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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has begun distributing the June 2026 muin mutefarrik allowances for caregivers of people with disabilities, ac…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament is set to begin the second legislative session on July 1 after its summer recess, lawmaker Dhia al-Siddiq of the Najaf parliamentary …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A deputy head of the Baghdad provincial council's services committee said the Tigris River is 80% to 90% polluted and unfit for drinking, livestock wateri…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Green Environment Observatory said in a report published on Wednesday that the Euphrates River is undergoing serious environmental deterioration an…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national team players attributed their 3-0 loss to France in the 2026 World Cup to individual mistakes. Forward Ali Al-Hamadi said Iraq performed w…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A fire broke out on the fourth floor of a four-story office building on Palestine Street in Baghdad, prompting a response from Iraq's Civil Defense teams.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A fire broke out on the fourth floor of a four-story commercial building on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's Civil Defense Directorate said. Cr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — PHILADELPHIA — France defeated Iraq 3-0 in the second match of the 2026 World Cup group stage at Lincoln Financial Field, with Kylian Mbappe scoring all t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi court has ordered a freeze on the movable and immovable assets of Ala Semir, director general of the Central Electricity Distribution Company, ju…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has announced the criteria for selecting principals and vice principals at distinguished and high-performing schools. Accordi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Products Distribution Company, under the Ministry of Oil, has temporarily suspended its electronic household cooking gas distribution system to…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A heat wave affecting Iraq for days will end on Wednesday, weather observer Ali Jaber Ziyadi said, with temperatures in southern cities reaching as high a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi parliament member Ala al-Haidari announced that the director general of Iraqi Airways has been detained on allegations of embezzling more than 115 b…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq ranked among the three countries that flared the most natural gas in 2025, alongside Russia and Iran, according to World Bank data. Together, the thr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call to review cooperation on oil, water and the Dev…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Provincial Council has taken up the file of regulating construction on agricultural lands in the capital, council head Ammar al-Hamadani said,…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The United States has reiterated that it will not partner with an Iraqi government that includes armed groups within its structur…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Electricity Minister Ziad Ali Fadhil issued a ministerial order on June 22, 2026, ending the assignment of the director of the Rusafa electricity d…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi parliament said the country has shifted from being a drug transit country to a consumer market, framing narcotics as a serious secur…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falah al-Ali al-Zeydi received a delegation from the Al-Abbas Holy Shrine in Baghdad on Tuesday, his office said, reaffirming the…
