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BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, met with Iraqi National Security Adviser Qasim al-Abeudi in Baghdad on Monday to discuss securi…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The United States has brought Austria and Greece into diplomatic efforts to break the stalemate in nuclear talks with Iran, The W…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will deliver a strong economic blow to Iran, adding that the timing of the measures is unre…
BabilHILLAH, Iraq — Counter-terrorism units from Iraq's Interior Ministry were dispatched from Baghdad to Babil province on Friday afternoon and joined local police in a searc…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. intelligence agencies received repeated warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran was planning to assassinate President Donald Trump, but the…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators have asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to investigate working and living conditions aboard the aircraft carr…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji met on Monday with Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, leader of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, to discuss co…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump's public approval has fallen to 33%, according to a new Economist/YouGov survey conducted ahead of Nove…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice said a limited number of inmates serving sentences for drug offenses staged a riot at Hilla Islah Reform Prison south of Baghda…
BabilArgentine footballer Lionel Messi has spoken publicly for the first time since the death of his father and longtime manager, Jorge Messi, at the age of 68. In an emotiona…
BabilBillionaire Elon Musk drew attention online after responding to a social media post joking about "buying" the United Kingdom to restore what the post described as the Bri…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Babil Provincial Council has reversed its earlier decision to annex several districts and sub-districts from neighboring Anbar province, Anbar Provinc…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — The Babil Provincial Council and the city's local administration have filed a lawsuit against former member of parliament Adnan Nimat Rashid al-Janabi, a …
BabilBABIL, Iraq — An 18-year-old died by suicide inside a bird cage in the al-Musayyib district of Babil province, according to local police sources. The incident occurred on…
BabilTEHRAN, Iran — A senior commander of Iran’s Central Command Forces said footage of the country’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, filmed at public events and meeting…
BabilHunter Biden said his father, former U.S. President Joe Biden, is suffering severe pain as prostate cancer has spread to his bones and other parts of his body. In an inte…
BabilPhotographs taken in November 2024 and recently circulated show two elderly Palestinian men, identified as Naadi and Ali Maruf, in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya hours befor…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The US Senate approved a stopgap spending measure on Thursday to keep the federal government funded through December 11, moving t…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary Finance Committee said Thursday that the Finance Minister has formally requested to be heard by parliament on the country…
BabilAMMAN, Jordan — Foreign ministers from Arab League members, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan and Malaysia adopted a 15-point final communique at a Jerusalem-focused meeting co…
