Latest Basra news in English, including oil, ports, investment, security, public services and southern Iraq developments.
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — LONDON — The International Maritime Organization has rejected Iran's recent actions in the Strait of Hormuz and called on member states not to recognize th…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Service said it arrested 12 suspects in Basra over alleged customs fraud linked to large commercial shipments. The agency said the …
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Thousands of residents took to the streets of Kobani in northern Syria on Thursday to protest a sign installed by the Syrian government at the entrance to…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state television said Thursday evening that no explosions occurred at the ports of Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, Sirik and Jask. A US official told CNN at t…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Five Iraqi fishermen detained by Kuwaiti authorities arrived in Basra on Thursday through the Safwan border crossing, according to a local security source. …
BasraKERMANSHAH, Iran — The world's largest traditional "Hize" leather container has been inaugurated in the Zagros Industrial City in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, …
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump said U.S. strikes on Iran were carried out in retaliation for Tehran's attack on vessels a day earlier, warning that any repeat woul…
BasraKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Iraqi crude grades led losses among major OPEC producers even as global oil futures rose more than 2.6%, according to pricing data reviewed from reg…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Foreign Ministry said recent US strikes have voided a war-ending agreement, declaring Tehran's right to respond is reserved. In a statement, the min…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Graduates in engineering, petroleum specialties, and science continued a sit-in protest in front of the Basra Oil Company on Monday, marking the second day …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A grassroots movement in Basra opposed to the Khor Abdullah agreement has called on the Iraqi government to investigate reports that Kuwaiti coast guard ves…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday urged New York City residents to stay indoors as the city braces for sudden flash flooding and heavy rainfall foll…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Western military assessments cited by Bloomberg describe the threat level in the Strait of Hormuz as substantial, with mines reported to have spread toward …
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi, approved authorizing the Ministry of Electricity to sign a production and transmission ag…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's High Commission for Human Rights has told the Prime Minister's Office that a group of Iraqi women, many of them originally from Basra, have been le…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Iraq's Basra heavy and medium crude grades posted weekly losses, tracking a broader pullback in global oil markets. Basra heavy crude settled at $60.09 a ba…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — ANKARA, Türkiye — NATO leaders will place the Iran issue at the center of their upcoming summit in Ankara on July 7-8, the first such gatherin…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Official data from the Basra Directorate of Water Resources shows a significant year-on-year decline in salinity levels at monitoring stations across the ci…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — STOCKHOLM — The Russian Embassy in Stockholm was targeted in two drone attacks, with one device dropping a container of red paint into the diplomatic missio…
BasraKYIV, Ukraine — A Russian combined attack using ballistic missiles and drones struck Ukraine's capital, killing at least eight people and wounding 25, officials said. Kyi…
