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BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran announced on Saturday that it is preparing a one-year roadmap with Iraq to raise two-way visitor numbers to 5 million per year, up from curre…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Authorities in Baghdad and the capital of the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, are scheduled to announce on Monday their joint plans for celebrations marking Mawl…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A leading Shia faction within the Coordination Framework has launched a fresh contact effort at the al-Khanana headquarters in Baghdad aimed at reopening …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is preparing to redraw its currency by stripping three zeros from the nominal value of the dinar, according to statements from Baghdad-based authorit…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications Minister Mustafa al-Sand announced the dismantling of one of the largest networks involved in unauthorized bundled and satellite int…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Security forces deployed around Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday ahead of a planned rally by supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi…
BaghdadBABYLON, Iraq — Water buffalo herds have returned to Shatt al-Hillah in Babil province after a severe drought between 2020 and 2024 caused river levels in the Tigris and …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's foreign currency reserves fell to $86.175 billion at the end of June 2026, an 11.6% decline from the previous period, according to official financi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Committee has requested that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's government allocate funds in the federal …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said Monday that a senior member of the paramilitary group and three others had been taken into PMF custody the same…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji met with US Chargé d'Affaires Joshua Harris in Baghdad to discuss bilateral ties and regional developments…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Journalists in Iraq say they face persistent difficulties obtaining official information, as several ministries and government institutions lack designate…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government will officially activate a dedicated digital registration portal on September 1, 2026, for its one-million residential land plot proj…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — GENEVA — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected for a second time a request by former Iraq Football Federation president Adnan Dirjal to suspend …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry announced that security forces seized 519,144 smuggled and unregulated medicines and medical supplies in a Baghdad operation and …
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Dozens of oil sector workers gathered in Baghdad to protest the government's reported intention to impose large-scale deductions on their salaries and fin…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad faces US pressure because of its heavy dependence on Iranian electricity and natural gas imports, according to Paul Sullivan, a professor of energ…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran's Revolutionary Guard dismissed as "media noise" recent US claims about oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, saying the country's mar…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Meteorological Directorate said on Saturday that summer heat would persist across the country, including in the capital, Baghdad, with temperatures…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — Oil prices fell on Monday as investors locked in profits ahead of new US sanctions on Iran, with Brent crude futures dropping 1.29 percent to $93.17 a barr…
