Iraq's Abadi Asked to Form Government

Haider al-Abadi, nominated Monday by Iraqi President Fouad Massoum to replace embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and form a new government, has called upon other Iraqis to join forces against the "barbaric" onslaught of Islamic State fighters roiling the country’s north. Meanwhile, a member of Maliki’s political bloc has vowed to fight Abadi’s nomination as U.S. airstrikes have continued against a militant convoy advancing on Kurdish forces in the northeastern city of...

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