UNITED NATIONS: Iraq has asked the UN to assist it with gathering evidence of crimes committed by the Islamic State group and said it was working with Britain to draft a Security Council resolution to establish an investigation. “In this regard, the Republic of Iraq and the United Kingdom are working on a draft resolution,” he said in the English-language statement. He declined to specify a timeline for the resolution. “I hope that the Iraqi government’s letter will mark the beginning of the end of impunity for genocide and other crimes that ISIS is committing in Iraq and around the world. AFPAFP/CC

Source: Manila Times August 16, 2017 22:30 UTC