Human rights lawyers have urged the Medical Council not to sanction accreditation for an Irish medical college’s operations in Bahrain.

AN alliance of Shia Muslim parties is expected to claim victory in Iraq’s elections, but continuing violence underlined the massive problems the country still faces.

An alliance of Shia Muslim parties is expected to claim victory in Iraq’s elections tonight, when politicians will seek to heal the violent rifts in the country’s religiously-divided society.