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Seven candidates with links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will run for the constituency that includes the Yazidi town of Sinjar in elections which will be held in October, an Iraqi official has said
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has invited Turkish President Erdogan to a regional summit expected to bring together leaders from Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The suspension of flights to Belarus, from where Iraqi refugees are trying to enter European Union member state Lithuania, was welcomed by the EU's security policy chief.
Iran-backed factions in Iraq have accused the UN envoy of interference in the country's affairs.
Opinion: As independent candidates in the run up to Iraq's elections are targeted, Ammar Suad discusses why democracy in Iraq has never been realised and explores the central role of militias in Iraq's political landscape.
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Over 17,000 looted ancient artifacts recovered from the United States and other countries were handed over to Iraq's Culture Ministry on Tuesday, a restitution described by the government as the largest in the country's history.
The summit, which sources said will be held in Baghdad at the end of August or the beginning of September, will bring together representatives from Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, and the Syrian regime.
Brussels says that about 2,700 migrants - most from Iraq - have crossed illegally into the Baltic state and EU member in recent months.
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The United States will return to Iraq some 17,000 archaeological treasures dating back 4,000 years and looted in recent decades, an 'unprecedented' restitution.
PM Al-Kadhimi said the US investment was a 'historic' and 'golden' opportunity for Iraq.