Latest Baghdad news in English, including politics, security, economy, public services and local developments from Iraq's capital.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Senegal will be without goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for Friday's 2026 World Cup group-stage match against Iraq in Toronto after the Al-Ahli keeper suffered aโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq Football Association President Yonus Mahmud has dismissed reports that Australian head coach Graham Arnold is set to leave his post, saying the federโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Interior Ministry has decided to reattach the Directorate of Civil Status, Passports and Residency to the ministry's financial and administrative sโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Police in Baghdad's Karkh district said they have arrested a gang that stole personal belongings from passengers boarding public buses in the Mansour neigโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulgani called on foreign companies to participate in the development of the country's western gas fields at the Global Oil Coโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's domestic debt reached 95.7 trillion dinars by the end of April 2026, up from 90.5 trillion dinars at the end of 2025 and 83.05 trillion dinars at tโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's imports of fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates fell to approximately $24.98 million in 2025, according to International Traโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Cooking gas shortages have resurfaced in Baghdad as the Islamic month of Muharram begins and Husseini convoys expand across the capital ahead of commemoraโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Sunni Endowments Authority has filed a criminal complaint against political commentator Issam Hussein, accusing him of inciting sectarian strife. Tโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Group B of the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues on Monday with two matches that will decide which teams advance from the pool in the United States, Canada anโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Gold prices fell in local markets in Baghdad and Erbil on Wednesday, with traders reporting lower rates across wholesale and retail channels. On Baghdad'sโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Two young people died by hanging in separate incidents in Baghdad and Diyala province, security sources said, with investigations opened in both cases. Inโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq has nominated Krikor Der Hagopyan, a Christian and Armenian-origin adviser to Prime Minister Ali ez-Zeydi, as its next ambassador to the United Stateโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Higher Judicial Council has directed courts across the country to apply the country's counter-terrorism legislation to individuals involved in prodโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, said he was pleased that Kurdish footballers would represent Iraq at the 2026 FIFโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Health Minister Abdulhussein al-Musawi has ordered the suspension of all health guarantee contract signings and renewals until the contract system approveโฆ
BaghdadPARIS, France โ Iraq is reviewing alternative export routes for its oil because of its continued reliance on the Strait of Hormez and uncertainty over sea-land transit coโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ A fire broke out inside a Hashd al-Shaabi military headquarters in the Bueyse area of Baghdad's southern Devle district and was extinguished by Civil Defeโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that 77 people had been arrested on suspicion of speculating against the dinar and manipulating the foreign exchaโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's General Directorate of Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring said temperatures will drop by a few degrees across most of the country over the weekend,โฆ
