The Latest: Shiite independent tapped to be next Iraqi PM

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on Iraq’s election of a new president, a step toward forming a new government following May elections (all times local):
11:15 p.m.
Iraq’s new president has tasked veteran Shiite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi with forming a new government nearly five months after national elections were held.
Abdul-Mahdi, who was tapped to be the next prime minister late Tuesday, is an independent who previously served as vice president, oil minister and finance minister