Shafaq News/ Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani, in an official correspondence on Wednesday, asked the Iraqi parliament presidium to schedule a confidence vote on his cabinet.

Earlier today, the legislative body rejected a request submitted by the prime minister-designate to convene on Thursday to vote on the new government.

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Shafaq News/ At least one Iraqi soldier perished in an attack waged by a group of ISIS militants in Kirkuk's southern district of Daquq, a source revealed on Wednesday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the extremist group attacked a Commando force from the eighth division of the Iraqi army.

"A soldier was killed, and another was injured," the

Shafaq News/ Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani will pull out a "surprise" during the confidence vote on his cabinet, lawmaker Ebtisam al-Hilali said on Wednesday without disclosing the nature of the surprise she referred to.

The member of the Coordination Framework's parliamentary bloc told Shafaq News Agency, "the rosters shared

Shafaq News/ Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi allowed Israeli products into Iraq, a member of the Sadiqoun parliamentary bloc said on Wednesday.

Lawmaker Zeinab al-Mousawi in a statement said that al-Kadhimi's government did not handle the economic crisis in Iraq and offered Jordanian and Egyptian products privileges over the