussein: The Intersectional Candidate Defying Iraqi Confessionalism

Iraq's parliament postponed its presidential vote on 27 January 2026 as Kurdish parties failed to agree on a single candidate.