Harris to mark 60th birthday with Atlanta church visits as Trump hits McDonald's
Indian ex-official indicted by US dismisses allegations, family says
GQG Partners sells BBVA stake over Sabadell hostile bid, FT reports
Floods destroy 1.1 million tons of rice in Bangladesh
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza leave at least 87 dead or missing, Palestinian officials say
'Everything is lost' says father, as Senegal repatriates citizens escaping Lebanon
Eutelsat uses SpaceX rocket to launch first satellites after merger
From showgirl feathers to shimmering chandeliers, casino kitsch finds new life
Alec Baldwin returns to 'Saturday Night Live' to spoof Bret Baier interview with Kamala Harris
Juan Soto's 3-run homer in 10th sends Yankees past Guardians 5-2 and into World Series for 41st time
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi Kurds began voting in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, following repeated delays.
The vote is to elect 100 lawmakers who will then pick a parliament speaker, a president and a prime minister for Iraqi Kurdistan, which gained self-rule in 1991.
The parliamentary elections, originally supposed to be held in 2022, have been repeatedly delayed due to disagreements between the two dominant parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
With opposition parties weak, the two parties are likely to extend more than three decades of power-sharing.
Polls close at 6 p.m. (1500 GMT).
"We hope that a unified regional government will be formed as soon as possible and that the situation of citizens will move for the better," said Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraqi Kurdistan, after casting his vote in Kurdish capital Erbil.
(Writing by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by William Mallard and Tom Hogue)
