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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…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Babil governorate has declared Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, a public holiday for all official government offices in the province, citing the return of …
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration regards the International Criminal Court as an illegitimate ins…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi writer Khalid al-Naimi has published a sharply worded column criticizing Iraq's political leadership, accusing the government of making the country …
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — The leader of the Babylon Movement, Ryan Keldani, has declared full support for any measures the Iraqi government takes to deter repeated violations of th…
BabilLONDON — The Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in English-language literature, announced its 2026 longlist, selecting 13 novels from 163 English-language s…
BabilSocial media footage shows an unmanned aerial vehicle crashing in an area north of Babil province in Iraq, with debris from the aircraft recorded by local users. The vide…
BabilAn unidentified drone crashed in a remote agricultural area in the Muwaihij district of the Iskandariya subdistrict in northern Babil governorate, Iraqi security sources …
BabilRussia's Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft has landed on schedule in the steppe near Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan, returning its three-person crew from the International Space Station. Ros…
BabilJERUSALEM — Israel's Security Cabinet has approved the entry of an International Stabilization Force into Gaza under U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war, Is…
BabilKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia's fundamental condition for resolving the conflict with Ukraine is the acceptance of Moscow's stated objectives. Speaking to r…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Police officers shown attacking a street vendor in footage that circulated on social media have been suspended and ordered detained, the Babylon Provincia…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The United States and Saudi Arabia have concluded a nuclear cooperation agreement under which American companies would operate nu…
BabilTEHRAN, Iran — CAIRO — Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy condemned Iranian attacks targeting the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Gulf countries, describing them as "…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ali Hamid al-Zaidi, director general of the Middle Euphrates Electricity Production Company, was detained during a security operation at the company's hea…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has launched a nationwide campaign to clear water hyacinth from the Tigris River and other waterways, with initial operations underway in the provinc…
BabilBABIL, Iraq — A family dispute in Babil province south of Baghdad led to a man stabbing his uncle to death, police said. Lt. Col. Ammar al-Shammari, spokesperson for the …
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Defense said six suspected members of a human trafficking network were arrested in an operation in Hillah, the provincial capital of Ba…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate for Narcotics Affairs said on Friday that two foreign nationals were detained in two separate operations in Babylon province, w…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has removed the two remaining federal officials overseeing an agency that supports the accuracy and sec…
