Latest Basra news in English, including oil, ports, investment, security, public services and southern Iraq developments.
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…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by former lawmaker Raid al-Malki challenging the appointment of Ali Faleh al-Zaydi as prime minister, ru…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Security forces in the Karkh district of central Baghdad detained a senior official of the Southern Refineries Company during a raid on an investigation c…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Security forces in Basra province detained a man wanted on charges of document forgery, a local security official said. The arrest took place in the distric…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A large security force under Basra's Provincial Security Directorate raided the Nar Shamsa housing complex in the city to arrest a suspect wanted on forgery…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 32-year-old woman was found dead at her home in the Bueyse area of Dawra district, south of Baghdad, after hanging herself from the ceiling, security so…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Basra Governor Asaad al-Eydani has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based engineering and technology firm KBR aimed at upgrading the…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry undersecretary for gas affairs, Izzat Sabir Ismail, said the ministry's Artawi field project is a key part of its strategic plans and is…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council announced that 239 kilograms of narcotics were destroyed during an official disposal operation in Baghdad. Judge Yasir Funt…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi, held its regular eighth session on Tuesday, approving a one-million housing-plo…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Security forces in Iraq’s Basra province arrested a man and his wife on Friday after two young girls were reportedly found tortured at a family home in the …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — The Basra governor's office has denied reports that the provincial administration gifted 45 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles to Kuwaiti border security forces, call…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — MOSCOW — Russia has declared Romania's consul general in St. Petersburg persona non grata and set a deadline for him to leave, the Russian Foreign Ministry …
