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BabilBABIL, Iraq — The Babil Provincial Council has voted to rename al-Jurf al-Nasr, an agricultural area about 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, as Nasir City. The council …
BabilThe idea behind the Guinness World Records book emerged in November 1951 during a shooting party in County Wicklow, Ireland, where Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of t…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar's selling rate against the Iraqi dinar rose at the close of trading on Monday, August 24, in the foreign exchange markets of Baghdad and E…
BabilBABIL, Iraq — Former members of the board of Kism Sports Club in Babil province staged a sit-in on Saturday to protest the Iraqi Olympic Committee's decision to install a…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's government is preparing to send its draft 2027 federal budget to parliament, with revenue projections based on a hypothetical oil price of $60 to $…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Police in Babylon province said a man was arrested on Friday after setting his mother on fire inside her home in the tourist district of Hilla. The provin…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Civil Defense Directorate said three people died in a fire that broke out at a workplace in Hillah, south of the capital. According to a written st…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — A photograph of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf standing in front of a map labeled "Persian Gulf" during a visit to Baghdad sparked an…
BabilABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Two music festivals in Abu Dhabi featuring international artists, including Colombian singer Shakira and American singer Christina Aguil…
BabilBUENOS AIRES — A kidney specialist told a court near the Argentine capital that the medical team treating football legend Diego Maradona failed to act on clear signs of c…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Babylon's Directorate for Combating Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances convened doctors, pharmacists and health officials at a seminar to review new rul…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that an international drug-trafficking network comprising three foreign suspects had been dismantled in Babil p…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — A government committee appointed by Prime Minister and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Ali Zaidi conducted its first field tour in years of the Jurf Nasr …
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission said a criminal court in Hilla sentenced a defendant to three years in prison for defrauding a citizen by falsely clai…
BabilBABYL, Iraq — The Babylon Provincial Council said it has not received any official notice or correspondence from judicial or security authorities regarding council member…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's political leaders have set a September 30, 2026 deadline to consolidate weapons under state control, a timeline backed by the State Administration …
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces closed the highway linking Karbala to Baghdad to vehicle traffic on Tuesday after demonstrators took to the road, according to local…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice has launched a carpentry vocational training course for 40 inmates at the Hillah Rehabilitation Prison, the ministry's media of…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi government commission established by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi will travel to Jurf al-Sakhr on Tuesday for its first field visit to reopen the …
BabilBABEL, Iraq — Demonstrators gathered Saturday in the Musayyib district of Babel province to demand that the Hashd al-Shaabi Forces remain deployed in the Jalat Nasir area…
