Latest Iraq news in English from Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Kirkuk, Erbil and across Iraq. Follow politics, security, economy, energy and regional developments with professionally edited updates.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Medical workers gathered near the Health Ministry in central Baghdad on Wednesday, blocking a road and prompting security forces to deploy in the area, ac…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The United States imported no crude oil from Iraq last week, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, marking the seventh consec…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condolence message to Indonesia following a series of earthquakes that struck parts of the country, causing ca…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Stars League opened its 2026-2027 season on Friday with two matches ending in draws. At Al Zawraa Stadium in Baghdad, hosts Al Zawraa were held t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Former Iraq Football Federation president Hussein Said has criticized the federation's licensing commission, saying the playing surfaces at two grounds us…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's unemployment count is estimated at between 1.5 million and 1.73 million people, with official figures putting the jobless rate at around 13 percent…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (IAMF) announced on Saturday that it has received official recognition from the Fédération Internationale d…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad's Karkh Police Command said officers have arrested two suspects wanted in separate theft cases in the capital. The Karkh Anti-Crime Directorate ca…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Shiite political leaders are holding intensive bilateral talks to nominate candidates for nine vacant Iraqi cabinet seats, according to a source within th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Communist Party on Saturday condemned ongoing drone and missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region and called on the federal government to identify…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Equestrian Federation held an extraordinary general assembly in Baghdad with the participation of the legal representative of the Formation Coun…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Arshad al-Salihi, head of the Turkmen Bloc in the Iraqi parliament, has called for amendments to the Yezidi Survivors Law, saying the legislation does not…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi army Lt. Gen. Hadi al-Kanani assumed command of the Baghdad Operations Command on Saturday, taking over the management of security operations in the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Culture, through its Tourism and Antiquities Authority, hosted a workshop in Baghdad to draft a national strategy for developing the co…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — SAO PAULO — Brazilian biscuit and related-product exports to the Middle East rose sharply in the first half of 2026, according to data from the Brazilian …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry said on Friday it signed an agreement with Japan's JGC Corporation to officially resume construction and operations on a major fluid c…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government has launched a comprehensive review of the performance of state-owned banks, with management changes among the options under consider…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The US dollar gained ground against the Iraqi dinar in Saturday morning trading in Baghdad, according to data from currency exchange offices in the capita…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices rose slightly in Baghdad on Saturday morning while holding steady in Erbil, according to local market data. On Nehr Street wholesale market, t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A committee established by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zubaidi to examine the Jurf al-Nasr file will conduct a field visit to the district in Babil provin…
