Iraq’s parliament voted on Wednesday to dismiss Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari, state TV and parliament sources said, a move that risks further destabilizing the major OPEC producer’s fragile finances. Parliament voted by majority to dismiss Zebari after questioning him last month on charges of corruption and mismanagement, which he denies.
At least four PKK members were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in northern Iraq on Monday, according to military sources. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking with the media, said early Tuesday that four militants were “neutralized” and another was injured ...