Latest Basra news in English, including oil, ports, investment, security, public services and southern Iraq developments.
BasraKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahd Yousef Saud Al-Sabah said Saturday that authorities will use fo…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Basra Governor Asaad al-Idani hosted Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Fahd Yousef Saud al-Sabah on Saturday at the Safwan border …
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Heavy and medium grades of Basra crude recorded strong weekly gains, supported by a broad rise in global oil prices during most of the trading week. Heavy…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran is engaged in talks with his administration and is keen to reach an agreement. …
BasraKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Bahrain and Kuwait have conducted direct airstrikes on Iranian territory as part of a military operation launched from the Gulf states, The Wall Str…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Governor Asaad al-Idani chaired a meeting at the provincial headquarters to review the security situation in Basra and coordinate the safe movement of visit…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Public Service Council has said the absorption of contract and daily-wage public employees into permanent staff depends on available positi…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — US forces carried out additional airstrikes inside Iranian territory on Thursday evening, hitting areas near the village of Mesen on Qeshm Island in the P…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — Flight-tracking data shows five U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft and an airborne early warning and control aircraft conducted flights over th…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — An Iranian navy oil tanker crossed a maritime line described as a U.S. blockade and reached international waters in the direction of the Gulf …
BasraTEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's Ramat Gan municipality has opened all public shelters in the city after a security assessment found the risk of an Iranian missile attack over…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Finance Committee said the 2026 budget will not be approved and the government needs legislation to continue spending. Committee chai…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's primary export crude grades, Basra Heavy and Basra Medium, saw significant gains on Thursday, with both increasing by more than 7%. Basra Heavy ro…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — Crisis management in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region often relies on deflecting media and political attention rather than addressing underlying …
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Documents surfaced in Basra requesting an administrative appointment at a state institution based on a reference letter linked to Ala al-Haidari, a member…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — The United Nations reported that global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with roughly 645 million people, or 7.8 percent of the world…
BasraTEL AVIV, Israel — JERUSALEM — An Israeli security assessment on Sunday evening concluded that Iran could order a ballistic missile attack on Israel within hours, accordi…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday completed the formal reading of a Security and Defense Committee report on the death of a fisherman in Basra during the third…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal," citing the arrest warrant issued by the In…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration is reviewing with its legal team whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested i…
