Iraq’s parliament votes to ‘retaliate’ against Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’

The majority votes comes after the country’s foreign affairs committee released a statement on Sunday saying action needed to be taken.

“Iraq is in the frontline of the war of terrorism... and it is unfair that the Iraqis are treated in this way,” the committee said.

It’s not clear how the vote will impact American citizens living and working in Iraq, or co-operation between the two countries in the battle against Islamic State.

The retaliatory action follows Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim countries — Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen — from entering the US for at least 90 days.

He also imposed a 120-day suspension of the US refugee program and blocked Syrians from entry indefinitely.

The move has triggered protests, confusion at US airports and triggered wider concerns over global trade.

GLOBAL STOCKS PLUMMET AMID TRAVEL BANS

Global stock markets fell on Monday due to uncertainty over the impact of Trump’s travel ban.

Investors are wary of what the move presages for global trade, not least because there is so much disagreement around the world over the move.

The S&P; ASX 200 in Australia dropped 0.9 per cent to 5,661.50.

In Europe, Germany’s DAX fell 0.8 per cent to 11,725 while the CAC 40 in France shed 0.9 per cent to 4798.

Britain’s FTSE 100 was 0.7 per cent lower at 7132. US stocks were poised for a lower open too, with Dow futures and the broader S&P; 500 futures down 0.3 per cent.

In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.5 per cent to 19,368.85, while India’s Sensex edged 0.1 per cent lower to 27,849.92.

ONE MILLION SIGN PETITION TO BAN TRUMP

The UK government has rejected calls to cancel Trump’s state visit despite a petition against it gaining more than one million signatures.

A Downing Street source told The Sun it would “undo everything” after Prime Minister Theresa May’s talks with the US President last week.

A petition saying Trump’s UK visit would “cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen” has raced to a million signatures in just 24 hours, and could now be debated by MPs in Parliament.