AFP, REYKJAVIK: Iceland was gearing up Sunday for tough horsetrading over its next government after the anti-establishment Pirate Party and its allies gained ground against the ruling centre-right in a vote triggered by the Panama Papers scandal.Prime Minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson announced his resignation after his centrist Progressive Party—which had been governing in a coalition with the conservative Independence Party—suffered a drubbing in Saturday’s vote.Final figures from the election, called after Johannsson’s predecessor was forced out over revelations in the Panama Papers of a hidden offshore account worth millions, pointed to a deadlocked outcome.The Independence and Progressive parties together won 29 seats in the 63-member parliament or Althingi, down nine from the outgoing assembly. The Pirates and its three centre-left allies won 27 seats, reaping gains from a wave of popular anger with the establishment parties but falling short of a majority.Johannsson, an unpopular figure over his perceived closeness to business, said he will remain in office until a new government is formed in the volcanic island nation.
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Iraqi special forces advanced on the eastern city limits of Mosul yesterday, tightening the noose as the offensive to retake the Islamic State group stronghold entered its third week, reports AFP from… 
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