Iraqi populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday told his supporters to continue their sit-in occupation of the Baghdad parliament until his demands, which include early elections and unspecified constitutional changes, are met.

THE TWO studies that looked closely into the flaws of the past governments’ rice mortgage scheme might not have gained public attention had the Attorney-General not mentioned one of them in 2014, one of which the National Anti Corruption Commission had cited as part of its indictment report against wrongdoers involving in the scheme, including former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.