Iraq’s Maliki threatens to bar Sadr from vote

Nouri al-Maliki on Monday warned Moqtada al-Sadr, a militant Shia cleric, to disband his militia or face being excluded from future Iraqi elections.

The ultimatum from Iraq’s prime minister was the first to single out Mr Sadr’s Mahdi army since a truce was agreed a week ago, and suggests a deepening divide within the country’s Shia community.