• Kurdish official with Iraq Olympic committee kidnapped

• Khanaqin’s Kurds call for patriotism at the ballot box

  The city falls within the disputed areas of Diyala province

• Iraq Interior Ministry recognizes Halabja province in passport directive

  Many ministries do not deal with Halabja as a province 5 years after it was recognized

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• Iraqi courts sentence 300 male and female ISIS members to death 

  Over 300 people have been condemned to death by Iraqi lawmakers across the country. Since January in Baghdad 288 foreign nations have been handed the death sentence and given life imprisonment.

• Terrorist allegedly behind Sydney plane bomb plot captured in Iraq

  Alleged IS commander Tarek Khayat, who is accused by authorities of conspiring with his brothers in Sydney to blow up a plane last year, and Australian Ahmed Merhi, have been arrested in Iraq.

• Morocco, India, Iraq, Spain could be next for Day Zero water crisis

  Last month Cape Town was saved from reaching 'Day Zero' by a 60 per cent reduction in water consumption but Resource Watch warns Morocco, India, Iraq and Spain are facing a similar crisis

• Toronto police eye deadly van attack suspect's 'cryptic message'

  TORONTO (Reuters) - The man accused of plowing a rental van into pedestrians on a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people in Canada's deadliest mass killing in decades, left a "cryptic message" on social media before his attack, police said on Tuesday.

• Congo presidential hopeful rejects any deal with Kabila

  KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi rejected suggestions that he might do a deal with President Joseph Kabila, at a rally which passed off peacefully on Tuesday.

• Paraguay election's runner-up demands recount

  ASUNCION (Reuters) - The candidate who finished second in Paraguay's presidential election said on Tuesday he had evidence of fraudulent voting and demanded a recount of ballots.

• Wardrobe whoopsies: On purpose, or an accident?

  Sometimes stars want to cringe with embarrassment. Other times, they just want attention.

• VA nominee Jackson was 'unprofessional' in power struggle with rival, 2012 watchdog report says

  Dr. Ronny Jackson, President Trump's pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, previously exhibited "unprofessional behaviors" amid a power struggle over the White House medical unit, according to a 2012 report by the Navy's Medical Inspector General.

• Country music star Kelsea Ballerini works out for a good cause

  Fox News Lifestyle caught up with celebrity trainer Erin Oprea and country music artist Kelsea Ballerini at the inaugural “ACM Workout for a Cause: Erin Oprea Unleashed Tour” in Las Vegas.

• Document shows Obama praised VA nominee Jackson, supported promotion 'immediately'

  A document provided to Fox News shows Dr. Ronny Jackson received glowing praise for his work by then-President Barack Obama, amid new allegations that President Trump's pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs exhibited poor behavior in the workplace.