Latest Baghdad news in English, including politics, security, economy, public services and local developments from Iraq's capital.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that crime rates have dropped markedly across the country, with Baghdad recording the steepest decline. Briโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's chicken meat and table egg production fell in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to the Central Statistical Organization's 2025 Poultrโฆ
BAGHDAD, Iraq โ Baghdad Mayor Ammar Musa Kazim inspected construction at the Antar Square Bridge site, where work has surpassed 40% completion, according to a statement fโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqโs Ministry of Construction and Housing will open online applications on Sunday for loans from the Iraq Housing Fund, the ministry announced. Applicatโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Most Iraqi state banks have effectively suspended their lending operations, a senior source said on Saturday, citing the absence of clear credit plans forโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Communications and Media Commission issued eight sanctions over three days in mid-August, targeting television channels, programs, journalists and โฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqi Prime Ministry coordination spokesman and Chief of Staff spokesman Sabah al-Numan said Wednesday that September 30 will represent a strategic turninโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqi President Nizar Amidi said more than 14,000 accumulated death sentences have been pending at his office since he took over the presidency. Speaking โฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission announced on August 21, 2026, that a comprehensive cross-check of National Pension Fund records identified roughly 16,โฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's economy remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons, with oil accounting for 88% of government revenue, 91% of merchandise exports and 53% of real grโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, head of the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council, said at a Dialogue Forum event that Iraq must establish an army guided by a national rathโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ The U.S. dollar's selling price against the Iraqi dinar eased slightly on Saturday in Iraq's free market, according to local exchange data. In Baghdad's oโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Protests against Iraq's Shia Islamist ruling establishment and its affiliated militias have continued across Iraqi cities, reaching 297 demonstrations witโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, who also leads the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, met in Baghdad with a group of technocrats to reviewโฆ
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran โ TEHRAN โ Iran has approved the passage of Iraqi oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz following a request from the Iraqi government, the Iranian state nโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Baghdad's Karkh Police Directorate, through its Criminal Combat Department, said it has dismantled a gang known as "Abu Shennib" that specialized in motorโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ The director of Iraq's Military Intelligence, Lieutenant General Hassan al-Silevawi, has reaffirmed that standing orders banning intelligence personnel frโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ A fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit of Numan Hospital in Baghdad and was brought under control, according to security sources. The blaze โฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's government is preparing a comprehensive reform package aimed at reducing the economy's vulnerability to oil price swings, the prime minister's econโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi said a process to bring firearms under state control will formally begin at the end of September, calling it โฆ
