Iraqi MP Arrested Over Bribery Chargers

Women demonstrators hold Iraqi flags as they take part in a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Baghdad, Iraq October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
Women demonstrators hold Iraqi flags as they take part in a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Baghdad, Iraq October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
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Iraqi MP Arrested Over Bribery Chargers

Women demonstrators hold Iraqi flags as they take part in a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Baghdad, Iraq October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
Women demonstrators hold Iraqi flags as they take part in a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Baghdad, Iraq October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Delivering a severe blow to Iraq’s legislative body, the country’s Commission of Integrity (COI) announced arresting MP Mahmoud Mulla Talal on bribery charges.

This comes one day after the rescheduling of the parliamentary session in which the Minister of Industry Saleh al-Jubouri was supposed to be grilled by the arrested deputy.

Talal is suspected to have received bribery from the minister or a third party, as reported by the Commission.

It is worth noting that the Iraqi parliament has recently lifted immunity off lawmakers accused of bribery or other crimes.

No clarification was given by either parliament or the bloc to which the accused deputy belongs, the Wisdom Bloc.

“MP Mahmoud Mulla Talal will be released in the case truth is revealed,” Wisdom Bloc spokesperson MP Assaad Al-Murshidi said, pointing fingers at Jubouri for allegedly fabricating the charges against the arrested MP.

The COI also announced the issuance of arrest warrants for former Minister of Health Adela Humood Alaboudi, two current deputies, and former governors as part of its major campaign against corruption.

In the same context, the COI in Karkh issued an arrest warrant for MP Ahmed al-Jubouri.



UNICEF Says the World Has Failed Gaza’s Children

Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine M. Russell speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the conflict in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the United Nations headquarters on July 16, 2025, in New York City. (AFP)
Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine M. Russell speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the conflict in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the United Nations headquarters on July 16, 2025, in New York City. (AFP)
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UNICEF Says the World Has Failed Gaza’s Children

Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine M. Russell speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the conflict in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the United Nations headquarters on July 16, 2025, in New York City. (AFP)
Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine M. Russell speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the conflict in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the United Nations headquarters on July 16, 2025, in New York City. (AFP)

More than 17,000 kids have reportedly been killed and 33,000 wounded in the ongoing war in Gaza, UNICEF’s executive director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

She said each of the territory's one million children have faced immense suffering.

An average of 28 kids die daily in Gaza, “a whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” she said.

Malnutrition has surged, with nearly 6,000 children acutely malnourished in June, a 180% increase since February, she said. UNICEF warns these children will face lifelong impacts.

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"Civilians are exposed to death and injury, forcible displacement, stripped of dignity,” Fletcher he, emphasizing Israel’s obligation under the Geneva Conventions to provide food and medical aid as the occupying power in Gaza.

He also challenged the council to consider whether Israel’s rules of engagement incorporate all the precautions to avoid and minimize civilian casualties.