Shafaq News / Two children were killed in an explosion in al-Shirqat district, Saladin, a security source reported.

The source told Shafaq News agency that a war remnant blew up today, killing two children.

The security forces have opened an investigation into the incident, the source added.

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi parliament on Tuesday rolled a roster of 40 candidates eligible to vie for the presidency of the republic post.

A statement by the General Secretariat of the Council of Representatives said that a candidates were delisted for being a subject for the "accountability and justice" measures. Four others were excluded for lack of

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi parliament has set March 25 as a date for the session during which a new president of the republic will be elected.

According to a brief press release by the bureau of the Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Mohammad al-Halboosi, the legislative body is invited to elect a president on March 26.

Earlier today, the parliament rolled a

Shafaq News/ A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global coalition in Saladin today, Tuesday.

A source told Shafaq News agency that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition within the governorate's borders, north of the capital Baghdad.

The attack resulted in no human casualties and the convoy resumed