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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — US President Donald Trump said on Friday afternoon that Iran had agreed to continue talks, and that Washington had told Tehran "the ceasefire is over" wit…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Saturday opened the Al-Rahman Magnetic Resonance and Spiral Tomography Center at the Ibn al-Battar Cardiac Surg…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A popular movement formed in opposition to the Khor Abdullah Agreement called on Friday on the Iraqi government to take a firm stance against Kuwait follo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces detained Oil Ministry Director General Hussein Talib on July 8 as part of a wide-ranging corruption investigation into alleged irreg…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district have arrested a pickpocket known by the alias "Three Thieves," described as one of the capital's most dangerous street …
BaghdadBASRA, Iraq — A fishermen's association in Basra's Faw district is demanding that the Iraqi government hold Kuwaiti security forces accountable for the death of fisherman…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's vehicle fleet has surpassed seven million, with more than four million of those vehicles concentrated in Baghdad, a figure that has reignited debat…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — numerous bridges, tunnels, schools, hospitals and investment projects announced in recent years once pointed to an intense construction wave centered on B…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — A US-based think tank said Iran's influence in Iraq is rooted in geographic, political, cultural and sectarian ties and cannot be…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Successive heatwaves and rising temperatures are putting Iraq's agricultural sector under severe strain, according to an agriculture and water specialist.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq national football team head coach Graham Arnold has said improving Iraqi football requires a comprehensive project, beginning with a stronger domesti…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi sprinter Falah Hassan won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres at the Asian U23 Championships in Ordos, China, finishing in 10.21 seconds, the I…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Ziyadi said his country will continue pressing OPEC for a production quota that reflects its capacity and potential. A stateme…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission said on July 9, 2026, that the transfer of Starlink's licensing fee to Washington cleared the way for the forma…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — The Washington Institute has described Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Sulaymaniyah's planned visit to Washington as a key opportunity to shape the n…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Long queues formed outside Kadhimiya Hospital on Baghdad's Karkh side on Monday as citizens waited to obtain entry cards, with patients complaining of ove…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad Mayor Ammar Musa Kazim on Monday opened the Hibiyya and Hadra main sewage treatment plants in the Karkh district after completing renovation works…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — More than 10 million people took part in the funeral ceremonies of Ali Husseini Khomeini in the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala, according to initial un…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia'bar Ali al-Sudani's government is working to establish a joint investment fund with Turkey, the premier's office said o…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament has begun an in absentia questioning of the head of the Iraqi Investment Authority during the second session of the first legislative…
